Archive For The “Wilson & Morgan (W&M)” Category
Last night MMI – Israel’s Malt Mongers whisky club held its monthly meeting at the Milk and Honey Distillery in Tel Aviv. On the menu were four “legal” blends in the American sense, 21 years and older. We had the utterly forgettable 21 year old Òrdha from Grant’s, the marginally more memorable Campbeltown Loch…
There is a fundamental difference between single malt whisky for blending and whisky for drinking, and I think Glenrothes embodies it in their “regular” single malts. They’re ordinary. Not bad whisky, just rather ordinary. On the other hand, for blenders, this single malt is a delight, designated “top class” for blending. Indeed, it plays a…
Independent bottlings of Cragganmore are not plentiful, and this particular one expression is two casks (1903 and 1904) that underwent a finish in a Pedro Ximénez cask by independent bottler Wilson & Morgan of Edinburgh. Despite being almost the lowest selling Classic Malts brand Diageo has (Glenkinchie is less popular), it is touted as the…