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Aberfeldy 21 Years Old
Aberfeldy 21 year old is a perfect smooth and silky dram with wonderful flavours of creamy toffee and honey. While I enjoyed sampling this, I wasn’t really blown away by it. The sherry and smoke influences I have heard others… Continue reading
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Port Dundas 21 Years Old 1992 The Clan Denny
Port Dundas 21 Years Old 1992 The Clan Denny (55.7%, Hunter Hamilton, Refill Bourbon HH #9452, 2013) 55.7% ABV, £70 for 70cl Score: 78/100 What they say: CLAN DENNY Old and rare Single Grain Scotch Whisky… Our Clan Denny Single… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Bourbon Cask
Sadly not actually for sale, I really enjoyed this Ardbeg cask sample, the only drawback was the peat smoke on the nose had a slightly smoldering ash or dirty ashtray quality (more akin to Caol Ila peaty influence) though the palate and… Continue reading
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Water of Life Society 30/04/2014 – Compass Box
Water of Life Society 30/04/2014 Compass Box This weeks EPIC (and final, no really final WoLS tasting of 13/14) tasting was hosted by Gregg Glass (@CompassBoxGregg). Assistant Whiskymaker & Whisky Ambassador at craft Scotch whiskymaker Compass Box Whisky Co. Compass Box… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Galileo
Sadly I don’t have enough Space moola (or Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination QUID’s) to buy a bottle of this stuff, though I did get to sample it from a bottle clearly intended for some giant intergalactic species. I actually found… Continue reading
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SMWS 64.51 Tuck-time in a stately home
Mannochmore 23 Years Old 1990 64.51 Tuck-time in a stately home (55.8%, SMWS, Refill Bourbon Barrel, 187 Bottles, 2013) 55.8%, £87.20 Score: 85/100 What they say: The nose, with polished wood, oiled cricket bats and flowers, was like entering a… Continue reading
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Jura Boutique Barrels 1993 Sherry JI Finish
Jura Boutique Barrels 1993 Sherry JI Finish ~ 54% (Emperador) 54% ABV, £78.65 Score 87/100 What they say: Isle of Jura Boutique Barrels The word ‘Boutique’ evokes a small but special space filled with an assortment of fine and beautiful… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Blasda
My overall opinion of Ardbeg’s “lightly-peated” expression was that it was composed of nothing in extremes. Not particularly impressive I likened this to the Caol Ila Stitchell Reserve in that it seems to be lacking something (peat!) and in so… Continue reading
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Mortlach 22 Years Old 1989 Single Cask 3926
Mortlach 22 Years Old 1989 Cask 3926 54.9% (Mackillops Choice) 54.9% ABV, £110 for 70cl Score: 90/100 What they say: A cask strength sherry-matured Mortlach from MacKillop’s Choice. This was distilled on the 1st September 1989 and aged for 22… Continue reading
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