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Whisky Reviews

  • Strathisla 1953 Gordon & MacPhail

    Strathisla 1953 Speyside Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry butt #1614, 258 Bottles, 2012) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Strathisla distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £1948.56 What they say: Speyside Collection Leading whisky specialist… Continue reading

    Strathisla 1953 Gordon & MacPhail
  • Mortlach 1954 Speyside Collection

    Mortlach 58 Years Old 1954 Speyside Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Butt #49, 2012) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Mortlach distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £10,495.95  (collection) What they say: Speyside Collection Leading whisky… Continue reading

    Mortlach 1954 Speyside Collection
  • Longmorn 1967 Speyside Collection

    Longmorn 1967 Speyside Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Sherry Butt #4645, 2015) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Longmorn distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside Collection ABV: 43% What they say: Speyside Collection Leading whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail has… Continue reading

    Longmorn 1967 Speyside Collection
  • Linkwood 1972 Speyside Collection

    Linkwood 1972 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, 1st Fill Sherry HH #14796, 277 Bottles, 2013) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Linkwood Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, Speyside Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £545 What they say: Speyside Collection Leading whisky… Continue reading

    Linkwood 1972 Speyside Collection
  • Lemorton 1980 Vintage

    Lemorton 1980 Millésimé Vieux Calvados Domfrontais Review: Perfection! The most complete Calvados I have sampled, beautifully balanced between fruit and oak. It is almost impossible to believe that after 36 years in oak this expression is redolent with the aroma… Continue reading

    Lemorton 1980 Vintage
  • Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch 4

    Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch 4 (58.7%, OB, 3178 Bottles, 2015) Category: Highland single malt Scotch Whisky Origin: Glengoyne distillery Bottling: Ian Macleod ABV: 58.7% Cost: £90 What they say: Glengoyne Teapot Dram Deliberately young and bold Until the 1970s, Glengoyne workers enjoyed… Continue reading

    Glengoyne Teapot Dram Batch 4
  • Highland Park 15 Years Old

    Highland Park 15 Years Old (40%, OB, 2017) Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Highland Park Distillery Bottling: Edrington ABV: 40% Cost: £80.29 What they say: 15 year old single malt from Orkney’s Highland Park Distillery, which was re-released… Continue reading

    Highland Park 15 Years Old
  • Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye

    Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye (45%, OB, 2017) Category: Tennessee Rye Whiskey Origin: Jack Daniel Distillery Bottling: Brown-Forman, Jack Daniel’s ABV: 45% Cost: £46.95 What they say: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye Our first new grain bill in 150 years.… Continue reading

    Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye
  • Woodford Reserve

    Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye (45.2%, OB, 2017) Category: Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Origin: Woodford Reserve Distillery Bottling: Brown-Forman, Woodford Reserve ABV: 45.2% Cost: £43.43 What they say: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye When crafting our Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, we… Continue reading

    Woodford Reserve
  • Glendullan 20 Years Old 1996 Wine Cask

    Glendullan-Glenlivet 20 Years Old 1996 Chateau Lafitte Cask (52.4 %, WM Cadenhead, Chateau Lafitte Finish, 252 Bottles, 2017) Category: Speyside single malt Scotch Whisky Origin: Glendullan Distillery Bottling: Cadenhead’s ABV: 52.4% Cost: £82.60 from Cadenhead’s What They say: Distilled at… Continue reading

    Glendullan 20 Years Old 1996 Wine Cask