Single malt
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Bruichladdich 1994 Micro-Provenance Cask 013
Bruichladdich Micro-Provenance Cask 013 (50.6%, OB, Bourbon & Sauternes Finish, 253 Bottles, 2015) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bruichladdich Distillery Bottling: Official for #LaddieMP3 ABV: 50.6% Cost: £90 Score: 86/100 What they say: The Micro Provenance series is unique… Continue reading
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Ben Bracken 22 Year Old Islay
Interesting, delicate and quite creamy but with an overriding chalky nature that screams BOWMORE at me in big letters, coupled with either a refill sherry cask or mixture of refill sherry/bourbon cask maturation this remains highly drinkable but not overly… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich 2003 Micro-Provenance Cask 229
Bruichladdich Micro-Provenance Cask 229 (62.2%, OB, Sherry Cask, 259 Bottles, 2015) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bruichladdich Distillery Bottling: Rémy Cointreau for #LaddieMP3 ABV: 62.2% Cost: £90 for 3x 20cl Score: 84/100 What they say: What I say: Sample… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich 2003 Micro-Provenance Cask 543
Bruichladdich Micro-Provenance Cask 543 (60.1%, OB, Port HH, 250 Bottles, 2015) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bruichladdich Distillery Bottling: Rémy Cointreau for #LaddieMP3 ABV: 60.1% Cost: £90 for 3x 20cl Score: 87/100 What they say: Porto cask matured 12… Continue reading
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Ben Bracken 28 Year Old Speyside
Some superb qualities from the aged tropical fruit medley to the masses of honey and beautifully complimentary spice from those ex-bourbon casks. 89/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 13.47 It’s a knockout
Dalmore 10 Years Old 2005 13.47 It’s a knockout (59.3%, SMWS, Refill Bourbon Barrel, 199 Bottles, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Dalmore Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 13.47 It’s a knockout ABV: 59.3% Cost: £51.70 Score: 89/100… Continue reading
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SMWS 37.67 Tongue tingling treasure
Beautiful, my absolute favourite of the tasting! A perfect blend of spirit and wood character really shows off this Cragganmore at its finest! 89/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 3.251 Engineers work bench in a boatyard
Bowmore 17 Years Old 1997 3.251 Engineers work bench in a boatyard (55.4%, SMWS, Refill Sherry Butt, 553 Bottles, 2015) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bowmore Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society Cask 3.251 Engineer’s work-bench in a… Continue reading
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SMWS 66.76 Guilty pleasure
This one had a lot of fans at the tasting and it is easy to see why, a good example of sweet and peat though a slightly diverse collection of Ardmore peat and white wine influenced sweetness. There was something… Continue reading
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SMWS 54.36 Pocket rocket
A little underwhelming, I found this quite one-dimensional ‘fruity’ and was a little disappointed – though that may have been partly due to my expectation of Aberlour to be much more entertaining than this. I guess despite the quality of… Continue reading
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