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Glenfiddich with Christmas, IPA, snow and a fast car The time of Christmas and snow has always played an integral role in the history of the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown. One of the most destructive snowstorms to hit the region, raged over the valley on Christmas Day 1886. William Grant and his large family of…
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Glenrothes: distilled in the cathedral of whisky Would you believe me if I said that since I started blogging I have spent maybe four or five lines on a Glenrothes single malt whisky? Well, it is true! As part of the very first releases of the Signatory 100 proof series, I tasted one (and I…
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Glen Ord 17 years old Special Releases 2025 with mezcal A few weeks ago, I visited the Art of Drinks in Amsterdam, where one of the highlights was an older release of the Singleton of Glen Ord at 14 years old. That expression was influenced by Pyrenean and Spanish oak ends (yes, indeed) and I…
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Smooth sailing with Glenglassaugh on a PX-cask It has been a long while since I tasted Glenglassaugh. The whisky from the North Sea coast has not even featured on this blog yet, until today. The distillery slipped under my radar ever since my visit to the site in 2013, en 2011 before that. It was…
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Glendronach gives us the Master’s Anthology Master Blender Rachel Berrie is one of the big names in the whisky industry, so when she creates, we humble whisky lovers take note. The Master’s Anthology is quite a hefty name for a series of Glendronach bottlings that explores sherry maturation. According to an article I read in…
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A single grain(storm) blog with (almost) all distilleries How often do we get the chance to taste almost all single grain whiskies from the different distilleries in one blog? Well, never, unless you are lucky like me. This blog was conceived around one sample (the North British) but through shares and gifts I suddenly found…
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Glendullan certainly not the “Glen Dull One” Glendullan, also nicknamed “Glen Dull One“, is one of the many stills in Dufftown and with quite a hefty production: 5 million liters per year. Most of it went to blends, I’m sure, but then came along the introduction of The Singleton malts. The little settlement of Dufftown…
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New core range Glen Scotia 12 years old (2025) Glen Scotia goes from strength to strength and since we are quietly waiting for other distilleries to open in the beautiful wee toon that is Campbeltown, we enjoy the whiskies we can drink from there during our monthly Campbeltown Wednesday. On the bottom of our sample…
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Keep calm and carry on! Glenfarclas through the ages Glenfarclas is such a brand that does not seem to care what happens in the whisky world. It remains consistent. Distilleries popping up like mushrooms? Glenfarclas is there. Economic downturn on the horizon? Glenfarclas remains calm. This is a brand you can rely on. Weary of…
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A Glenlivet single cask that takes no prisoners Welcome to my (official) 300th regular tasting note blog. By no means is this the 300th whisky we taste on Long Pour Amour, because we do like to taste more than one whisky per blog, but we keep count of our regular blogs. This means three episodes…