Categorie: G
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Glenglassaugh Portsoy: the soul of coastal malt Finally, we managed to get the official Glenglassaugh on the table, or at least one of them. With a proud signature of Rachel Barrie on the label, expectations are high. This Master Blender, who revamped the Benriach core range a few years ago, knows how to make attractive…
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Glen Ord: the new powerhouse single malt whisky A question for the whisky quiz participants: where does Glen Ord Distillery stand amongst the biggest malt whisky producers? Well, the answer might surprise, but Glen Ord is the sixth largest in Scotland, after big names like The Macallan, Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet. Luckily, there is more…
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Lovely and bright Glen Elgin by Malt Squared Glen Elgin seems such an average malt, interchangeable with many of its sister distilleries like Glenlossie, Mannochmore and Glen Spey. And still, this has an extra vibrant edge compared to those. This is a malt made with extra care, not in the least because of worm tubs…
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Middle of the road Glentauchers in the glass Glentauchers is one of the main contributors to the Ballentine’s blended Scotch, and several other brands I am sure. As a single malt, it has quite the reputation as well, making a very decent albeit somewhat modest spirit. Especially at an older age, the whisky reveals a…
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Glenfiddich 12 years old: a proud flagship malt My birthday cake was crowned with a mini of the Glenfiddich 12 years old. This bottle probably belongs to the top 5 of most sold single malt whisky in the whole wide world. Indeed, the original parent to all official distillery released expressions. Let us revisit this…
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Mystery Malt Glen Grant: elegant at 26 years of age The Thompson Brothers are rapidly becoming everybody’s favourite independent bottler, and a batch of releases most of us look forward to are the Mystery Malt bottles. You get a black bottle with a big white question mark on it, and then you just have to…
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Glenburgie from excellent oloroso sherry butts Christmas is some time behind us, but to commemorate the fun of the holidays, and the whisky I bought then, today this blog. My local retailer always sends me a text when he gets a new batch of this or that whisky, also including the Signatory releases. The 100…
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Virgin oak on a malt from Glasgow Distillery The Thompson Brothers are rapidly becoming everybody’s favourite independent bottler, and a batch of releases most of us look forward to are the Mystery Malt bottles. You get a black bottle with a big white question mark on it, and then you just have to unwrap the…
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Elegant Glenlossie at a respectable age Maltbarn released a very special Glenlossie last year (in 2025 that is) at a very respectable age. A sample of this landed in my lap and I thought it would be a nice one to kick off the first proper Long Pour Session of 2026. It also got me…
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Glen Garioch single malt from the early 1990s Glen Garioch is perhaps the least known of the three Morrison Bowmore owned distilleries, that also includes the Bowmore Distillery on Islay and the recently revamped Glaswegian facility of Auchentoshan. All of them are now actually part of Beam Suntory, making it one big family with the…