83 points
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Bulleit Rye
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 Continue reading
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Eagle Rare 10 Years Old
‘Manhattan’ like orange and bitter oak and plenty of woody brown sugar sweetness, oak and honey. 83/100 Continue reading
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Bushmills 10 Years Old
Bushmills 10 Years Old (40%, OB, 2020) ABV: 40% Age: 10 Years Old Bottling: OB Category: Single Malt Irish Whiskey Cost: £29.95 Origin: Bushmills distillery Vintage: Undeclared What they say Bushmills 10 year old single malt whiskey is triple distilled… Continue reading
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GlenAllachie 12 Year Old Chinquapin Oak Finish
Despite another light spirit nature this had a little more wood to chew over and complimentary fruit and floral notes too. 83/100 Continue reading
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A Fine Christmas Malt 2020
Easy drinking blended malt, mostly liquid toffee apples but also some spice, dried fruit and nut mix which resembles festive fruit cakes. 83/100 Continue reading
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Armorik Maitre de Chai 2010
Blind tasting – Dark coloured but quite smooth and soft in flavours, I was misled by the Oloroso cask maturation effect on the colour here I think. Again having recently sampled through Armorik’s core range and latest peated expression I… Continue reading
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Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky
Blind-tasted – Reasonably simple definite corn-led grain whisky with bourbon-oak maturation, possibly from somewhere with a slightly warmer climate, I guessed a grain or pot-still Irish whiskey due to the sweet and spiced nature. 83/100 Continue reading
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Pere Magloire VSOP Pays d’Auge Calvados
A lovely introductory apple/fruit-led flavour, quite light on the palate and a hint of French oak maturation. 83/100 Continue reading
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Egan’s Vintage Grain Irish Whiskey
Very pleasant, soft and light just as you’d expect from a Grain whiskey, a little hint of that spirity nature also give away the nature of the base spirit here. This has been well matured in ex-Bourbon and strikes a… Continue reading
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Benromach 8 Years Old 2011 Organic
Very sweet and dessert-led, there is a malty backbone here which props up a lot of fruit and sweetness. Only the reveal gave away this weeks ‘theme’ of Organic. 83/100 Continue reading
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