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  • Balcones 5th Anniversary Straight Malt Rumble Cask Reserve Finish

    Review: Balcones 5th Anniversary Straight Malt Rumble Cask Reserve Finish (57.5%, OB, 2014) Category: Texan malt whiskey Origin: Balcones Distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 57.5% Cost: £115 for 750ml Score: 92/100 What they say: Released as part of the Balcones fifth… Continue reading

  • Balcones 5th Anniversary Bourbon Cask 2

    Review: Balcones 5th Anniversary Bourbon Cask 2 (65.7%, OB, 2014) Category: Texan bourbon whiskey Origin: Balcones Distillery Bottling: Offical ABV: 65.7% Cost: £125 for 750ml Score: 91/100 What they say: The second of four single barrel bourbons from Balcones, released… Continue reading

    Balcones 5th Anniversary Bourbon Cask 2

  • Balcones Rumble Cask Reserve Special Release

    Balcones Rumble Cask Reserve Special Release (58.5%, OB, 2014) Category: Texan wildflower honey, turbinado sugar and wild fig spirit Origin: Balcones Distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 58.5% Cost: $82.99 for 750ml (US) Score: 88/100 What they say: While making the rounds… Continue reading

  • Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique

    Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique ~ 57.7% (King Car Group) 57.7% ABV, ~£100 Score: 86/100 What they say [http://www.kavalanwhisky.com/en/examine/10.asp]: Vinho is fully matured in used American oak wine barrels that have been toasted and recharred in a way that brings out… Continue reading

    Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique

  • Glenlossie 20 Years Old 1992 Single Cask (Berry Bros & Rudd)

      Glenlossie 20 Years Old 1992 [Cask 3464] ~ 46% (Berry Bros. & Rudd) 46% ABV, £68-£72 Score: 88/100 What they say: 1992 Berrys’ Own Selection Glenlossie, Speyside, Single Malt Whisky Glenlossie, founded in 1876 by John Duff, lies just… Continue reading

    Glenlossie 20 Years Old 1992 Single Cask (Berry Bros & Rudd)

  • Tormore 14 Years Old

    Yes, this is a very enjoyable digestif type whisky. Complex and reasonably full-bodied with a range of interesting fruit and caramelised sugar flavours before that refreshing peppermint cream ending. A moreish sipping whisky with a final cleansing effect on the… Continue reading

  • Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Lasanta

    Glenmorangie Lasanta 12 Years Old (46%, OB, 2nd Edition, Oloroso Finish, 2011) 46% ABV, £35-45 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: Elegant but full bodied this whisky has spent ten years maturing in American white oak ex-bourbon casks before… Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Lasanta

  • Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Nectar D’Or

    Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or (46%, OB, 2nd Edition, Sauternes Finish, 2011) 46% ABV, £35-£40 for 70cl Score: 82/100 What they say: Great to see French casks that actually complement a whisky – so rare! An exercise in outrageously good sweet-dry balancing”… Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Nectar D’Or

  • Glenmorangie 10 Years Old Original

    It is incredibly smooth and drinkable. It is enjoyably not too sweet or challenging. Heather honey and fruits dominate in what is quite a subtly complicated whisky. Always room for more of this on my whisky shelf. 84/100 Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 10 Years Old Original

  • Deanston 19 Year Old 1992 Single Cask

    Deanston 19 Year Old Single Cask (53.4%, Master of Malt, Bourbon Cask, 260 Bottles, 2012) 53.4% ABV, £59.95 Score: 85/100 What they say: This was distilled at the Deanston distillery on the 16th December 1992. It then spent 19 full… Continue reading

    Deanston 19 Year Old 1992 Single Cask