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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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Sherried Benrinnes versus meaty (or not) Mortlach There are distilleries in Scotland that are known for some qualities that few others have. In the case of Benrinnes and Mortlach that we will be tasting today, it is a rather meaty character. This works particularly well with sherry cask maturation. The story about Mortlach is well-known,…
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Two Bladnoch from very different eras Bladnoch is this wonderfully awkward distillery in the deep south of Scotland, located in a quaint little settlement called Wigtown. Still, I managed to stay there for a night that I will not quickly forget. The year was 2009 and even though most of us had already visited Scotland…
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A complex mix of Bowmore Islay single malt Bowmore had such an interesting history, being not only the oldest whisky distillery on Islay, but even amongst the oldest in the whole of Scotland. Among people in the know, Bowmore is also known for that dark age, when all whisky seemed to come with a block…
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Travelling through the decades with Balblair Balblair is another distillery that had not featured on this blog, but I reckon we have corrected that with the three giants we taste today. The distillery always seems to fly under the radar a little, perhaps in the shadow on next door neighbour Glenmorangie. It is, however, deserving…
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Heavenly 14 years old Bunna from the Barrel Baron Funny story about this one. In January, I visited Islay for the first time in some nine years. We dropped in here and there, and also visited the Bunnahabhain Distillery on our last few hours on the island. The ferry would take us to the Kintyre…
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The Balvenie Golden Cask (Frankenstein) expression It is one year since I started blogging on a brand new website called Whisky Odyssey. On Leap Day 2024 we kicked off, and last Saturday we celebrated it with a fantastic Clynelish from 1974. A few weeks ago, I started making a list of all the (active) Scottish…
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A syrupy Balmenach bottled after the Cadenhead’s Warehouse Tasting Cadenhead’s is one of the oldest and most renowned independent bottlers in Scotland, and certainly worth a visit if you drop down the Kintyre peninsula towards Campbeltown. The shop (and the magnificent staff) are a pleasure to visit, and when you really want to do something…
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Benromach High Enzyme: an interesting experiment Benromach keeps bringing out these expressions that stimulates curiosity. Their “Contrasts” series offers a wide variety of different style. At first, I found my favourite Peat Smoke bottlings in there too, and that seemed a little disappointing. To me, the Peat Smoke is just core range, especially since it…
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The 17 years back in time session part 2: 1991 In the blogpost of yesterday we went back 17 years in time to the year 2008. Today, we take another leap of 17 years and arrive in the year 1991. I know, that is a year that sounds to some of us as if it…