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Jura Diurachs’ Own
Jura 16 Year Old Diurachs’ Own (40%, OB, 2012) Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Jura Distillery Bottling: Emperador – Whyte & Mackay ABV: 40% Cost: £44.99 What they say: Rich & full-bodied with hints of citrus fruit and toffee.… Continue reading
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Aberlour 10 Years Old
Wow! for an entry level expression this has it all, beautiful apple-fresh speyside spirit and lashings of bourbon and sherry influences create a real complex toffee monster. This is permanently part of my collection, on my 3rd or 4th bottle… Continue reading
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Tomatin whisky tasting masterclass at Wood Winters
On Friday 23rd August 2013 we attended a Tomatin tasting masterclass with Alistair Mutch held at Wood Winters [http://www.woodwinters.com/] specialist wine and whisky shop in Edinburgh. Tomatin distillery [http://www.tomatin.com/] derives its name from the Gaelic for Hill of the juniper… Continue reading
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Bunnahabhain 12 Years Old
Bunnahabhain 12 Years Old (46.3%, OB, 2011) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bunnahabhain distillery Bottling: Distell ABV: 46.3% Cosy: £37.98 What they say: Bunnahabhain is not a typical, heavily peated, smoke-filled Islay – instead it lets the sea… Continue reading
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Highland Park Drakkar
Yes even though it is a 1L bottle I expect to get through this quickly and I will always have room in my collection for this, lets hope HP continue to supply/release it… 79/100 Continue reading
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Lets fly away to a world of whisky
There is now nothing I love more than travelling by air. Mostly for the fact that I get some serious time at World of Whiskies to try out most of their new arrivals and retail exclusives. There is nothing more… Continue reading
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Lagavulin 1994 Distillers Edition
Yes! this is a perfect balance between the deep smoke Lagavulin and sweet sherry from the PX casks. Although these are released yearly with some batch to batch variation, more recent versions have been met with as much good [and similar]… Continue reading
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Glenkinchie 12 Years Old
Very delicate and often looses out to some of the more complex whiskies I have. However over time I have grown to appreciate this more and more. Yes it is very drinkable but maybe a bit tame for my tastes.… Continue reading
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Bargain hunt #2
I started searching all of the UK supermarkets such as ASDA, Morrison, Tesco and Sainsbury’s particularly using their online grocery shopping websites to compare list prices and offers. Again with a price range of £20 to £25 maximum I picked… Continue reading
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Seeking new markets
Following my success with travel retail I started searching far and wide for interesting or unusual whiskies, as well as continuing to enhance my collection with bargain basic expressions of distilleries I had yet to try. I also had the… Continue reading
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