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Oxford Rye Whisky Batch 1
Delicious, not as spicy as anticipated, this is delivered with a lovely sweetness and plenty of cereal nature and is well textured on the palate. 85/100 Continue reading
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Jura Rum Cask Finish
Sweet and spicy, plenty of rum influence here and bourbon maturation too but in all this polished / boiled sweetness I was left wondering where the classic ‘Jura’ elements were that I usually love so much? 83/100 Continue reading
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The One Moscatel Wine Cask Finish
Light, sweet and fruity with lots of cake notes, quite light on the palate this has spirity and vaporous touches which prevent it from becoming cloying. 84/100 Continue reading
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Paul John Christmas Edition 2020
Sweet and softly peated, I already suspected a mixture of peated & unpeated casks used in the mixture here similar to some of Paul John’s standard range, strikes a really lovely balance between sweet & peat. 88/100 Continue reading
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Starward Left-Field
Very drinkable and more influenced by the red wine than the French oak cask maturation. 85/100 Continue reading
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Jim Beam Single Barrel
Intriguing on the nose but rather too spiced on the palate for my liking, thankfully not overtly sweet. 82/100 Continue reading
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Waterproof Blended Malt Batch 001
A great sherry-influenced blended malt, quite rich and toffee’d but very easy drinking as it comes. 84/100 Continue reading
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Hudson Baby Bourbon
Great! Powewrful, polished wood and spices with a lovely sweet backdrop. 87/100 Continue reading
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Filey Bay STR Finish
Definitely my favourite of the tasting, I recoiled slightly at the STR – or shaved, toasted, recharred barrel currently in use far too much with new distilleries for my liking, however this is a red herring here as it is… Continue reading
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Filey Bay Moscatel Finish
Another tasty expression, moved more into stone fruits thanks to the Moscatel finish, plus plenty of honey and syrup sweetness too, whilst retaining core distillate flavours too. 82/100 Continue reading
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