Archive For July 8, 2014
The epitome of tradition is to be found in this expression, fully matured in sherry casks. As I mentioned in the post reviewing the 12 Year Old Cask Strength, my choice of the best Springbank expression is between these two – the 15 or the 12 Cask Strength. The Springbank tasting I took part in…
I love going to tastings I don’t host. Seriously. It’s fun to hear other people talking about whisky, and especially when the lineup includes whiskys not available here. One of the whisky shops that regularly brings bottles not imported into the local market is Wines and Flavors, and they held a Springbank tasting the other…
Like many of us whisky aficionados, I’m a bit of a sucker for tradition. There’s something about floor maltings, hand written “computer” distilling logs and manual temperature controls that just sets our imaginations wild. I’ll dedicate the next week or so to a sampling of Springbank whiskys, undoubtedly the most traditional of the Scottish distilleries….
Continuing my quest for an in depth study on vatted malts (officially dubbed “malt blends”), I had the Douglas Laing Double Barrel Caol Ila and Tamdhu vatting. As noted previously in my review of the Ardbeg & Altmore vatting, these are two single barrels of very different whiskys, vatted together to highlight the unique attributes of…
I clearly remember my first brush with the Talisker 10. It was brought out in a Johnny Walker Gold, Green and Blue labels tasting I attended, where some of the single malts at the core of the blends were shared too. It was love at first sight with two of those whiskys: Clynelish 14 and…