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Bushmills Original
Bushmills Original (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Blended, triple-distilled Irish whiskey Origin: Bushmills Distillery Bottling: Official ABV: 40% Cost: £19.22 Score: 80/100 What they say: Bushmills‚ the golden member of the family. It’s a blend of triple distilled single malt whiskey… Continue reading
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Glenlivet Nadurra Oloroso Batch OL0614
Massive fruit and nut chocolate bar of a dram – everything I love about Oloroso casks and whisky! Presented at slightly mental strength means even better value for money as this waters down a long way! This here NAS whisky… Continue reading
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Glenlivet 21 Years Old Archive
The Glenlivet Archive 21 Years Old, small batch, plenty of sherry maturation and simply delicious. There is a real polished nature to this throughout indicative of its 21 year maturation. This hasn’t been selected for power but more finesse and… Continue reading
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Glenlivet 15 Years Old French Oak Reserve
I really enjoyed this expression. I have a fondness for French Oak and I love my red wine to be particularly oaky too. It can easily be overdone and my concern was The Glenlivet spirit being too soft and gentle,… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007 Rockside Farm
Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007 Rockside Farm (50%, OB, 2015) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 50% ABV £42.49 Score: 84/100 What they say: bruichladdich Islay Barley 2007 Rockside Farm The wild west Atlantic facing coast gave birth to this third release in… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008
Bruichladdich 2008 Bere Barley (50%, OB, 2014) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 50% ABV £54.57 Score: 86/100 What they say: bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008 UHI Orkney Farms The 2007 crop for this, our third release of Bere Barley, was grown on… Continue reading
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Bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley
Bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley (50%, OB, 2014) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 50% ABV £64.26 for 1L Score: 82/100 What they say: bruichladdich The Organic Scottish Barley 100% Scottish organic barley, slow trickle distillation and premium American oak have produced… Continue reading
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Octomore 7.2
Octomore 07.2 / 208ppm Cask Evolution (58.5%, OB, 2015) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 58.5% ABV £118.18 Score: 87/100 What they say: octomore07.2/ 208ppm Cask Evolution The latest exemplar of the cult that surrounds the world’s most heavily peated whisky series.… Continue reading
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Port Charlotte An Turas Mor
Port Charlotte An Turas Mor (46%, OB, 2015) Bruichladdich Distillery Remy Cointreau 46% ABV £35.39 Score: 88/100 What they say: Port Charlotte Heavily peated Heavily peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky THE POWER OF PEAT WITH THE ELEGANCE, COMPLEXITY AND FLORAL… Continue reading
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Arran 18 Years Old 1st Release
This 18 year old Arran delivers plenty of sherried spicy toasted oak and a fruity zest to that core cereal malt of the Arran distillate. If anything we found this one to be less fruity-sweet than their younger expressions as… Continue reading
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