Categorie: Long Pour Session
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Talisker 10 years old – The Old Map Label Talisker is an incredible stronghold in the single malt whisky category, but to me it always seems like a whispered secret. With its outspoken volcanic character, you would expect this to be a whisky for the acquired taste, for the trained palate. But the numbers tell…
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Back to the distant past with two Glen Grant Glen Grant is an interesting single malt because it is one of those precious few whiskies of which there is a lot around from several eras. As it was marketed quite progressively early on in its existence, and because of the rise to stardom in the…
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Back to the 1990s with some rare malt whiskies We accumulated some samples of single malt whiskies that were distilled in the 1990s and decided to put them all in one blog. This decade was a weird one, not only in world history, but also in the Scotch whisky industry, with weird closure of distilleries…
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Mortlach Extravaganza with three classic bottles To some blogs I look more forward to writing than others, simply because some whiskies unearth a deep feeling of nostalgia. Today, after a very long time, I have a Mortlach 16 years old Flora & Fauna expression in the glass. I think I last tasted it in the…
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Lochlea Extravaganza: new core range and new make On my most recent trip to Scotland, I almost drove through the backyard of Lochlea Distillery, but sadly our murderous schedule did not allow for a stop. It will have to wait, assuming Lochlea has put on enough resilience to survive the current hard times that fall…
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A romantic Teaninich: peated flavours from the floor Our periodical entries about bottlings in the Rare Malts Selection become increasingly … rare, but we managed to unearth another expression! Today, we sink out teeth into a truly special distillery called Teaninich. Known to connoisseurs mostly, Teaninich is not to be overlooked, as it often offers…
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Aberargie Inaugural single malt: nice to get acquainted! This is a special moment, because I have the great honour to taste for the first time a whisky from a new distillery. We are sipping from Aberargie single malt whisky today! This enterprise has not been started by just anyone. We are reaping the benefits of…
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Tamdhu 21 years old compared with NAS editions Tamdhu has gained a lot of loyal followers since Ian Macleod Distillers took over the distillery from The Edrington Group in 2011. Before, it was a workhorse distillery producing malt for the blends from the Edrington stable, most famously The Famous Grouse. With other big names in…
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A trio of Williamson distilled at Laphroaig Williamson is the name of the former distillery manager Bessie Williamson, who lead Laphroaig to great heights as a respected Islay single malt. Today we have three samples on the table that are named thus, even though you can see in the marketplace that some independent bottlers are…
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New beginnings for the Speyside Distillery The Speyside Distillery in Kingussie is now officially a lost distillery. In December we could follow the dismantling of the site on Instagram. Collectors be aware! This will be your new Port Ellen! Or not quite, as the quality of the whisky releases by the owners has always been…