Islay
Islay single malt scotch whisky
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Kilchoman Coull Point
Kilchoman Coull Point 46% (Travel Retail Exclusive) 46% ABV, £44.99 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say: Continuing the tradition of Kilchoman whiskies being named after landmarks near the distillery, Coull Point is a rugged headland just half a mile… Continue reading
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Bunnahabhain 16 Years Old 1997 Cask Strength Collection
Bunnahabhain 16 Years Old 1997 Heavily Peated 5512 (50.3%, Signatory, Heavily Peated, HH #5512, 285 Bottles, 2014) 50.3% ABV, £79.95 Score: 84/100 What they say: Distilled on 11/12/1997 and matured in a single hogshead cask #5512 this produced 285 bottles on… Continue reading
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Ardbeg French Oak Cask
YES YES YES! Herein is the essence of Corryvreckan in its unaldulterated form. This is truly a thing of beauty. If anything, the Corryvreckan seems to have diluted and added spice, fruit and pepper to the above core whisky, strange considering… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Bourbon Cask
Sadly not actually for sale, I really enjoyed this Ardbeg cask sample, the only drawback was the peat smoke on the nose had a slightly smoldering ash or dirty ashtray quality (more akin to Caol Ila peaty influence) though the palate and… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Galileo
Sadly I don’t have enough Space moola (or Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination QUID’s) to buy a bottle of this stuff, though I did get to sample it from a bottle clearly intended for some giant intergalactic species. I actually found… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Blasda
My overall opinion of Ardbeg’s “lightly-peated” expression was that it was composed of nothing in extremes. Not particularly impressive I likened this to the Caol Ila Stitchell Reserve in that it seems to be lacking something (peat!) and in so… Continue reading
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Lagavulin Triple Matured
Lagavulin Triple Matured – Exclusive to Friends of the Classic Malts (Official Bottling) 48% ABV, £100-115 for 70cl Score: 87/100 What they say: Originally released exclusively for the Friends of the Classic Malts, this is one of five triple-matured bottlings across the Classic… Continue reading
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Lagavulin 32 Years Old 1982 Single Cask
Lagavulin 32 Years Old 1982 (Single Cask Sample) Score: 93/100 What they say: Lagavulin Distillery Warehouse Tasting Sample #4 What we say: A full 32 years old, this sample was distilled in 1982 and matured in a refill sherry butt… Continue reading
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Lagavulin 21 Years Old 1993 Single Cask
Lagavulin 21 Years Old 1993 (Single Cask Sample) 48.4% ABV Score: 92/100 What they say: Lagavulin Distillery Warehouse Tasting Sample #3 What we say: Finally we get to grips with the Valinch and draw this on directly from the cask… Continue reading
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Lagavulin 16 Years Old 1998 Single Cask
Lagavulin 16 Years Old 1998 (Single Cask Sample) 52.4% ABV Score: 89/100 What they say: Lagavulin Distillery Warehouse Tasting Sample #2 What we say: Our second cask sample from the Warehouse Tasting at Lagavulin Distillery was distilled in 1998 and… Continue reading
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