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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…
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Taking a look at a blended Scotch with Dewar’s The Dewar’s “double double aged” landed on my tasting desk as a gift from a fellow blogger. That this sample was only half used before being passed on, is maybe telling for the quality we will find. But there is only one way to find out,…
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Dailuaine with a Clynelish character? Rumor has it that Dailuaine had a tweaked distilling regime around the turn of the first decade of this century. Clynelish had some work done and with that distillery producing cornerstone malt whisky for many of the Diageo blends, a gap in production had to be filled. The story goes…
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Finally getting round to some Deanston samples There are some single malts that have never been really on my radar, and Deanston is one of them. If I tasted all together maybe 15 or 20 of them since I started getting into whisky twenty years ago, it will be rounded off upwards. Recently, my dear…
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Tasting note for the Dalmunach Inaugural Release Dalmunach is a new(ish) distillery on the location of the old Imperial Distillery, which became part of the Lost Distilleries chapter when it got demolished in 2013. No chance to reopen that one. But the location is still the perfect site for a distillery. Dalmunach became one of…
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Time to taste some Liberties Distillery Irish Whiskey A visit to the Dublin Liberties Distillery is highly recommended, as you could have read on this blog last week. We got nice reactions on this article, showing that a good, old distillery visit report is still a popular thing. We will try to slip one in every now…
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More regularly available Dailuaine is a good thing When entering the arena of auctions, I always keep an eye out on Flora & Fauna bottlings by Diageo. A line of bottlings so dubbed by whisky writer Michael Jackson, it contained almost all distilleries owned by Diageo at one point, with the exceptions being the classic…