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  • Mannochmore 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna

    Mannochmore 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna (43%, OB, 2016) Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Mannochmore Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 43% Cost: £46.33 What they say: Mannochmore distillery stands a few miles south of Elgin in… Continue reading

    Mannochmore 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna
  • Knockando 21 Year Old 1994

    Knockando 21 Year Old 1994 Master Reserve (43%, OB, 2016) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Knockando Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 43% Cost: £68.72 What they say: As the Knockando Distillery Manager, I am proud to present an exceptional… Continue reading

    Knockando 21 Year Old 1994
  • Loch Lomond Single Grain

    Loch Lomond Single Grain (46%, OB, 2016) Category: Single grain scotch whisky Origin: Loch Lomond Distillery Bottling: Loch Lomond Group ABV: 46% Cost: £31.32 What they say: Loch Lomond Single Grain Whisky is carefully distilled using only the finest malted… Continue reading

    Loch Lomond Single Grain
  • BenRiach 18 Years Old Latada

    Another beautiful expression from BenRiach, our notes really don’t do it justice but imagine a board laid out with finest beech wood smoked ham and fresh cut melon slices, that sweet and savoury complexity that comes from swapping between meat… Continue reading

    BenRiach 18 Years Old Latada
  • Royal Lochnagar 1998 Distillers Edition

    Royal Lochnagar 1998 Distillers Edition (40%, OB, RL/98-10U, 2011) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Royal Lochnagar Distillery Bottling: Diageo; Distillers Edition ABV: 40% Cost: £59.83 What they say: This is a bottling of Royal Lochnagar single… Continue reading

    Royal Lochnagar 1998 Distillers Edition
  • Glenkinchie 1999 Distillers Edition

    Glenkinchie 1999 Distillers Edition (43%, OB, G/285-7-D, 2012) Category: Lowland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glenkinchie Distillery Bottling: Diageo; Distillers Edition ABV: 43% Cost: £55.84 What they say: After mellowing in a refill cask to develop the soft distillery character… Continue reading

    Glenkinchie 1999 Distillers Edition
  • Craigellachie 1997 Connoisseurs Choice

    Craigellachie 1997 Connoisseurs Choice Single Malt Scotch Whisky Review: Very long, well-integrated flavours, a little fizzy and citric from the fruity and richly sulphuric spirit but with a dollop of good vanilla custard from the ex-bourbon oak casks. A nice… Continue reading

    Craigellachie 1997 Connoisseurs Choice
  • Glenallachie 1999 Connoisseurs Choice

    Glenallachie 1999 Connoisseurs Choice (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2013) Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glenallachie Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Connoisseurs Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £33.12 What they say: Gordon & MacPhail, one of the world’s leading… Continue reading

    Glenallachie 1999 Connoisseurs Choice
  • Dalmore 2001 Connoisseurs Choice

    Dalmore 2001 Connoisseurs Choice (46%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2015) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: The Dalmore Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Connoisseurs Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £40.33 What they say: Gordon & MacPhail, one of the… Continue reading

    Dalmore 2001 Connoisseurs Choice
  • Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection

    Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2016) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glenturret Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, The MacPhail’s Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £40.19 What they say: Gordon & MacPhail, one of… Continue reading

    Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection