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Mars 2011 Komagatake Zenkoji Temple
Mars 2011 Komagatake Zenkoji Memorial Edition (57%, OB, Sherry & American White oak, 1200 Bottles, 2015) Category: Japanese single malt whisky Origin Shinshu Mars Distillery Bottling: Official: Hombo Shuzo Ltd. ABV: 57% Cost: 9,000 Yen (£56.00) Score: 88/100 What they… Continue reading
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Deanston 11 Years Old 2004 Amontillado Cask Finish
Deanston 11 Years Old 2004 Distillery Exclusive (60.1%, OB, Amontillado Cask Finish, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Deanston Distillery Bottling: Official: Distell – Distillery Fill your own ABV: 60.1% Cost: £80 Score: 85/100 What they say: The third… Continue reading
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Blender’s Choice 2015 Single Grain
Blender’s Choice 2015 Fuji Gotemba Single Grain (46%, OB, 2015) Category: Japanese single grain whisky Origin: Fuji Gotemba Distillery Bottling: Official – Kirin ABV: 46% Cost: €110 Score: 83/100 What they say: Recently voted Best Japanese grain whisky at the… Continue reading
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Tokinoka Blended Whisky
Tokinoka Blended Whisky (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Japanese blended whisky Origin: White Oak Distillery Bottling: Official – Eigashima Shuzo ABV: 40% Cost: £29.99 from Drink Supermarket Score: 84/100 What they say: From the Akashi White Oak Distillery this is a… Continue reading
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Benromach 35 Years Old
This expression is still surprisingly fresh considering its age. There is a depth of wood and fruit here belying its long time in a first fill sherry cask yet the orange oil tastes like it is fresh out of the… Continue reading
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Glenlivet 16 Years Old Nadurra
Quite spicy but in a really good way. Reminded me of gingerbread and cake. In fact a multitude of sweets and desserts appear in my tasting notes as I chewed my way through the sweetness in this expression. The proof… Continue reading
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Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Finish
Tullibardine 228 Burgundy Cask Finish (43%, OB, 2016) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Tullibardine Distillery Bottling: Picard Vins & Spiritueux ABV: 43% Cost: £40.63 What they say: This is a delicious whisky from Tullibardine, released in 2013. It… Continue reading
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Rock Oyster
Rock Oyster (46.8%, Douglas Laing, 2016) Category: Blended Island Malt Scotch Whisky Origin: Various distilleries Bottling: Douglas Laing ABV: 46.8% Cost: £37.84 What they say: Paying homage the sea, Douglas Laing’s Rock Oyster is a Small Batch bottling created using… Continue reading
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Speyside 21 Years Old 1993 Distiller’s Art
Just beautiful, very fruity on the nose but more malty and nutty on the palate. I’m guessing Oloroso sherry cask but who cares what it was matured in – this is good! 89/100 Continue reading
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The Singleton of Dufftown Tailfire
Short and sweet overall, some nice aromas but fairly unimpressive from there onwards. This is supposed to be bursting with red fruit and berries – I guess the dram I received had already burst? I will stick to the Spey… Continue reading
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