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Kavalan 2016 Whisky Live 2023 57.1% & Ballechin 2007 12YO Whisky Live 2019 60.2%
TLDR; 1)Kavalan 2016 Whisky Live 2023 57.1% Rich, sweet and wood trunk. Nice scale: 85/100 2)Ballechin 2007 12YO Whisky Live 2019 60.2%...
Dec 14, 20232 min read
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Glenglassaugh Sandend 50.5% (OB)
TLDR; Sweet, spice and strong presence of alcohol. Nice scale: 82/100 The first one I have tried after the significant rebranding of...
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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Event; The Macallan Harmony Experience 12nd Nov 2023 & other drams.
Content: Macallan Green Meadow 40.2% Macallan Amber Meadow 44.2% Ki One Batch 1 40% GlenDronach 8YO Octarine 46% I went to the Macallan...
Nov 15, 20232 min read
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Meikle Toir 5YO The Turbo 50% (OB, GlenAllachie)
A small batch release of 2,500 bottles from the Meikle Toir series and the last sample I going to try for the series. Doubled in PPM, at...
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Meikle Toir 05 The Original 50% (OB, GlenAllachie)
TLDR; Ashy peat, oak spice and salty smoke. Nice scale: 81/100 Back with another Meikle Toir, this time is The Original, at 35ppm as...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Meikle Toir 05 YO The Sherry One 48% (OB, GlenAllachie)
TLDR; Candy sweetness, watery ashy veggie peat and salty. Nice scale; 82/100 Similar to the previous one, peated GlenAllachie but aged in...
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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Meikle Toir 5 YO The Chinquapin One 48% (OB, GlenAllachie)
TLDR; Sweet peat, simple and easy. Nice scale: 82/100 What do you call a peated GlenAllchie? It's not GlenAllachie 50th Anniversary...
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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Ardnamurchan Sherry Cask Release 50% (OB)
TLDR; Plum, ashy peat and oak spice. Nice scale: 83/100 From Ardnamurchan, a Highland distillery. Use of both peated and unpeated malt...
Aug 6, 20231 min read
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Event: The GlenAllachie Tasting Food Pairings (GA 8YO/ 7YO/ 12YO/4YO-Future/10YO CSBATCH9)
Featuring a lineup of: 1) GlenAllachie 8 YO 2) GlenAllachie 7 YO Hungarian Virgin Oak 3) GlenAllachie 12YO Ruby Port Cask 4) GlenAllachie...
Jul 29, 20233 min read
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Drams with Ken, 16th July (Glenfiddich/Balvenie/Glenfarclas/Macallan/STAGG/Caol Ila/Laphroaig etc..)
A trip to Ken's castle is always like Kris the Cinderella meets the prince. Cinderella sips every dram with gratefulness. And, I did give...
Jul 24, 20234 min read
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Dornoch 2017 5 YO 58.2% (IB, PST-Thompson Bros)
TLDR; Plums, orange peels and woody. Nice scale: 85/100 Distilled in 2017 at Dornoch, a highland distillery-if you have to classify them....
Jun 18, 20231 min read
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Springbank 10 Batch 17.08.21 46% (OB)
TLDR: Brown sugar, creamy, light peat and smoke. Nice scale: 85/100 This Springbank is batch 17/8/21, just a regular Campbeltown malt...
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Springbank 10 PX 55% (OB)
TLDR; Brown sugar, sherried, milky chocolate and oak spice. Nice scale: 86/100 Springbank, a distillery, needs no introduction. This 10...
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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Wire Work Virgin Oak Finish #8 51.7% (OB, White Peak)
'Virgin Oak Finish is a vatting of lightly peated single malt whisky initially matured in first fill ex-bourbon barrels and then finished...
May 26, 20231 min read
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Wire Work Caduro 46.8% (OB, White Peak)
Ok, for this. I can't rate it, I will be distributing this brand, and I will be too biased toward the bottle. What I can do is share the...
May 22, 20232 min read
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Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 6 57.4% & Batch 7 59.1% (OB)
A side-by-side Kilkerran heavily peated comparison, batch 6 and batch 7. Batch 6 was given by a kind sir, thus having the chance to do a...
May 11, 20231 min read
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Arran Bodega Sherry Cask 55.8% L22 10 20 (OB)
TLDR; Juicy, peppery and thick. Nice scale: 83/100 The twin brother of Arran Quarter Cask Strength. Non-age statement (But stated it was...
May 2, 20231 min read
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GlenAllachie 10 Cask Strength Batch 8 57.2% (OB)
TLDR: Sweet, ripped barries and creamy Nice Scale: 82/100 Cask strength batch 8, a marriage between Pedro Ximenez, Oloroso, Rioja...
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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Diageo Game of Throne 8 PC set (OB)
TLDR; Good for display Let's start with the GOT set to announce the end of my whisky/alcohol-free week! Almost forget how whisky tastes...
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Arran James MacTaggart 2007 10 YO 54.2% (OB)
TLDR; Light, fruity, honey, oak and salty in the end Nice scale: 85/100 Distilled in 2007 and aged in 100% first-fill bourbon barrels for...
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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