Scotch whisky
Whisky distilled, matured for a minimum of 3 years and bottled in Scotland
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Speyburn Bradan Orach
Speyburn Bradan Orach (40%, OB, 2014) 40% ABV, £20 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: Water is at the heart of Speyburn Single Malt. Speyburn is the only distillery to use water from the Granty Burn, a tributary of… Continue reading
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Hazelburn 12 Years Old
Yum, I enjoyed this one a lot. Plenty of sherry wood character in here but matched with the malt and oaky wood character also. This Hazelburn still has that Springbank meaty, malty and a little machine oil character but is… Continue reading
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Brora 35 Years Old 1977 12th Release
Brora 12th Release 35 Years Old 1977 (49.9%, OB, Special releases, 2944 Bottles, 2013) 49.9% ABV £899 Score: 88/100 What they say: The 12th release of Brora from Diageo’s Annual Special Releases, this was distilled in 1977 and has been… Continue reading
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Miltonduff 32 Years Old 1981 Single Cask 5066
Miltonduff 32 Years Old 1981 Cask 5066 ~ 53.1% (Adelphi) 53.1% ABV, £148.71 Score: 84/100 What they say: A single cask #5066 from Miltonduff distillery bottled by Adelphi. Distilled in 1981 and bottled 2013 for 32 year maturation, producing 247… Continue reading
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Port Dundas 36 Years Old 1978 Sovereign Cask 10431
Port Dundas 36 Years Old 1978 – Sovereign Cask #10431~ 58.7% (Hunter Laing ) 58.7% ABV, £100 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: A well aged, 1978 vintage grain whisky from Port Dundas. The distillery closed in 2010, but… Continue reading
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Laphroaig 30 Years Old Cairdeas
Wow, what a dram! Usually in older whisky I find the peat influence mellowed and a lot of wood influence, this one appears to have been slightly rejuvenated by the second maturation allowing the peat to burst out in an… Continue reading
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Port Charlotte PC11 EORNA NA H-ALBA
Port Charlotte PC11 EORNA NA H-ALBA Heavily Peated (59.5%, OB, 2014) 59.5% ABV £150 for 70cl Score: 88/100 What they say: This seventh annual release in our Port Charlotte PC series encounters this heavily peated spirit eleven years into its… Continue reading
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Royal Lochnagar 12 Years Old
Royal Lochnagar 12 Years Old (40%, OB, 2014) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Royal Lochnagar Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 40% ABV Cost: 34.43 Score: 84/100 What they say: Royal Lochnagar Distillery, just a mile or so along the… Continue reading
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Octomore 6.1
Octomore 06.1/167ppm Scottish Barley (57%, OB, 2014) 57% ABV, £90 for 70cl Score: 90/100 What they say: The world’s most heavily peated whisky, this is the sixth edition of the uber-experimental cult Octomore. Titanic amounts of peat but with a… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich Cuvée 382 La Berenice
Bruichladdich Cuvee 382 La Berenice MG41 [L’Age d’Or] (46%, OB, Sauternes/Barsac Cask, 2012) 46% ABV, £100 for 70cl Score: 89/100 What they say: This American-oak-aged Bruichladdich has been further matured in casks that previously contained the lush sweet white wines… Continue reading
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