Archive For The “Official Bottling” Category
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…
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…
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,…
I reviewed the Glengoyne 10 on this blog in the (very popular) post on still shapes and distillation speed, mentioning the effect of the slow distillation process on the Glengoyne new make and finished spirit. You can reach that post here. This expression is part of a popular class of mass market sherry bomb cask…
In a previous post on Sauternes finishes I wrote that since Sauternes casks are so expensive, we rarely see sauternes matured whiskys, and there are but a few Sauternes finished whiskys around. For a recent Sauternes themed meeting of the Malt Mongers – Israel Club held in July, we had two pairs of old vs….