Speyside
Speyside single malt scotch whisky
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Tamnavulin Double Cask
Tamnavulin Double Cask (40%, OB, 2016) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Tamnavulin Distillery Bottling: Emperador; Whyte & Mackay ABV: 40% Cost: RRP £32 What they say: The Moray distillery, which predominantly produces single malt for the Whyte &… Continue reading
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Mortlach 25 Years Old 1989 Exclusive
Mortlach 25 Years Old 1989 Exclusive (50%, Gordon & MacPhail, Refill Sherry HH #4302, 282 Bottles, 2014) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Mortlach Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Exclusive from Mortlach Distillery ABV: 50% Cost: £130 from Gordon… Continue reading
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Dallas Dhu 24 Years Old 1976 Old Malt Cask
Dallas Dhu 24 Years Old 1976 Old Malt Cask (50%, Douglas Laing, 630 Bottles, 2001) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Dallas Dhu Distillery [closed] Bottling: Douglas Laing; Old Malt Cask ABV: 50% Cost: ~ £150 at auction What they… Continue reading
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Caperdonich 20 Years Old 1996 Cask Ends
Caperdonich 20 Years Old 1996 Cadenhead’s Cask Ends (48.9%, WM Cadenhead, Sherry Finish, 2016) Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Caperdonich Distillery Bottling: Cadenhead’s Cask Ends ABV: 48.9% Cost: £110 What they say: Distilled at the now… Continue reading
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Macallan 1997 Speymalt
Speymalt from the Macallan Distillery 1997-2015 Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: The Macallan Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Speymalt ABV: 43% Cost: £59.00 What they say: Distilled at The Macallan Distillery in 1997 and bottled in 2015 by… Continue reading
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Aberlour 16 Years Old 2000 Sherry Cask
A rich and deliciously sherried Aberlour, this hand-fill cask really proves the base filling underpinning Aberlour’s A’Bunadh expression. A perfect example of how their light apple & honey spirit character really can work with a dollop of sherry cask maturation (as… Continue reading
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Dailuaine 8 Years Old 2007 Hepburn’s Choice
Dailuaine 8 Years Old 2007 Hepburn’s Choice (46%, Langside, 2016) Whisky Review Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Dailuaine Distillery Bottling: Langside; Hepburn’s Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £42.83 What they say: A Sherry-butt-matured single malt Scotch whisky from the… Continue reading
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Glen Marnoch 28 Years Old
Wow, wonderfully aged sherried Speyside dram, rich in lots of lovely spices and mixed with old oak wood qualities. Continue reading
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Ben Bracken 27 Years Old 1989 Speyside
Fabulous on the nose, unfortunately on the palate this lacked the intensity of last years 28 year old expression and is rather more citric and creamy. Continue reading
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SMWS 72.49 Totally Scrummy!
Miltonduff 11 Years Old 2004 72.49 Totally Scrummy! ~ 60.7% (SMWS) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Miltonduff Distillery Bottling: Scotch Malt Whisky Society ABV: 60.7% Cost: £49.60 What they say: Cask 72.49 The nose was bittersweet, dark and… Continue reading
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