Gordon & MacPhail have revamped their bottlings, and consolidated some of the many “mini brands” into only five very clear lines of products. Connoisseurs Choice is at the heart of the range. It includes both cask strength and reduced strength whisky, always carrying a vintage statement on the label. These are single casks or a few…
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Clynelish, Gordon & MacPhail, Independent Bottling, Scotch Single MaltClynelish , Highlands , Linger , Nose , Palate , Scotch Malt Whisky Society , Scotch Whisky , Tasting Note , Tasting Notes , Whiskey , Whisky , Whisky Blog , Whisky Guide , Whisky Tasting Notes
Here we are at the beginning of the holiday shopping season again, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday so gift buying is about to kick into high gear! Should we perhaps institute Whisky Wednesday for crazy sales on amber joy? I’ll start with this post! I’ll give you my top 12 bottles that would make…
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Aberlour, Balblair, Balvenie, Benrinnes, Blair Athol, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Dailuaine, Dalwhinnie, Dufftown, Glen Elgin, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Lagavulin, Linkwood, Mortlach, Oban, Scotch Single Malt, Springbank, Talisker, TeaninichBirthday , Bourbon Barrel , Cask Strength , Christmas Gifts , Dewar's , Diageo , Douglas Laing , Gifts , Glengoyne , Gordon and MacPhail , Highlands , Holiday , Independent Bottlers , Islands , Islay , Laphroaig , Linger , Nose , Palate , Peat , Present , Scotch Whisky , Sherry , Shopping , Single Malt , Speyside , Tasting Note , Tasting Notes , Whiskey , Whisky , Whisky Blog , Whisky Gifts , Whisky Guide , Whisky Tasting Notes
I’ll be brief today, as I’ve written quite a bit both about Clynelish and about Douglas Laing, although I can say that there’s a treat from Douglas Laing coming our way in the next few days. I’ve yet to be disappointed by an Old Particular bottling (and I’ve tasted quite a few of them), and…
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Clynelish, Douglas Laing, Independent Bottling, Scotch Single MaltBourbon Barrel , Douglas Laing , Independent Bottlers , Linger , Nose , Palate , Scotch Whisky , Single Malt , Speyside , Tasting Note , Tasting Notes , Whiskey , Whisky , Whisky Blog , Whisky Guide , Whisky Tasting Notes
So they call This whisky a three-year-old. Now, of course, it technically is as 0.04 of it is, indeed, only three years old. Yes, you read that right, four tenths of a percent is three-year-old whisky from Clynelish that was aged by Compass Box itself in their own first fill American Oak casks. In the PR…
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Blended Whisky, Clynelish, Compass Box, Independent Bottling, Scotch Vatted Malt, Talisker, Whisky Tasting NotesBlended Malt Whisky , Bourbon Casks , Compass Box , Independent Bottlers , Linger , Nose , Palate , Scotch Whisky , Sherry , Tasting Note , Tasting Notes , Whiskey , Whisky , Whisky Blog , Whisky Guide , Whisky Tasting Notes
Facebook is full of secret whisky associations, and the most secretive of those, with only 104 of the most discerning whisky nuts, is the WFFA. While I can’t say any more about the group, since one can’t ask to join it, and as two of the three rules the group has were taken out of Chuck Palahniuk’s…
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Aberlour, Ardbeg, Balblair, Benromach, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Glendronach, Glenfarclas, Highland Park, Independent Bottling, Industry Outlook, Isle of Arran, Isle of Jura, Kilchoman, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Official Bottling, Opinion, Scotch Single Malt, Springbank, Tobermory/LedaigBourbon Barrel , Cask Strength , Highlands , Islands , Islay , Linger , Nose , Palate , Peat , Scotch Whisky , Sherry , Single Malt , Speyside , Whiskey , Whisky , Whisky Blog , Whisky Guide , Whisky Tasting Notes
