Categorie: B
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Bowmore on bourbon: guarantee for success? Bowmore has been off the grid for a few years when it comes to independent expressions, but I notice a change. Of course, the more exclusive and therefore less affordable expressions were always there, but at entry level we missed out. For today’s session, we put some youngsters on…
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Benriach at its absolute peak with Signatory We kick off the week with this first of two 100 proof bottlings we will review this week. Be sure to check back in on Wednesday when we taste the new Longrow 100 proof (among others). For today, we turn to a series released by Signatory Vintage that…
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Pass the fruit: Bushmills in the tasting glass Always nice to visit part of the core range of a certain distillery. Today, we put the spotlight on an old but strong brand: Bushmills. We are drinking Irish whiskey here, but this product comes from Northern Ireland actually. Bushmills is the oldest licensed distillery in the…
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Exploring independent releases of Blair Athol One never forgets his first time! Blair Athol was the very first distillery I visited, in October 2005. The experience was decent enough, with a basic but sufficient (Diageo style) tour of the distillery, and going home with the beautiful Flora & Fauna expression in the bag. For the…
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Peated Bunnahabhain Staoisha and Jura 1983 Today, we celebrate two neighbouring island single malts. We kick off with Bunnahabhain, that is of course located on Islay. Across the sea strait right in front of the distillery, where views are truly breathtaking, we see the rugged Isle of Jura, famed for its deer population, the fact…
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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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A sunny day with Caol Ila 1972 and Bruichladdich 2004 We continue our (digital) celebration of the Feis Ile festival on Islay, that is going into its third day today. Bruichladdich Day has traditionally been one of the more popular festival days, while I have the best memories of celebrating at Caol Ila Distillery. In…
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Turn of the century Ben Nevis: dial up the funkiness! It is a weird thing: I reference Ben Nevis quite a lot when I write tasting notes about (west) coastal single malt whisky, like Ardnamurchan, but somehow I never got round to dedicating an entire solitary blog to this legendary whisky distillery. And the word…
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Speyside’s future: a trio of Ballindalloch single malt The Spirit of Speyside Festival comes to an end today, and that deserves a fully packed farewell session with a trio of Ballindalloch single malt whisky. Even though the 21st century is marked by whisky distilleries popping up like mushrooms, for such a big whisky producing region…
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What to do when you have one full day on Islay? It seems like an age ago already, which confronts me with the speed of everyday life, but this entry to Tom’s Dram Diary is about my visit to Islay in January 2025. With only one full day on the island, we had to cram…