Archive For April 13, 2015

An Indie Springbank 18 Year Old – Sherry Meets More Peat Than expected

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An Indie Springbank 18 Year Old – Sherry Meets More Peat Than expected

I’ve been tasting quite a few Whiskybroker bottlings lately (with reviews of a Tobermory 20, Arran 18 and Linkwood 24 on their way) and , and last night opened my latest acquisition from that independent bottler, an 18 year old Springbank which came out of a sherry hogshead. The Whiskybroker is really just that, and…

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A Tormore to Remember – Whisky Live Tel-Aviv 2015 Special Bottling

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A Tormore to Remember – Whisky Live Tel-Aviv 2015 Special Bottling

Tormore is one of those distilleries that have no real fans. With official bottlings that were put out sporadically and not really marketed, despite there being a new 16 year old bottled at 48% and non chill filtered out on the market for over a year (the other OB is a 14 year old bottled…

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A Seven Year Old Craigelleachie – Whisky Live Tel Aviv 2015 Bottling

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A Seven Year Old Craigelleachie – Whisky Live Tel Aviv 2015 Bottling

There’s some real history being made here. In the summer there were a couple of travel retail exclusive bottlings for Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport (and you can see my review of the controversial Aultmore XO, and there was also a Craigellechie 18 I didn’t get to taste), but those are limited to people flying…

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SWA Moves to Change Non Single Cask “Single Malt” to “Vatted Malt” – New Regulations to Prohibit Re-Casking During Maturation

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SWA Moves to Change Non Single Cask “Single Malt” to “Vatted Malt” – New Regulations to Prohibit Re-Casking During Maturation

In July, your favorite single malt may not be a single malt scotch whisky anymore! In a highly controversial move, the SWA voted at the close of business yesterday by a very slim majority to prohibit re-casking of single malt whisky during maturation, beginning 1 July 2015. All currently maturing single malt stock is to be…

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