Grain
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Spearhead
As you would expect this has all the diversity and flavour of a single malt whisky, if anything the Coffey distillation has allowed the extraction of cask flavours to come through even more in the final whisky. 84/100 Continue reading
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Cambus 23 Years Old 1991 Cask 55890
A well aged grain, quite solventy and woody but also plenty of sugars and fruit apparent in the spirit. 83/100 Continue reading
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North British 15 Years Old 2003 Mossburn No. 24
Very light and drinkable single grain balanced with American/ex-bourbon oak influence, soft, fruity and creamy. Continue reading
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Cambus 28 Years Old 1991 Single Cask
Great on the palate despite inherent thinness of grain whisky, touch funky on the nose and slightly over-woody. Water made this spicier and woodier so I’d drink it as it comes. 82/100 Continue reading
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Cameronbridge 21 Years Old 1997 Single Cask 75792
Cameronbridge 21 Years Old 1997 James Eadie Whisky Review: Quite simple, oaky with plenty of vanilla and coconut, no surprise this was a single grain or that it was matured in a refill hogshead, still quite harsh and solventy for… Continue reading
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Cambus 28 Years Old Batch 11
Cambus 28 Years Old Batch 11 Whisky Review: Old & woody but still quite solventy. Thankfully this carries some oily weight which adds depth. With water this is much sweeter and smoother and full of toffee and butterscotch. 86/100 Continue reading
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Port Dundas 10 Years Old (Great Drams)
Young, light and simple 1st fill bourbon-matured grain, really displaying mostly what these casks can do plus a little grain spirit character for Port Dundas – the likes of which we won’t really see in future as it is no… Continue reading
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Girvan 11 Years Old 2007 Single Cask Series (Great Drams)
Girvan 11 Years Old 2007 The GreatDrams Single Cask Series whisky review: Very drinkable, lovely and vanillic on the nose suggesting fresh ex-bourbon cask. A little ethereal in places but with a lovely spirit character and somewhat of a sherbet… Continue reading
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Lochside 52 Years Old 1963 The Sovereign
Lochside 52 Years Old 1963 The Sovereign whisky review: I have the feeling this was just caught on the right side of woodiness, a little camphor and new pine sap challenge the palate but are backed by such intense and… Continue reading
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Strathclyde 31 Years Old Batch 4
Strathclyde 31 Years Old Batch 4 Whisky Review: Sweet and delicious – a well aged vanilla-filled grain whisky. 86/100 Continue reading
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