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Knockando 12 Years Old 2003
Knockando 12 Years Old 2003 Whisky Review: A fruity and creamy expression with more than a touch of minerality, more like antacids than Edinburgh rock, reasonably pleasing creamy texture but a bit meh flavour wise. 74/100 Continue reading
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Glen Marnoch Highland Single Malt Bourbon Cask Finish
Glen Marnoch Highland Single Malt Bourbon Cask Finish whisky review: Many positives, lots of chocolate and waxy but with an odd soapy and spicy nature on the palate that just didn’t fit right for me. 74/100 Continue reading
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Cardhu Gold Reserve House Targaryen
House Targaryen Cardhu Gold Reserve whisky review: It has been some time since I last tried Cardhu’s Gold Reserve and I can’t help but feeling it has either improved slightly or my ability to appreciate it has grown. Billed as… Continue reading
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Fettercairn 6 Year Old 2008 Hepburn’s Choice
Fettercairn 6 Year Old 2008 Hepburn’s Choice (46%, Langside Distillers, European Oak Quarter Cask Finish, 95 Bottles, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Fettercairn Distillery Bottling: Langside; Hepburn’s Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £40.06 What they say: 6 year… Continue reading
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Ardbeg 21 Years Old 1993 Authentic Collection
Minty, subtle peat as it has been tempered by a long maturation in a sadly very underactive cask – there are almost hints in here of freshly sawn wood and sawdust. 74/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 73.66 Toffee and humbugs in a tea chest
Aultmore 24 Years Old 1989 73.66 Toffee and humbugs in a tea chest (57%, SMWS, Refill Sherry Butt, 454 Bottles, 2014) 57% ABV, £92 for 70cl Score: 74/100 What they say: We found something intriguing and attractive about the nose… Continue reading
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Great King Street Artists Blend
Compass Box Great King Street Artists Blend (43%, Compass Box, 2014) 43% ABV, £24.95 for 50cl Score: 74/100 What they say: What if we were to apply Compass Box Whiskymaking principles to a line of Blended Scotches? That is exactly… Continue reading
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SMWS 53.191 Candy Fruit Filled Seashells
Caol Ila 16 Years Old 1996 53.191 Candy Fruit Filled Seashells (56.3%, SMWS, Refill Bourbon HH, 245 Bottles, 2013) 56.3% ABV, outturn 245 bottles, £59 for 70cl (Coal Ila) Score: 74/100 What they say: Cask No. 53.191 The initial nose… Continue reading
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Girvan No.4 Apps
The Girvan Patent Still No.4 Apps ~ 42.6% (William Grant & Sons Ltd.) 42.6% ABV, £43.90 Score: 74/100 What they say: In 1963 our first Girvan Patent Still ran with spirit. Almost three decades later in 1992 we installed a… Continue reading
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Tamdhu 10 Years Old
Tamdhu 10 Years Old (40%, OB, 2013) 40% ABV, £30 for 70cl Score 74/100 What they say: Enthused by a legacy of enlightenment, Tamdhu’s founders set out to construct the most pioneering distillery in the world. A water wheel positioned… Continue reading
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