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Filey Bay Flagship

By Barry Bradford on February 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
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A nice introduction to the Filey Bay house style, plenty of fruity spirit and a hint of youth in the woody notes present, thankfully not too over-cask-engineered which seems all the rage with most new distilleries. A promising start! 82/100

The GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch 9

By Barry Bradford on February 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
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Another classic cask strength rendition from Glendronach, a hint of apples and spirit here and there but mostly wonderful sherry cask maturation at its best. 85/100

Port Askaig 12 Years Old Autumn Edition

By Barry Bradford on February 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
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Totally different to the Spring edition, matured in ex-sherry butts and solera casks much more funky and nutty than fruity there was more than a little funky old cask in this on, even with all the peat influence I found myself preferring the sweetness of the bourbon/Spring edition. 82/100

Port Askaig 12 Years Old Spring Edition (45.8%, Elixir Distillers, 5000 Bottles, 2020)

By Barry Bradford on February 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
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Another distinctly Caol Ila-esque undisclosed single malt, more backbone here with toffee and malt present and some lovely salinity and citrus zest, some bourbon cask influence even shows through, what could go wrong? 83/100

Elements of Islay Peat Full Proof (59.3%, Elixir Distillers, 2020)

By Barry Bradford on February 8, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Peat full proof

Quite a surprise to find this is the same Peat offering but at Cask Strength, I think I much preferred the reduced version for drinking. Surprisingly different considering this is just the same whisky at higher ABV! 82/100

Elements of Islay Peat (45%, Elixir Distillers, 2020)

By Barry Bradford on February 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
Peat pure islay blended malt

A distinctly coastal and peated expression that reminded me of Caol Ila and a touch of Lagavulin, not surprising this is probably what this blended malt mostly consists of perhaps…? 83/100

Aultmore 9 Years Old 2011 Reserve Casks Parcel No. 4

By Barry Bradford on February 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
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This small batch has slightly more depth, whether due to quality of the initial distillate or casks used is hard to determine but I certainly preferred this over the Linkwood in the same range. 82/100

Linkwood 10 Years Old 2009 Reserve Casks Parcel No. 4 (48%, Elixir Distillers, 2020)

By Barry Bradford on February 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
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This came across as a little young, spirity and vanillic, tasted blind I guessed either Speyside or Lowland so wasn’t far off the mark for a small batch Linkwood in ex-Bourbon casks. 81/100

Undisclosed Islay 7 Years Old 2008 (56.3%, Single Cask Nation, 1st Fill Bourbon Cask #2112, 2015)

By Barry Bradford on February 1, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
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A superb fruity and sweet young Islay with plenty of smoke character and obvious first fill bourbon influence too. A packet of frazzles and a cigar. 84/100

Bulleit Rye (45%, OB, 2020)

By Barry Bradford on January 23, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
bulleit-rye-whiskey

A spiced and sweet Rye whiskey with plenty of nice fruity flavours going on, I kept finding cola, cherry cola and cherry lips sweeties in this one. 83/100

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