Categorie: D
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Peaty winner at the first Dram1 Awards 2025 A brand new and consumer driven Whisky Award was announced somewhere mid-September and I thought it would be fun to partake in this. So, when the package arrived on the first day of October, I could not wait to get started. The rules are simple and laid…
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Welcome to December with sherried Dailuaine Welcome to December! The month of togetherness, creeping close to the fire, snow outside and a glass of whisky in your hand inside. We take our single malt with a bit more spice in these times, while we countdown to Christmas. So, to kick off this month of joy,…
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The Double Barrel experiment by Douglas Laing Today, we travel back in our time machine to nearly 15 years ago, when Douglas Laing released a few expressions based on the idea of mixing two different single malt whiskies together. These naughty boys and girls even mentioned (whispered!) the concept of vatted malt on their labels.…
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Ardnamurchan, Dailuaine and Glengoyne by 12 Barrels A Dutch band of brothers named “12 Barrels” at one point bought … you guessed it … 12 casks of whisky, to be bottled over the years. Most of the bottlings are done with an own label, but some distilleries do not really go for that. The 12…
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The Dalmore: whisky steeped in heritage Yes, finally, the first Dalmore expressions on this whisky blog! If you follow whisky like I do, chances are that you are also a member of the Facebook group called Whisky Memes. Dalmore (together with Jura) is one of those brands that people like to represent as the absolute…
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Dalmunach from octave casks: do we need that? Today is not so much about Dalmunach, which is for little under a decade now the workhorse distillery of Chivas/Pernod Ricard. The stamp on the tasting note of today is created by independent bottler Duncan Taylor. They have released no less than 64 expressions of Dalmunach that…
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Dornoch 2017: Scotch whisky with a French twist Dornoch Distillery has been producing around 12.000 litres of spirit per annum since they started in 2016/2017. This number will increase significantly when Phil and Simon Thompson open the successor to this site, which has been given a name not so long ago: the Struie Distillery. On…
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Two ancient Dalwhinnie that underline classic quality Dalwhinnie has been and still is one of the Classic Malts to represent the different whisky regions of Scotland, as once invented by their owner, the current day Diageo. Dalwhinnie represents the Highland style in this series, that is further made up of Lagavulin (Islay), Glenkinchie (Lowland), Oban…
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Daftmill 2011 single cask mastered the act of balance It is Valentine’s Day and we just love today’s distillery! Daftmill has long been the face of the new wave of lowland malt distillers in the 21st century. The region is back in the game with a lot of new producers honouring the grassy and distinctive…
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A new wintery Daftmill for the thirsty masses Daftmill is one of the true farm distilleries of Scotland, only in production when all other work is carried out. So, even though the Cuthbert family could easily produce more of this delightful lowland single malt, they are nonetheless limited to some 65.000 litres per year. These…