Bottled 2014
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Blair Athol 11 Years Old 2002 Hepburn’s Choice
Full of fresh fruit flavours and aromas, quite green and spirit driven – I suspected a refill cask and confirmed by the bottling details. Pleasant, a good base whisky and nice insight into Blair Athol spirit. 82/100 Continue reading
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Miltonduff 25 Years Old 1988 Carn Mor
Oddly salted but good, butterscotch and fruit flavours, plenty of tropicality and a really good body/structure or malty backbone to this one. 86/100 Continue reading
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Cambus 23 Years Old 1991 Cask 55890
A well aged grain, quite solventy and woody but also plenty of sugars and fruit apparent in the spirit. 83/100 Continue reading
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Kininvie 17 Years Old 1996 Batch 1
Like Monkey Shoulder with the good bits taken out, there is something really quite disappointing about this expression and I think it is complete lack of character. Even the attempted cask maturation to create balance has just rendered this a… Continue reading
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SMWS 48.46 Exploding flower
A dram full of interesting and quite complex flavours, this one borders on the line between fruit and flowery with a hint creeping in of fabric softener or similar. Saved at the end by an intensity of spice and oak… Continue reading
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SMWS 48.53 Big boots fruity bruiser
A young and pretty straightforward dram, not much ‘distillery character’ in here but plenty of pleasant fruity flavours. A great example of the sort of single-cask standard age and maturation type whisky that SMWS offer even from relatively unheard of… Continue reading
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BenRiach 1999 PX Sherry Finish
OK so its past maybe a little cloudy, however this is an incredibly nutty and deep sugary dram that I just loved! This hit my flavour profile completely! I found this a lot more PX sherry-influenced than the official notes… Continue reading
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SMWS 46.26 Killer Bee Surf Wax
Glenlossie 21 Years Old 1992 46.26 Killer Bee Surf Wax (54.4%, SMWS, Refill Bourbon HH, 238 Bottles, 2014) Speyside single malt scotch whisky 54.4% ABV, £76.60 Score: 84/100 What they say: Cask No. 46.26 We all imagined sitting in… Continue reading
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SMWS 9.88 A heart-starter
Glen Grant 25 Years Old 1988 9.88 A heart-starter (55.3%, SMWS, Refill Sherry Butt, 542 Bottles, 2014) Single malt scotch whisky 55.3% ABV, £99 Score: 87/100 What they say: Cask No. 9.88 Little aroma beyond ‘dry’ to start with: very… Continue reading
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SMWS 7.107 The good old days
Longmorn 10 Years Old 2003 7.107 The good old days (60.6%, SMWS, 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, 211 Bottles, 2014) Single malt scotch whisky 60.6% ABV, £48.40 Score: 83/100 What they say: Colour: Shiny trumpet Flavour: Spicy & sweet All of… Continue reading
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