Carsebridge 52 Years Old 1964/2017 (40.8%, The Spirit Still, Bourbon Barrel, 31 Bottles)
The Spirit Still Carsebridge 52 Years Old 1964 Single Grain Scotch Whisky Review: Beautifully sweet but also fantastically proud of its grain spirit heritage, incredibly sweet, fresh and lively for its age. I could easily loose myself on the nose alone. The palate has a little bitterness from the oak wood and a zing of tropical fruit juice but these provide the perfect foil to a mass of white chocolate, vanilla, coconut and banana sweetness. The finish is a little shorter than I wanted it to be, but again for a single grain whisky exactly what I was expecting. 92/100
Lagavulin 9 Years Old 2008 Like A Villain (52%, The Spirit Still, Cotes du Rhone Butt, 100 bottles, 2018)
The Spirit Still Like A Villain 9 Years Old 2008 Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review: A remarkably mature tasting 9 year old Lagavulin, sweetened and oaked by its maturation in an ex Cote du Rhone French oak butt. The combination of Islay whisky and French oak and wine deliver a veritable Thai cookbook of flavours! 88/100
The Quartet Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (46%, The Spirit Still, 100 Bottles, 2018)
The Quartet Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Review: A likened this one to chewing tobacco, great flavours but a little leafy, herbal and even woody in places. A hint of smoke in here too is a pleasant addition. 84/100
Burnside 18 Years Old (58.2%, The Spirit Still, Bourbon Barrel, 37 Bottles, 2018)
The Spirit Still Burnside 18 Years Old Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Review: An odd mixture of sweet, fruity, zesty and creamy which rolls around the palate but doesn’t seem to settle into a pattern or predominant flavour. To try settle this one down or tidy it up we added a splash of water which thins it out and revealed more creamy vanilla but also suggested refill cask to me. I think I favour this one reduced where it became very easily drinkable but still echoed all of the flavours it had at cask strength. 86/100
Glenlivet 25 Years Old 1992 Give’N’Tell (51.4%, The Spirit Still, Bourbon Barrel, 256 Bottles, 2018)
The Spirit Still Give’N’Tell 25 Years Old 1992 Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review: A wonderful floral nose hints at vanilla pastries and desserts, the palate is much livelier and fruitier and dry pine overcomes the drying and tannic finish, a whisky that takes you on a bit of a journey and epitomises the distillery from whence it came. 89/100
Independent bottler Spirit Still launches at Spirit of Speyside Festival with a range of five eclectic whiskies
Independent bottler Spirit Still launches at the Spirit of Speyside Festival 2018
New Whisky Releases: Week 23 2018
This weeks new whisky releases
BenRiach release Batch 15 of their single cask series
Press release announcing the launch of BenRiach’s single cask series Batch 15
Glenmorangie marks 175 years of exceptional whisky creation with rare single-cask release
Press release announcing the release of Glenmorangie’s 175th anniversary edition.
Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Lowden Guitars and musician Foy Vance join forces to create the first guitar using pot still copper from The Old Bushmills Distillery
Press release detailing collaboration between Bushmills, Lowden Guitars and musician Foy Vance
