Categorie: G
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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…
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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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Glenmorangie Lasanta: sipper for everyday use The Glenmorangie Distillery is one of the big names in UK single malt whisky sales. In recent times, they upgraded their labels to a much more visible display of the name: GLEN MO RAN GIE. Well, if it gets the job done, I won’t object, even though I am…
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Young Glen Ord single malt works well with sherry Glen Ord is a beautiful workhorse distillery owned by Diageo and located in the Muir of Ord, just north of Inverness. I had the pleasure of visiting the distillery a few times in the past, and was always impressed by what a clean and efficient operation…
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Glenkinchie: barley testament of a bygone era When I acquire bottles of whisky, and I also want to open them, it is my habit to post them in my regular network for shares. I rarely drink a whole bottle on my own, because that is just too much. The Glenkinchie I will be tasting today,…
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Young Campbeltowners including Longrow 100 proof, Hazelburn 8 and Springbank Local Barley There have been some spectacular releases by Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries in 2025, so we have to see where we all put them in the next few weeks or months. Might this be the reason that King Charles III dropped by in our…
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Glendronach makes hand-filled great again! Is Glendronach still the uncontested sherry monarch of Scotland? This highland distillery that is actually pretty close to the borders of what one would define as Speyside, quietly took over the reign from The Macallan in the early years of this century. The once nicknamed Rolls Royce of whisky had…