Categorie: G
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A deep dive in all the Signatory 100 proof bottlings We continue our travel down the lane of the new series by Signatory Vintage, the 100 proof expressions. When visiting my local retailer last week, he told me that the few bottles that he managed to get sold as if they were free giveaways. This…
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Eye on a newcomer: GlenWyvis 2019 “Once in a blue moon” is a great expression. And just like a blue moon is rare, so is a Leap Year. When thinking about a launch date for this whisky blog, a few options arose and today being 29 February seemed to be most fitting. This gives me…
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A naked Glen Scotia and with (a lot of) wine influence We are tasting two bottlings out of the Dunnage Warehouse Series, brought back to The Netherlands and then sampled by Nick J. Thanks for that! The background of these two bottles reminded me of a few cask samples I managed to taste during my…
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Tasting the 200th anniversary bottle of Glenlivet Scottish whisky distilleries can be so old, that I always check who was the president of the United States of America when some distillery was founded. Two hundred years ago it was James Monroe who came to the end of the Era of Good Feelings, an important political…
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A Saturday threesome with Glen Grant Glen Grant is a very interesting whisky because it is one of those malts which you can easily follow throughout (modern) whisky history. Of course, there are some incredibly old whisky’s released for the happy few by themselves and also independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail, but I am not talking about…
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Red fruit (or is it?) all over Glencadam Reserva PX Glencadam might well be one of the last sleeping giants in the Scotch whisky industry. Established already in 1825 it never really gained a reputation as a go-to malt for really classy output. Around 2000 the distillery was even mothballed for a few years, until…
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Glenfarclas for the Dark Days of December Glenfarclas is the ultimate December month whisky, is it not? They have been releasing an incredible amount of fantastic sherried single malt over the decades. Sherry casks do create a flavour that is associated with all the savoury things we devour during the holidays. Famous are the Glenfarclas…
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Glenury Royal 23 years old vintage 1971 RMS In cooperation with expert whisky retailer Best of Wines, in the next months I will publish blogs about expressions in Diageo’s legendary Rare Malts Selection. This was a series devised to highlight the more obscure malts in the company’s portfolio, long before the interest in single malt…
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The Long Pour: A most legendary Glendronach 1970 by Signatory Yes! Today, we are exactly 10 days away from Christmas Eve, the moment when the world slows down, pours a good whisky in the glass, and drinks on better times. An idyllic setting, I know, since the world knows more war than ever. I wish…