Single malt
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Glenrothes 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection
Youthful and direct, bitter-sweet lemons but quite refreshing and lively/zesty this ended up being relatively one-dimensional ‘lemon juice on pancakes’ 81/100 Continue reading
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Speyburn 1989 Connoisseurs Choice
Simply I noted: Very Nice! Note – although the sample bottle was labelled 1991, accompanying tasting notes confirmed this is in fact the 1989 bottled vintage. 86/100 Continue reading
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Glenburgie 17 Years Old 1995 Vintage Collection
An oak-aged and refined fruit cocktail of a dram. Pretty impressive stuff from a distillery more used to producing blend-fodder. 87/100 Continue reading
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BenRiach 20 Years Old
A simply stunning expression, made all the better thanks to the sensible pricing. This really is a well constructed dram redolent of the festive period and Christmas-time. A Dessert of a dram. 90/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 24.128 Posh ladies on the prom!
For me this was a perfect example of a whisky aged to the point of extinction. Undoubtedly beautiful spirit but likely a tired cask after 29 years, strangely little tannic or wood influence was discovered leaving the whole dram like… Continue reading
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SMWS 35.139 Punchy spice explosion
Wow, a stunning Glen Moray expression. The toasted cask has worked to perfection here with a massive infusion of caramelised sugars and beautiful complimentary spices. A culinary delight! 88/100 Continue reading
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Ben Bracken 28 Year Old Speyside
Some superb qualities from the aged tropical fruit medley to the masses of honey and beautifully complimentary spice from those ex-bourbon casks. 89/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 37.67 Tongue tingling treasure
Beautiful, my absolute favourite of the tasting! A perfect blend of spirit and wood character really shows off this Cragganmore at its finest! 89/100 Continue reading
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SMWS 54.36 Pocket rocket
A little underwhelming, I found this quite one-dimensional ‘fruity’ and was a little disappointed – though that may have been partly due to my expectation of Aberlour to be much more entertaining than this. I guess despite the quality of… Continue reading
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anCnoc 22 Years Old
A spicier and slightly smoky dram, much more contemplative this one. Rich and with plenty of body, flavour and character, this really displays wonderful cask maturation on a light honeyed base spirit. A real indulgent pleasure! 86/100 Continue reading
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