Posts Tagged “Sauternes”

Two Tullibardine Sauternes Finishes: The New 225 Meets The older Tullibardine Sauterens

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Two Tullibardine Sauternes Finishes: The New 225 Meets The older Tullibardine Sauterens

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….

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Another “est” Factor – Edradour – The Smallest Old Distillery and The Game of Wood

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Another “est” Factor – Edradour – The Smallest Old Distillery and The Game of Wood

Picture credit: www.thedrinkingmansguidetoscotland.com Not technically about the size or shape of the stills, this post will focus on the “smallest distillery in Scotland”. The reason I put that title – so proudly etched on the distillery’s sign – in quotation marks is that it’s, quite simply, no longer true. Typical for boom times in the…

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