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Ardbeg Sherry Cask
Loved this one but overall was a little too ashen and peaty which overpowered the sherry – presumably this is ironed out of the single casks when vatting for production of the Uigeadail expression. 89/100 Continue reading
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Whisky Pilgrimage #2 Islay
Whisky Pilgrimage #2 Islay The second whisky pilgrimage for The Whiskyphiles was non other than the ‘Island’. The island of Islay with its soon to be 9th Distillery is considered one of the spiritual homes of scotch whisky making. Islay… Continue reading
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Glenglassaugh 35 Year Old 1978 Cask 1810
Glenglassaugh 35 Year Old 1978 Cask 1810 -Rare Cask Release Batch 1 (42.9%, OB, 2014) 42.9%, £355 for 70cl Score: 89/100 What they say: 1978 cask # 1810 35 Years Old Finished in the finest Port Hogshead / 42.9% vol… Continue reading
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Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 3
Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 3 (54.9%, OB, 2013) 54.9% ABV, £52 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: A classic GlenDronach exactly as we made it – cask strength, non chill filtered and at natural colour. The cask strength has… Continue reading
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Ardmore 16 Years Old 1997 Small Batch
Cereal, sweet-ish like savoury woodland honey, slightly bitter and sour but crisp and delicate throughout, definite flavour of heathery peat (like highland or speyside) 85/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Years Old Cask Strength Batch 6
Springbank 12 Years Old Cask Strength Batch 6 50.3% (J & A Mitchell) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 50.3% ABV, £47 for 70cl Score: 85/100 What they say: Springbank 12 Year Old cask strength 70cl 50.3%ABV Matured: 60% fresh sherry hogsheads… Continue reading
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Allt-á-Bhainne 21 Years Old 1992 Small Batch
Very enjoyable, went down well with the whole audience, that Kirsch and dark chocolate with sweet cereals was just perfect! 86/100 Continue reading
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Tomatin 35 Years Old 1978 Small Batch
Tomatin 35 Years Old 1978 Small Batch (44.1%, Cadenheads, Small Batch, Bourbon HHs, 594 Bottles, 2013) 44.1% ABV £160 for 70cl Score: 85/100 What they say: Nose Rhubarb, butterscotch and aniseed. Barley sugar and bubblegum Palate Strawberry tarts, banana sweets,… Continue reading
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Kilchoman Port Cask Matured
Kilchoman Port Cask Matured ~ 55% (Single Cask Sample) 55% ABV, Released vatted at £68 for 70cl Score: 89/100 What they say: At the end of August we will release our first ever Port Cask Matured whisky, just 1000 cases… Continue reading
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Kilchoman Small Batch Release 2013
Kilchoman Small Batch Release 2013 58.2% (Kilchoman Distillery) 58.2% ABV, ~£60 for 70cl Score: 87/100 What they say: Kilchoman only produce just over 100,000 litres of spirit a year so when they release a small batch of whisky you know… Continue reading
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