November 2015
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SMWS 54.36 Pocket rocket
A little underwhelming, I found this quite one-dimensional ‘fruity’ and was a little disappointed – though that may have been partly due to my expectation of Aberlour to be much more entertaining than this. I guess despite the quality of… Continue reading
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Balblair 1983 Vintage 1st Release
Balblair 1983 Vintage 1st Release Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Balblair Distillery Bottling: Official – Inver House Distillers Ltd. ABV: 46% Cost: £192.61 What they say: 1983 Vintage Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Natural Colour Non Chill-Filtered | First Release… Continue reading
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Balblair 1990 Vintage 2nd Release
Balblair 1990 Vintage 2nd Release Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Balblair Distillery Bottling: Official – Inver House Distillers Ltd. ABV: 46% Cost: £102.79 What they say: Vintage 1990 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Natural Colour Non Chill-Filtered | 2nd… Continue reading
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WhiskyMetrics: Whisky Blog League Table December 2015
Firstly many thanks for all the support, criticism and commentary on our Top 20 post WhiskyMetrics: Top 20 Whisky Blogs – November 2015 The most common theme for commentators was where am I? I suppose it is natural for most to… Continue reading
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anCnoc 22 Years Old
A spicier and slightly smoky dram, much more contemplative this one. Rich and with plenty of body, flavour and character, this really displays wonderful cask maturation on a light honeyed base spirit. A real indulgent pleasure! 86/100 Continue reading
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Old Pulteney 17 Years Old
Old Pulteney 17 Years Old (46%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Pulteney Distillery Bottling: Official – Inver House Distillers Ltd. ABV: 46% Cost: £59.99 What they say: Our 17-year-old predominantly features ex-bourbon maturation, with the addition of… Continue reading
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Tomintoul 12 Year Old Portwood Finish
Slightly unusual this one, not as sweet and jammy as I was hoping. There was a slightly chalky and salty note in here that I couldn’t shake off the association with shellfish meat (albeit nice and sweet). The port finishing… Continue reading
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WhiskyMetrics: Top 20 Whisky Blogs – November 2015
News: Top 20 Whisky Blogs – November 2015 I have to admit, this post was born out of a little market research on our own part investigating where The Whiskyphiles sat in the current whisky blogosphere. Using an independent metric… Continue reading
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Writers Tears
Writers Tears (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Irish Pot Still Blended Whisky Origin: Ireland Bottling: Walsh Whiskey Distillery Co. ABV: 40% Cost: £32.95 What they say: Writers Tears is a light, sweet Irish whiskey made using a mix of single pot… Continue reading
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SMWS G12.1 Oh so sweet
Nikka Coffey Malt 11 Years Old 2001 G12.1 Oh so sweet (58.9%, SMWS, Re-charred HH, 246 Bottles, 2014) Category: Japanese grain whisky Origin: Nikka’s Coffey stills (Miyagikyo Distillery) Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask G12.1 ABV: 58.9% Cost: £229 for… Continue reading
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