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Arran Malt and Music Festival 2015
Delicious! Punchy but excellently constructed, tannic oak balanced with crisp orchard fruits! 90/100 Continue reading
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Lagavulin 1986 Distillers Edition
Lagavulin 1986 Distillers Edition (43%,OB, lgv.4/490, 2002) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Lagavulin Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 43% Cost: approx. £170-220 at auction (Bottled and released 2002) What they say: Double matured in Pedro Ximinez cask wood, this… Continue reading
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BenRiach 18 Years Old Latada
Another beautiful expression from BenRiach, our notes really don’t do it justice but imagine a board laid out with finest beech wood smoked ham and fresh cut melon slices, that sweet and savoury complexity that comes from swapping between meat… Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 1991 Rum Wood
Quite savoury in places and redolent of lots of nice cooking/cookery ingredients, herbal, nutty and zesty make a great combination, quite moreish too. 90/100 Continue reading
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Springbank 16 Years Old 2016 Local Barley
Divine, a superb expression, just wow! 90/100 Continue reading
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Benromach 38 Years Old 1976 single cask
Benromach-Glenlivet 38 Years Old 1976 Single Cask (52.9%, WM Cadenhead, Bourbon HH, 222 Bottles, 2015) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Benromach Distillery Bottling: Cadenhead’s ABV: 52.9% Cost: £205 What they say: Distilled at Benromach Distillery in 1976 and… Continue reading
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Highland Park Hobbister
Highland Park Hobbister (51%, OB, 2016) Category: Island single malt scotch whisky Origin: Highland Park Distillery Bottling: Edrington Distillery Exclusive ABV: 51% Cost: £75.00 What they say: Presented by Edrington’s Master Blender Gordon Motion at #MeetTheBlenders2016. Highland Park Hobbister is intended… Continue reading
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Lagavulin Feis Ile 2015
Lagavulin 1991 Triple Matured Feis Ile 2015 (59.9%, OB, 3500 Bottles, 2015) Whisky Review: Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Lagavulin Distillery Bottling: Diageo ABV: 59.9% Cost: £128 What they say: A ‘triple matured’ single malt distilled in 1991,… Continue reading
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SMWS 33.132 Beauty and the Beast
Wow! What a wonderful expression this has really taken on some cask influence in its short 8 year maturation. This adds a wonderful fruity sweetness to that smoked meat quality from the Ardbeg spirit. Like a single cask version of… Continue reading
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Ardbeg Perpetuum Committee Edition
Lovely nose on this expression, with a nice stewed fruit compote element. Powerful palate, always a delight from such pale whisky. Accomplished and well constructed classic Ardbeg with a gentle twist. 90/100 Continue reading
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