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This Aberfeldy is different. Good different? Who knows! There are quite a lot of distilleries that have ventured into wine cask series over the years. Aberfeldy joins the fold and does not do that lightly. Today we taste an expression that was matured for no less than 18 years before being transferred to a wine…
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New Ardbeg 15 years old Anthology (and Napa stuff) The Beithir’s Tale is the name of the new Ardbeg expression in the Anthology series. We had a 13 and a 14 years old before, and the 2025 expression comes with a new story and another year added to the maturation. We now get, you guessed…
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Ardnahoe cherishes it owns Appreciation Society The Ardnahoe Distillery Appreciation Society is quite a young Facebook group which has around 750 members. The participants are enthusiastic fans of one of the youngest distilleries on Islay. On Friday 5 September 2025, the first online tasting was undertaken, with no less than 7 samples tasted and enjoyed.…
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Single malt whisky in its purest form: Abhainn Dearg If I ever tasted something from the Abhainn Dearg Distillery on the Isle of Lewis before, I am not entirely sure about. Perhaps a new make spirit. That is one of the benefits of having a blog, now I just write everything down. When you do…
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Back to the year 2014 when Annandale was resurrected Annandale Distillery was a true gem to behold when I visited the location in 2014, ahead of a week in Campbeltown and on Islay. We were lucky to be received by Malcom Rennie (pictured), who was involved in starting up this long lost Lowland distillery in…
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The glasses head-to-head test with Aberlour Having this blog opened new doors to meet likeminded people, and one of the new friends I made is Robbert from the Confession of a Whisky Freak blog. In this beautiful world we live in, it is entirely possible to get to know someone without ever meeting in person,…
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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…