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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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Teaninich 2009 13YO 46% (IB, Signatory Vintage)
TLDR; Sweet, jasmine green tea and malts. Nice scale: 82/100 It's been a while since I wrote another not-so-sophisticated review; I was...
Sep 19, 20231 min read
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Drams with Ken & Friends, 22nd July (Macallan Sir Peter Blae/ Reflex/Linkwood/Springbank/Cu Bocan)
Kris the Cinderella made another trip to Ken's castle; over there, there are plenty of good drinks and welcoming friends. Just that I...
Aug 19, 20233 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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Ledaig 2007 13 YO 48% (IB, LMDW)
TLDR; Smooth, salty, dry grass & well-balanced Nice scale: 84/100 Distillate at Tobermory Distillery in 2007, the peated expression of it...
Jul 23, 20231 min read
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Tormore 1988 33 YO 56.2% (IB, The Whisky Baron)
Distilled at Tormore Distillery on 25th of May in 1988 and bottled on the 12nd of May in 2022. After 33 years, it has been bottled by The...
Jul 18, 20231 min read
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Glen Scotia Victoriana L4 139 22 (OB, 54.2%)
TLDR; Dirty Campbeltown, brown sugar and light smoke dry soil peat. Nice scale: 88/100 That guy from Campbeltown, lesser talked about but...
Jul 7, 20231 min read
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Longmorn 2008 Distillery Label 46% (IB, G&M)
TLDR; Soapy, vanilla, and good on the nose. Nice scale: 78/100 Distilled at Longmorn in 2008 and bottled by Gordon & Macphail in 2022 at...
Jul 2, 20231 min read
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A Secret Speyside 2011 11YO 48.5%(IB, PST-Thompson Bros)
TLDR; Too distillate driven, oily, salty and meaty Nice scale: 79/100 Distilled at a secret Speyside distillery in 2011 and placed in two...
Jun 26, 20232 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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Glenlossie 10YO 50% (IB-North Star Spirits)
TLDR; Sunflower seeds, hay, dusty and oak spice Nice scale: 83/100 Distilled in Glenlossie distillery and matured in Oloroso barrel for...
Jun 14, 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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Ardmore 2009 13YO 50% (IB, PST-Thompson Bros)
TLDR; Herb peat, oily, zesty and salty Nice scale: 82/100 Distilled at Ardmore distillery on the 16th December 2009, aged for 13 years in...
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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Caol Ila 2008 13YO 52.4% (IB, The Single Cask)
TLDR; Ashy peat, lemon and sweet honey. Nice scale: 82/100 Distilled at Caol Ila distillery on 25th February 2008, aged in a Laphroaig...
Jun 3, 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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Blair Athol 2007 14 YO 54.3% (IB, Signatory Vintage)
TLDR; Plums, creamy, brown sugar and milky chocolate. Nice scale: 83/100 Distilled at Blair Athol on 17th September 2007, aged in a...
May 28, 20231 min read
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Glen Elgin 2006 16YO 55.9% (IB, MOM-Master of Malt)
TLDR; Cubical & cigarette, sulfur, citrus and syrup Nice scale: 50/100 Release No. 36 from the ever-popular Master of Malt. This time...
May 18, 20231 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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