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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…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 SpecialArdbeg Day: a homage to Ardbeg people My first introduction to Ardbeg I may well have forgotten, but I will never forget when I was introduced to one of best Ardbeg expressions out there. It was Bert Vuik who handed me a generously poured glass of this 1974 vintage,…
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Unpeated Malt Week on Whisky Odyssey:Tasting notes for Ardlair 2011 by Signatory Vintage One would almost turn back on the idea of doing a themed week, after Monday’s extremely disappointing experience with Winey Caol Ila. That raises the question. If you use the unique selling point of bottling something out of the ordinary for a…
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Tipping our toe in a Mexican Whisky: Abasolo Today we step firmly out of our comfort zone and cross the Big Pond to take a look at Mexican whisky. This stuff came up in a sample share and I must have been in a particularly good mood to say yes to this. Try everything at…
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Tasting notes for an older Auchentoshan core range While surfing on an auction website, I came across a little set of Auchentoshan mini bottlings of which I thought it would be nice to have. Sometimes it is refreshing and humbling to go back to a distillery’s core range. Of course, Auchentoshan is not a distillery that you…
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Ardbeg Extravaganza with “Anthology” and a “1975” The word “anthology” to me means anything that has to do something with a collection that is bound together by a common subject. A collection of books, music, art or – why not – whisky. Ardbeg launched a series under the name Anthology last year. It tickled my…
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A brand new Ardnamurchan on Sauternes Casks Ardnamurchan is without a doubt the darling of all the new distilleries opening up in Scotland in the last ten tot fifteen years. Their honest approach to creating and releasing single malt Highland whisky is much appreciated by the community. Today, we taste their newest expression in the…
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An Ardnamurchan that caused an uproar! Dutch whisky retailer Dramtime bottled a cask of Ardnamurchan that sent quite some shockwaves through the little country at the North Sea. As whisky enthusiasts we were already acknowledging defeat at the cash register for single cask (sherried) Ardnamurchan. WhiskySponge (120 coins), Berry Bros. (160 coins), it seemed to become the…