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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…
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Ardnahoe Infinite Loch: straightforward peat delight We like to keep up with Ardnahoe releases, ever since the Inaugural Release came out in 2024. Since then we have tasted the Society 2024 release too, and managed to catch the Feis Ile 2024 expression during my visit to Islay in January. For that last one, the circumstances…
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A trip through the lowlands with Ailsa Bay The Lowlands as a whisky region are fully back in top form, not in the least with the return of its true king: the Rosebank Distillery. With new stills gently purring like the many new distilleries in Fife, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the south and the Borders region, there…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 Special: Bonus tasting note: Ardnahoe Inaugural Release From the foundation of the Stewart Laing family company of blending and bottling Scotch whisky, rose a new addition to the already impressive list of distilleries on the Hebridean island of Islay. The distillery was named Ardnahoe. Late in the year 2018 the…