Categorie: Long Pour Session
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Tasting official Glen Keith from the vintage 1998 Does anyone remember this charming little official release of Glen Keith single malt whisky? Releases from this rather unknown distillery are hard to come by, besides the offerings of independent bottlers. If you have not ever tried one, you are missing out, as Glen Keith produces quite…
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Exploring bourbon with New Riff and Elijah Craig A little while ago, we visited the United States of America, but limited ourselves to Tennessee whiskey. Today, we have some samples on the table from neighbouring Kentucky! As it happens, we post this blog on the 4th of July, and it is a special one this…
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Highland Park with a dirty edge Highland Park has certainly returned to calmer waters with their new line of bottlings emphasising the beautiful colour of the whisky. Also, the Highland Park Heather remains a strong contestant for my favorite new whisky of 2026. The distillery has forever been a favourite among independent bottlers, even though…
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Speyburn Distillery: history and 1978 vintage tasting We dive into the whisky history book to shine a light on Speyburn Distillery. By the time you read this, I will have just spent a few nights in Speyside, with my closest neighbour, indeed this distillery, just alongside the same road, but still a hard 40 minute…
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Tobermory: A rocky history but a delicate whisky The Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull was founded in 1798, or so the label states. The history is however rather rocky. You could even say that Tobermory has never been truly out of the woods before 1989, or even 1993, when Burn Steward Distillers bought…
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Blended Scotch with Royal ties from yesteryear The Royal Houses of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland always had strong ties with the Scotch whisky industry. There are all kinds of blends named after (in)famous Kings and Queens, most times on bottles adorned with their portraits and/or tartans. Maybe that is the classic…
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Aberfeldy: sherry monster versus 1970s elegance Recently, I got my hands on an older sample of the Aberfeldy Distillery. Normally, I would build a blog around that, with some background, before leading up to such a sample. However, I got my hands on a very recent Aberfeldy as well, so why not combine the two…
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From Strathspey to Dalwhinnie: a long journey The story of the Dalwhinnie Distillery is strongly intertwined with that of James Buchanan, and I don’t mean the 15th President of the USA by the same name. Even though Dalwhinnie James was also born on the other side of the Atlantic, this Canadian from Scottish emigrants returned…
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Glen Elgin: a deep dive on a very rare bottle With Long Pour Amour, I aim to offer something rare every now and then. Samples that I gather from my own network or even have stashed away in my own sample library. One of the features is tasting the legendary old Rare Malts Selection bottlings.…
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The Macallan in the hands of independent bottlers The Macallan single malt whisky as a brand is doing very well, truly being one part of the big three, together with Glenfiddich and The Glenlivet. All three brands now sell more than one million cases per year. In the meantime, we have seen a regular flow…