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Whistlepig 10 Years Old Straight Rye (50%, OB, 2020)
A heady spiced and sweet rye with some lovely butterscotch undertones. 84/100 Continue reading
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Caol Ila 9 Years Old 2011 Monologue
Sweet and medicinal but I can’t get that germolene in my mouth feeling away, nice but a little sickly. 84/100 Continue reading
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Rampur PX
Core flavours still present, sweet, fruity and floral with plenty of red & dried fruits added here and a touch of chocolate from the PX finish. 84/100 Continue reading
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Rampur Select
Initially quiet this expression is full of soft and sweet tropical fruits, honey and vanilla representing Rampur’s core flavour profile. 84/100 Continue reading
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Glenturret 12 Years Old
I found this a little challenging on the nose with dry leather and woody tannins initially but once it has breathed a fairly classic Dundee cake/Fruit cake nature arises from the ex-European oak cask maturation. 84/100 Continue reading
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Glenturret 10 Years Old Peat Smoked
A Highland peaty expression that combines thick peat smoke influences with Glenturret’s fruity spirit profile. 84/100 Continue reading
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Defilement 8 Years Old Chestnut Cask Finish
Hah a curve ball in the form of this Chestnut wood cask, whilst distinctly not oak, but then again this is not Scotch, it is a blended English whisky so I’m unsure if English whisky regulations exist or preclude the… Continue reading
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Ezra Brooks Straight Rye Whiskey
Approachable rye whisky, touches of spice and earth from the Rye grains but plenty of sweet vanilla and oak wood influence too, quite enjoyable. 84/100 Continue reading
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Longmorn 11 Years Old 2009 Strictly Limited
A very drinkable expression full of vanilla and fruits and reasonably wood light, more tropical on the nose than the palate. 84/100 Continue reading
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Paul John 6 Years Old 2011 Small Batch
Blind tasting – Definitely peated but plenty of other powerful maturation notes going on in this one too, didn’t pick up on the ABV but it tasted right even at this strength – typical of Indian whiskies. 84/100 Continue reading
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