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Blue Hanger blended malt by Berry Bros & Rudd A blast from the past is the return of Berry Bros & Rudd’s blended malt Blue Hanger. To be honest, I had kind of forgotten about the brand, so I dived into the Whiskybase. Maybe it is not weird that it disappeared behind my horizon in…
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Tasting notes of the 200 years old Benrinnes We live in good times, because the last few years we have seen quite a lot of bicentennials of classic Scotch distilleries. In 2024 we saw The Glenlivet and Cardhu blow out 200 candles, last year Glencadam joined in. On our tasting table today we have Benrinnes,…
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Two Balblair head to head at 16 years old Two Balblair samples on the table today, and since both of them are more or less of the same age, we tried them together. Balblair has slipped under the radar again, so it seems, right around the time a rather unimaginative rebranding was done. They brought…
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Bladnoch posing as the Lowland Fruit Basket There is so much to love about the Bladnoch Distillery in the quaint little Wigtown, Scotland’s National Book Town. I dropped by there very briefly last January, when some friends of mine had an appointment to check on some casks and samples in nearby Creetown. We arrived in…
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We catch another wave of Bowmore releases Bowmore is undoubtedly the most talked about single malt whisky coming from Scotland this year, and that is all thanks to the big wave of releases hitting the shores of the thirsty masses. And it is not like it is only one parcel of a certain vintage (even…
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Lochindaal and Old Skool Bruichladdich variants Ever since the Dutch whisky festival in Leiden, I have debates with whisky friends about all these variations that are made at the Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay. This is because Whiskysite, the organiser of the festival in his hometown, bottled a Bruichladdich Rhinns. What I hear about this variant,…
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New Make Spirit of Burnobennie judged in the New Make Index A few weeks ago I stood in front of a chalkboard in a business unit outside Banchory, watching a distiller map out flavour against alcohol strength, cut by cut, degree by degree. Sam Ritchie of the Burnobennie Distillery calls it fragmented distilling. I’ve been…
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The Burnobennie Distillery and the Case for Fragmented Distilling Whether you’ve been in the whisky game for decades or you’re just wandering in, chances are you have a favourite. This brand, that age statement, you name it. To legally call itself whisky, a spirit has to spend at least three years in an oak cask,…
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Balmaud Farms Its Way to the Future with Quiet Confidence Distilleries are thin on the ground in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. Glen Garioch and Fettercairn keep the flag flying, while Royal Lochnagar holds court in the heart of the Highlands. For a few years now, a newcomer has quietly entered the scene, describing itself…
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The WhiskyNerds return with a 2003 Ben Nevis The WhiskyNerds are back and have filled shelf space at Dutch retailers with a new Ben Nevis from a lesser seen vintage. As I travel yearly with these guys, I had the great pleasure of following the progression of this cask over a couple of years. This…