It’s well known that Gordon and MacPhail has their own approach to barrels. They source their own casks, with a specialty in sherry casks from Jerez, and have them filled at the distilleries. They currently own some 35,000 casks maturing ...
A 12 Year Old Craigellachie Done Right
My review of the Craigellachie 13 was quite unequivocal about how much I disliked that expression. Today I’ll be reviewing a 12 year old single cask bottled by Wemyss Malts that is one of the most interesting Craigellachie expressions ...
Craigellachie 23 – Good Whisky, but What’s Up with the Pricing?
Before I get to the whisky itself, which is really good, although I liked the 17 better, I have to say something about pricing. Back in August, when the range was announced, I thought these new expressions, in the “Last Great Malts” ...
Craigellachie 19 – Travel Retail and a Step Back
Age does not denote quality in whisky. Don’t take this as a statement of support of NAS, as I’m pretty vocal about my opposition to the practice. Not because it’s necessarily bad whisky, but because the consumer has a right to ...
Craigellachie 17 – the Hidden Gem of this Range
Once again, I’ll evoke the principle of de gustibus non est disputandum and take a different direction than others who have written on this series (namely my friend and colleague Yoav of Whisky Gospel) . There are quite a few distilleries ...