Categorie: Long Pour Session
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Banff 1982: a truly unique Rare Malt if there ever was one 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…
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The Bonnington Distillery in Edinburgh and a Tipsy Midgie Today, I have the great honour of writing a tasting note for you from yet another distillery I had never tried any output from. That is not weird, of course, because if we take a quick look at Whiskybase, which is usually trustworthy with these things,…
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An introduction to Fragrant Drops (with wine casks) Today’s Long Pour Session is dedicated to my handyman. This incredibly enthusiastic guy is a heaven-send for me, since I truly have two left hands. So, even for hanging up a painting, I am only good enough to keep the vacuum cleaner up to where he is…
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Glen Albyn: worth resurrecting from the past! Glen Albyn used to be one of the three active distilleries in the Highland Capital of Inverness, the other two being Glen Mhor and Millburn. All of them closed in the mid-1980s, and surprisingly it lasted till 2023 for a new distillery to finally open and put Inverness…
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Brora, Clynelish and Dornoch, easy as (A)BCD The announcement that Brora Distillery would reopen could have been the most spectacular news for any whisky nerd in this world. The fact that it happened in the tail end of the biggest whisky boom since the late 1960s/early 1970s, and possible even since the end of the…
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A couple of rare Isle of Arran variations (peat included) Did we all survive the days of Christmas? As the year comes to a close, we have a few blogs left to publish. That will be today and upcoming Monday, which is my birthday, and Tuesday. Let’s start with a nice late December weekend Long…
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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…
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Mortlach: the perfect match for a sherry cask Pour some brand new Mortlach spirit in a sherry cask and leave it alone for a decade or so, and you will create something that has delighted fans over many decades already. When I started thinking about this Long Pour Session and choose Mortlach for it, I…
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A Eulogy for the GlenDronach (with capital “D”) A lot has been said of the news that hit the whisky world smack in the middle of summer. Hardcore fans sighed with disgust, others maybe shrugged their shoulders and took it as it came. A new look for the Glendronach proprietary bottles. In all honesty this…