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Ardbeg fun and Ardbeg brilliance in one blog As whisky blogger, you need to pay attention to what you have already tasted. For today’s final Feis Ile blog, I put ready a sample of an Ardbeg that I actually tasted last year already. I found a closed up sample of it in my drawer, so…
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A trio of Ardnahoe, Bowmore and Laphroaig We have three tasting notes for you today, while we continue to travel past the Islay distilleries that each have their own day during the Feis Ile festival, that is in full swung as we speak. New to the fold is of course Ardnahoe, that released a special…
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Pleased to get better acquainted with Auchroisk Speyside is a region where you can stumble upon a distillery at every corner and crossroad. Here you will find some of the most legendary names in the whisky world. The other side is that the region is also home to quite some workhorses, or should I say:…
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Brand new Ardnamurchan Mezcal and a single cask Two new Ardnamurchan landed on the doorstep, so I have to make a special blog about that. There is no denying I am a big fan of this peninsula Highland distillery, that almost features as a missing link between Ben Nevis and Springbank. I have yet to…
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Three Ardbeg expressions with roots in the 1990s Before we go on Easther holiday for a week with this blog, we leave you with some interesting releases from the Ardbeg Distillery. You know, when you visit Islay, the place to visit if you want to have a good lunch is actually the Ardbeg Café. They…
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A trio of independently bottled Ardmore Ardmore is a very popular distillery among aficionados as it offers a good twist on regular Highland and more fierce Speyside single malts. This is, of course, famously caused by a light but very pronounced peating level for this gigantic distillery. The location of Ardmore is somewhat to the…
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Amrut Triparva: triple distilled Indian single malt Ashok Chokalingam, Amrut’s Head Distiller, is one of the nicest guys you will come across in the world of whisky. I had the great pleasure of meeting him on several occasions, festivals and the like, most notably Maltstock in the Netherlands. Having a chat with this modest and…
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A nostalgic visit to whiskyshop big market in Berlin Dear diary, However much I like discovering new things and new places, I always find myself going back to where I have been before. Nostalgia is a feeling that makes me happy. The early days of my whisky passion were filled with sheer joy; the newness…
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Blended Scotch whisky galore with Tomatin, Cadenhead, Cluny and Scottish Leader For my two hundredth tasting note blog, I decided to go back to the mother of all creation in the world of whisky, which is of course the category Blended Scotch. You know all the big brands, like Johnnie Walker, Ballentine’s, Chivas Regal, Dewar’s…
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A new Ardnamurchan Cask Release and side dishes The pile with Ardnamurchan samples was growing so this blog was in the planning for a while. And then came the news of a new Ardnamurchan distillery release. A new Madeira Cask Release hit the shelves just last week. I am keeping track of these very bang…