But you’ve never heard of Glenisla, and when you checked the closed distilleries section in your ‘Malt Whisky Yearbook’ you found nothing. So what is this and how did it get to a bottle? The story is this: Glen Keith is one of Chivas Brother’s most important distilleries, and while not officially bottled, is quite…
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La Maison du Whisky is France’s leading whisky retailer, and the purveyors of Whisky Live Paris, which is one of the Continent’s foremost whisky events of the year. Whisky Live Paris is usually held on the last weekend in September, one week before The Whisky Show in London. This whisky is linked also by another,…
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For some, December is all about Advent Calendars and the countdown toward the holidays. For others, it’s about blind competitions and getting ready for vacations. With Hanukka bouncing around between late November and December, I took the route of participating in the 5th annual Usquebaugh Society 2015 blind tasting competition. So how it going for me? Not well at…
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Here we are just twelve days before Christmas (and it’s the first day of Hanukkah), and gift buying is at its height! I’ll give you my top 12 bottles that would make a great holiday gift. Obviously, they are all bottles I’ve tasted, and many of them adorn my own whisky cabinet. The rules? Easy: It has…
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Aberlour, Aultmore, Bunnahabhain, Clynelish, Glendronach, Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Scotch Single Malt, Talisker, Whisky EventsBirthday , 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
As my readers know, I’m intrigued by malt blends (vatted malts), and you really don’t get to see too many of them that were aged for 20 years. Douglas Laing has started a series of three very limited expressions of Island malts. This blend is made of paeated Island malts and is the first in…
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