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Hot Tali Toddy
Hot Tali Toddy Ingredients: 50ml Talisker Skye 20ml Lemon Juice 20ml Honey Syrup 2 dashes angostura bitters Instructions: All ingredients steeped with Cinammon sticks, star anise, cloves and orange peel *Add hot water to Irish coffee glass and garnish with… Continue reading
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Talisker Spiced Apple Highball
Talisker Spiced Apple Highball Ingredients: 50ml Talisker 10yo 5ml gingerbread syrup Instructions: Build in highball with Apple juice and a pinch of citric acid or malic acid Churn with crushed ice Garnish with red apple slice Continue reading
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Talisker Chai Spiced Espresso
Talisker Chai Spiced Espresso Ingredients: 37.5ml Talisker Storm 12.5ml coffee Liqueur 10ml spiced chai syrup Shot of coffee Instructions: Shaken and strained into martini glass Garnish with grated nutmeg Continue reading
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Hicks & Healey 8 Year Old Cornish Single Malt
Very pleasing & vanilla’d in all its forms, an easy drinker that reminded us of Dalwhinnie or Cardhu single malt scotch, nothing overly complicated about it but a good solid dram and excels in its simplicity, I think this would… Continue reading
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Groult Vénérable
Roger Groult Calvados Pays d’Auge Venerable Review: A lovely combination of old wood and fresh ripe apple fruit, with equal measures of florality, spice and some bitter dark chocolate adds to an earthy quality too. 90/100 Continue reading
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Mortlach 1997 Port Finish Cask 16014
Delicious, rich & juicy jammy fruits, lovely malty structure with touches of tannic leather and that still sulphur meatiness characteristic of Mortlach. 89/100 Continue reading
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Williamson 6 Years Old 2010 Strictly Limited
Delicious *Laphroaig* briny peat smoke and sweetened sherried maltiness at its finest. These Islay whiskies really do drink well young before the peat influence dissipates with over-maturation. 87/100 Continue reading
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Glentauchers 17 Years Old Batch 2
A very nice example of standard Glentauchers output, carries some good malt, toffee and fruit and those more uncommon herbal and spice notes too. 83/100 Continue reading
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Port Dundas 25 Years Old Batch 1
A pleasantly fresh and light flavoured grain from Port Dundas with some fun salty, buttery and nutty elements to keep things moving along the palate. A touch of spice and zest lead to a drying and palate cleansing finish. 85/100 Continue reading
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The Singleton of Auchroisk 1976
Light bodied at 40% and smooth but with an entertaining toffee/coffee/chocolate flavour profile going on and a good taste of malty barley, some oak aging too, this seemed akin to many a good blend and I wonder if this expression… Continue reading
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