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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…
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Banff 1982: a truly unique Rare Malt if there ever was one In cooperation with expert whisky retailer Best of Wines, in the next months I will publish blogs about expressions in Diageo’s legendary Rare Malts Selection. This was a series devised to highlight the more obscure malts in the company’s portfolio, long before the…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 SpecialBunnahabhain Day dedicated to John MacLellan Today we land at the northernmost distillery on the Isle of Islay, which is Bunnahabhain. Anyone who has ever been there, knows that getting there is no small task. The road is so narrow, that a slight miscalculation will see you end up…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 SpecialBowmore Day with a few 1990s drams Bowmore is the oldest distillery on Islay and probably one of the most famous. Located in the little village of the same name, it has made some legendary whisky, especially expressions from the 1960s have the capability to make grown men cry.…