84 points
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Springbank 15 Years Old 1999 Rum Cask
This has a lovely polished toffee/spun sugar feel (i.e. the type that makes your teeth feel cleaner or polished after eating!), sour and salty this is quite nice and moreish. 84/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 2000 Single Cask
Very nice, but perhaps a little too spiced, dry and tannic for my liking. 84/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 12 Year Old 2003 Single Cask
Rich, fruity, tannic and malty – perfect! 84/100 Continue reading
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Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Years Old Special Reserve
A nice integration of the sherry cask finish, well balanced but still quite light-bodied this has a gentle diversity and is incredibly smooth – a great sipping whisky! 84/100. Continue reading
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Bladnoch 8 Years Old 2006 Single Cask 257
Bladnoch 8 Years Old 2006 (57.1%, Whiskybroker, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel #257, 261 Bottles, 2015) Category: Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Origin: Bladnoch Distillery Bottling: Whiskybroker ABV: 57.1% Cost: £49.70 from Whiskybroker What they say: Distilled 19/12/2006 and matured for… Continue reading
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Glen Keith 1993 Connoisseurs Choice
Glen Keith 12 Years Old 1993 Connoisseurs Choice (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2005) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Keith Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Connoisseurs Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £40.34 What they say: Colour Pale Straw. Body… Continue reading
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Inchmurrin 18 Years Old
Inchmurrin 18 Years Old (46%, OB, 2013) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Loch Lomond Distillery Bottling: Loch Lomond Group ABV: 46% Cost: £62.50 What they say: Very exciting indeed, this is a very modern and smart-looking release of… Continue reading
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Mortlach 2013 Spirit of Speyside Festival
Mortlach 2013 Spirit of Speyside Festival (48%, OB, 2013) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Mortlach Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 48% Cost: £100 What they say: An exclusive Limited Edition bottling of Mortlach, bottled to celebrate the 2013 Spirit… Continue reading
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anCnoc 1999 vintage
anCnoc 1999 vintage (46%, OB, 2013) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Knockdhu Distillery Bottling: Inver House ABV: 46% Cost: £51.43 What they say: Distilled 1999 anCnoc 1999 has been bottled in its most natural form – neither chill… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Dark Cove Committee Edition
Initially this seems a little more refined than the standard version at 46.5% ABV, with a much deeper and darker presentation of flavours. Despite this I found it impossible to choose a favourite between the two editions. 84/100 Continue reading
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