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  • Tomintoul 12 Year Old Portwood Finish

    Slightly unusual this one, not as sweet and jammy as I was hoping. There was a slightly chalky and salty note in here that I couldn’t shake off the association with shellfish meat (albeit nice and sweet). The port finishing… Continue reading

    Tomintoul 12 Year Old Portwood Finish

  • Inchmurrin 18 Years Old

    Inchmurrin 18 Years Old (46%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Loch Lomond distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 46% Cost: £77.00 for 70cl What they say: Inchmurrin Whisky is distilled in the unique stills that give the whisky… Continue reading

  • Inchmurrin Madeira Wood Finish

    Inchmurrin Madeira Wood Finish (46%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Loch Lomond Distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 46% Cost: £55.00 for 70cl What They say: Our Master Distiller Bill White selects individual casks matured exclusively in traditional… Continue reading

  • Inchmurrin 12 Years Old

    Inchmurrin 12 Years Old (46% , OB, 2015 Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Loch Lomond distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 46% Cost: £36.00 for 70cl What they say: Inchmurrin Whisky is distilled in the unique stills that give the… Continue reading

  • Inchmurrin New Make Spirit

    Inchmurrin New Make Spirit (85.9%, OB, 2015) Category: New Make Spirit Origin: Loch Lomond Distillery Bottling: Tweet Tasting Sample – Loch Lomond Group ABV: 85.9% – reviewed at ~ 43% Score: N/A What they say: Inchmurrin New Make Spirit 85.9%… Continue reading

    Inchmurrin New Make Spirit

  • Auchentoshan 13 Years Old 2001 Single Cask 50

    Auchentoshan 13 Years Old 2001 Distillery Exclusive (53.8%, OB, Bourbon Cask #50, 2014) Category: Lowland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Auchentoshan Distillery Bottling: Official – bottle-your-own distillery exclusive ABV: 53.8% Cost: ~ £70 Score: 86/100 What they say: Distilled on… Continue reading

    Auchentoshan 13 Years Old 2001 Single Cask 50

  • The Singleton of Glen Ord 18 Years Old

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 18 Years Old (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Ord Distillery Bottling: Official – Diageo ABV: 40% What they say: Singleton of Glen Ord 18 Year Old Glen Ord Distillery… Continue reading

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 18 Years Old

  • The Singleton of Glen Ord 15 Years Old

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 15 Years Old (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Ord Distillery Bottling: Official – Diageo ABV: 40% What they say: Singleton of Glen Ord 15 Year Old Glen Ord Distillery… Continue reading

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 15 Years Old

  • The Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Years Old

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Years Old (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Ord Distillery Bottling: Official – Diageo ABV: 40% What they say: Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Year Old Glen Ord Distillery… Continue reading

    The Singleton of Glen Ord 12 Years Old

  • Glen Scotia 9 Years Old 2001 Select Cask 627

    Actually we found this to be a rather nice single cask example from Glen Scotia. A heavy bourbon cask influence adds masses of creamy vanilla but the interplay between cask and spirit is nicely balanced and much of the odd… Continue reading

    Glen Scotia 9 Years Old 2001 Select Cask 627