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SMWS 107.13 Andalusian Gazpacho
Whisky Review: SMWS 107.13 Andalusian Gazpacho: Sweet and spiced cured meat, followed by more sweet dried fruit, nut and tannin from the cask before the malt is included. Plenty of staying power and takes water well. I much preferred this… Continue reading
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SMWS 9.143 Graceful gravitas
Whisky Review: SMWS 9.143 Graceful gravitas: A delicious tropical fruit and herbal-wood filled expression that took me way back to Cheroot cigars and oddly fig and passion fruit balsamic vinegar, there is a strong dessert-wine or gooseberry wine like influence… Continue reading
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Mortlach 18 Year Old Batch 3
Whisky Review: Mortlach 18 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company). Quite fruity and fresh with red apples and toffee apples, hints of smoked ham and sweet-cured bacon, plenty of malt but also floral and herbal in places too. 86/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Years Old 2004 Sherry Cask
Springbank 12 Years Old 2004 Refill Sherry Butt Whisky Review: Bitter and peaty thanks to the moderated cask maturation but still a mouthful of juicy dried fruits in here that brings this dram to life. Even the more “off” notes,… Continue reading
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Springbank 14 Years Old 2002 Rum Cask
Springbank 14 Years Old 2002 Rum Cask Whisky Review: A touch spicier and more bitter, I did prefer the Hazelburn though not by much. This has some lovely funk and engine oil dirtiness I associate with Springbank but just enough… Continue reading
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Abhainn Dearg 3 Years Old 2008 Cask Strength
Abhainn Dearg Cask Strength Whisky Review: Quite rough and ready this one. Young, spirity, and exuberant but not quite tamed by wood. Reduced it still revealed some odd flavours and tendencies, this really reminded me of agave spirit or mezcal… Continue reading
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Hazelburn 14 Years Old 2000 Rum cask
Hazelburn 14 Years Old 2000 Rum Cask Whisky Review: Sweet and spiced, pleasant but not overly complex, a good solid drinker. 84/100 Continue reading
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Tomatin Cask Strength
Tomatin Cask Strength Whisky Review: Zesty but not overly exuberant or young, this carries water well and retains much of its complexity even when reduced. More wood than spirit characteristics perhaps reflecting the lighter nature of Tomatin. 83/100 Continue reading
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Highland Park 13 Years Old 2004 Connoisseurs Choice
Gordon & MacPhail’s Highland Park 2004 Cask Strength Connoisseurs Choice Whisky Review: A flavour-packed expression from Gordon & MacPhail in their new Cask Strength Connoisseurs Choice range. I’d expect nothing less from a Highland Park matured in a first fill… Continue reading
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BenRiach 12 Years Old Sherry Wood
BenRiach 12 Years Old Sherry Wood Whisky Review: A great noser, this had a little more of a grapefruit and citric acidity on the palate than I expected but some lovely woody notes both tannins and spices that caress the… Continue reading
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