Posts Tagged “Highlands”

Glen Garioch’s Retro-Hightech £6M Upgrade, and a Stunning 1991 BYO to Boot

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Glen Garioch’s Retro-Hightech £6M Upgrade, and a Stunning 1991 BYO to Boot

I think none of you would be overly surprised that getting to Glen Garioch on any trip to Scotland is a given for me. We each have our favorite distillery, the one we’ll go out of our way to swing by for a hello and a BYO even if we’re not doing a tour or…

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2022 Whisky Show – Back on Track (well, almost…)

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2022 Whisky Show – Back on Track (well, almost…)

After three years away from the London Whisky Show, (2019 due to a scheduling conflict with the Rosh HaShana, and then COVID) I have at last returned to the Show. From being the only Israeli visitor to the show in 2014-2016, this year’s participation has gone to a couple of dozen Israelis, in part because…

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Malt Whisky Yearbook 2021 – A Review

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Malt Whisky Yearbook 2021 – A Review

If there’s one whisky book I diligently make sure I have, it’s Ingvar Ronde’s Malt Whisky Yearbook. When the book landed in my mailbox, delayed as usual because of the Israeli Postal Service, the first place I turned to was the perennially excellent The Year That Was section (on page 260). To me, this section…

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Two Glen Garioch Single 1968 Sherry Casks Doing A Head to Head – From the Saddest Year Since 1797

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Two Glen Garioch Single 1968 Sherry Casks Doing A Head to Head – From the Saddest Year Since 1797

1968 was a horrible year for Glen Garioch. A drought was ravishing Islay, and DCL/SMD was worried about the supply of peated whisky for its blends three years hence. It was decided that one of the many DCL Highland distilleries would be switched to distilling heavily peated whisky. Glen Garioch was the go-to selection, as…

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Two Unicorn Glen Garioch Vintage 1958 Distilled on the Same Day Going Head to Head at 46 and 60 Years of Age

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Two Unicorn Glen Garioch Vintage 1958 Distilled on the Same Day Going Head to Head at 46 and 60 Years of Age

There are few things that get a whisky aficionado’s blood pumping like the opportunity to taste ancient drams from his favorite distillery. It gets even more special when they are both distilled on the same day, one presented at 46 years of age, and the other at 60 years of age. Yes, mind blowing 🙂…

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