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Start out with Sherry, Then Add Some Port, and Keep it Basically GlenDronach

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Start out with Sherry, Then Add Some Port, and Keep it Basically GlenDronach

This sweet, desert-y port gets its name from its tawny (reddish-brown) color, a hue you’re sure to recognize when you see a whisky aged in tawny port casks. I know there are many people who aren’t all that fond of port cask matured whisky, and it has definitely played second fiddle to sherry maturation over…

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Glendronach 21: A Sherry Bomb, Direct Fired Stills and a Bunch of Birds

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Glendronach 21: A Sherry Bomb, Direct Fired Stills and a Bunch of Birds

Today we complete our reviews of the Glendronach core range, the 12 Original, 15 Revival, 18 Allardice and the 21 Parliament. Close your eyes….OK, that was silly! If you close them, you can’t go on reading this post 🙂 Instead, imagine a thick sweet PX sherry with almost three times the alcohol. That’s the first…

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The GlenDronach 12 – Sherry/Rum, Spice and Everything Nice

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The GlenDronach 12 – Sherry/Rum, Spice and Everything Nice

Continuing the series of reviews on the GlenDronach core range we’ll have a wee dram of the 12 years old Original. The bottle I’m currently imbibing was bottled on June 26, 2013. If you took a look at the 15 Years Old “Revival” review I posted on Saturday, you know that any 12 year old…

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Glendronach 15 – Is it the Best Buy in the World of Whisky?

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Glendronach 15 – Is it the Best Buy in the World of Whisky?

After Jun Nunez’s head-to-head review of the Glendronach 18 and the Macallan Sherry Oak 18 yesterday, I thought I’d make it a series on the Glendronach core range.  I’ll mention that my own conclusion on yesterday’s contest, would have been different – as I prefer the Glendronach 18, and not only on the value for…

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Springbank Goes to the Peat Shop: Longrow 18 Whisky Tasting Notes

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Springbank Goes to the Peat Shop: Longrow 18 Whisky Tasting Notes

Springbank is one of those distilleries that always raises the interest of maltheads. There’s this fascinating combination between craft distilling and old time traditions, unbroken since the 19th century, together with an almost playfulness with experimentation with different wood finishes and styles. Of the three Springbank brands – the Sherry and light peat of Springbank,…

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