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Battle of the Blends 2015 Blend B
Battle of the Blends 2015 Blend B (Dave Broom) (43.5%, Whisky Magazine, 2015) Category: Blended Scotch Whisky Origin: Various (see below) Bottling: Whisky Magazine ABV: 43.5% Cost: ? Score: 81/100 What they say: The rules were very simple: 1. The… Continue reading
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The Singleton of Dufftown Tailfire
Short and sweet overall, some nice aromas but fairly unimpressive from there onwards. This is supposed to be bursting with red fruit and berries – I guess the dram I received had already burst? I will stick to the Spey… Continue reading
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Glenrothes 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection
Youthful and direct, bitter-sweet lemons but quite refreshing and lively/zesty this ended up being relatively one-dimensional ‘lemon juice on pancakes’ 81/100 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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Tomintoul 12 Year Old Portwood Finish
Slightly unusual this one, not as sweet and jammy as I was hoping. There was a slightly chalky and salty note in here that I couldn’t shake off the association with shellfish meat (albeit nice and sweet). The port finishing… Continue reading
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Bulleit Bourbon
Bulleit Bourbon ~ 40% (Diageo) Category: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Origin: Stitzel-Weller Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 40% ABV Cost: £25 for 70cl available from Master of Malt Score: 81/100 What they say: Bulleit Bourbon is made with small-batch techniques inspired… Continue reading
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The Ileach Peated Islay Malt
The Ileach Peated Islay Malt ~ 40% (Highland and Islands Whisky Company) Single malt scotch whisky 40% ABV, £27.50 Score: 81/100 What they say: The Ileach Peated Islay Malt is from an undisclosed distillery and bottled by the Highland and… Continue reading
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Kilchoman Machir Bay 2014
Kilchoman Machir Bay 2014 46% (Kilchoman Distillery) 46% ABV, £39.90 Score: 81/100 What they say: Machir Bay 2014 is a vatting of 5 and 6 year old ex-bourbon barrels and oloroso sherry butts. 46% ABV. The Machir Bay range is… Continue reading
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Islay 1842 Cask
Islay 1842 Cask ~ 58.3% (Wm Cadenhead) 58.3% ABV, £50 for 70cl Score: 81/100 What they say: This is a regional style Malt whisky bottled direct from our own live casks. Formally known as vatted malt’s or pure malts, so… Continue reading
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Kilchoman 100% Islay 3rd Edition
Kilchoman 100% Islay 3rd Edition ~ 50% (Kilchoman Distillery) 50% ABV, £59.95 for 70cl Score: 81/100 What they say: We are very excited to announce the upcoming release of our 100% Islay 3rd Edition. This is the latest edition of… Continue reading
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