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Springbank 12 Years Old Green
Springbank Green 12 Years Old (46%, OB, 2015) Campbeltown single malt scotch whisky 46% ABV, £60 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say On Monday 17th November 2014, we released two special new bottlings. Firstly we have the Springbank Green. This… Continue reading
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Hakushu 12 Years Old
Hakushu 12 Years Old (43%, OB, 2014) Japanese single malt whisky 43% ABV, £73.81 Score: 83/100 What they say: From Suntory’s mountain distillery, nestled deep in the forests of Mt. Kaikomagatake, Hakushu is the herbal and gently smoky single malt.… Continue reading
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Old Ballantruan
Old Ballantruan ‘The Peated Malt’ ~ 50% (Angus Dundee Distillers) Peated Speyside single malt scotch whisky 50% ABV, £36.95 Score: 83/100 What they say: “Old Ballantruan” owes its name to an exceptional source of the purest of waters, the Ballantruan… Continue reading
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Scapa 16 Years Old
Scapa 16 Years Old (40%, OB, 2014) 40% ABV, £56.95 Score: 83/100 What they say: Relaunched in late 2008, this is admittedly quite a price hike on the beloved 14 year old but is nonetheless the first must-try malt of… Continue reading
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Balvenie 15 Years Old Single Barrel
The Balvenie Single Barrel 15 Years Old 47.8% ABV, £67.48 Score: 83/100 What they say: The Balvenie Single Barrel is a 15 year old single malt which is drawn from a single traditional oak whisky cask of a single distillation.… Continue reading
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Linkwood 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna
Linkwood 12 Years Old Flora and Fauna (43%, OB, 2014) 43% ABV, £44 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say: Linkwood distillery stands on the River Lossie, close to Elgin in Speyside. The distillery has retained its traditional atmosphere since… Continue reading
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Tamdhu 22 Years Old 1991 Port Cask
Tamdhu-Glenlivet 22 Years Old 1991 Port Cask (57%, Cadenheads, 258 Bottles, 2014) 57% ABV, £56 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say: Tamdhu Glenlivet was matured in Port pipes until bottling in February 2014 at cask strength 57% vol. 1… Continue reading
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Jolly Tipel Blend
Jolly Tipel 40% ABV, £2 per 5cl dram Score: 83/100 What they say: A recreation of a well-known/popular blended Scotch whisky by the Jolly Toper himself. What I say: Won as a charity dram at the conclusion of one of… Continue reading
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SMWS 66.60 Caribbean wedding on the beach
urprised to find this was from Ardmore and is lightly peated. There was a dry/dusty note throughout that should have have given me the heads-up on the peaty influence but it is very subtle and well-incorporated. I was too taken… Continue reading
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Auchentoshan 12 Years Old 1999 Authentic Collection
Auchentoshan 12 Years Old 1999 Authentic Collection (58.7% Cadenheads, Bourbon HH, 234 Bottles, 2011) 58.7% ABV, £55 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say: Distilled at Auchentoshan Distillery in the Lowland in 1999, this was matured for 12 years in… Continue reading
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