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Whisky Reviews
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Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008
Bruichladdich 2008 Bere Barley (50%, OB, 2014) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 50% ABV £54.57 Score: 86/100 What they say: bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008 UHI Orkney Farms The 2007 crop for this, our third release of Bere Barley, was grown on… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley
Bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley (50%, OB, 2014) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 50% ABV £64.26 for 1L Score: 82/100 What they say: bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley 100% Scottish organic barley, slow trickle distillation and premium American oak have produced… Continue reading
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Octomore 7.2
Octomore 07.2 / 208ppm Cask Evolution (58.5%, OB, 2015) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 58.5% ABV £118.18 Score: 87/100 What they say: octomore07.2/ 208ppm Cask Evolution The latest exemplar of the cult that surrounds the world’s most heavily peated whisky series.… Continue reading
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Port Charlotte An Turas Mor
Port Charlotte An Turas Mor (46%, OB, 2015) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 46% ABV £35.39 Score: 88/100 What they say: Port Charlotte Heavily peated Heavily peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky THE POWER OF PEAT WITH THE ELEGANCE, COMPLEXITY AND FLORAL… Continue reading
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Arran 18 Years Old 1996 Single Cask
A rich and well-balanced single cask example, not the most complex or multi-dimensional of drams but a great depth of flavours. I particularly love the old musty and herbal oak elements in this dram, bringing together a classic combinations of… Continue reading
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Arran 18 Years Old 1st Release
This 18 year old Arran delivers plenty of sherried spicy toasted oak and a fruity zest to that core cereal malt of the Arran distillate. If anything we found this one to be less fruity-sweet than their younger expressions as… Continue reading
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Arran 17 Years Old 1996 Single Cask 1482
This one had me guessing Sherry cask all over. With the fruit, tannin, leather and chocolate – I now realise this is core Arran malt signatures mixed with a particularly active refill hogshead. Very enjoyable! 85/100 Continue reading
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Arran 18 Years Old 1996 PX octave finish
Possibly the best of the 3 Arran 18 year old expressions in my opinion, though this may have been subject to my PX bias. It is not quite as nutty and chocolatey as some but delivers a lot of flavour… Continue reading
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Arran 18 Years Old 1996 Oloroso octave finish
he 2nd of the Arran 18 year olds released by Whiskybroker in January 2015, this has spent some time finishing in an Oloroso sherry conditioned octave cask and has taken on a subtle nuttiness. 88/100 Continue reading
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Arran 14 Years Old
A definite sherry influence lightly pervades this typically malty and sweetly cerealed Arran expression. A nice balance has been achieved with a little musty sherry ageing lightened by a zestier fruity nature too. 86/100 Continue reading
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