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A single grain(storm) blog with (almost) all distilleries How often do we get the chance to taste almost all single grain whiskies from the different distilleries in one blog? Well, never, unless you are lucky like me. This blog was conceived around one sample (the North British) but through shares and gifts I suddenly found…
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Port Ellen 1983 by Douglas of Drumlanrig Port Ellen Distillery has only recently started producing single malt whisky again after a forty year hiatus, but the Islay legend does have a longer history. In fact, the distillery first entered the scene exactly 200 years ago this year. I came across publications that stated Diageo will…
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Back in time: Port Ellen 22 years old RMS Islay malt In our periodical series in which we highlight expressions in the Rare Malts Selection, we aimed at getting a Port Ellen story in place for the Port Ellen Day of Feis Ile. Call me an old man, but I still have to get used…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 SpecialBe ready for Laphroaig and Port Ellen Day Today we celebrate Laphroaig and Port Ellen Day. To start with the latter, sadly my sample drawer did not provide me with any leftover whisky from that cult distillery. I guess, waiting for new production to hit the market in the…
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Port Askaig combines all the good Islay has to offer Another indicator for my time in this hobby called whisky passion is that I actually remember the first time Port Askaig was launched. Islay single malt bottled under the name of the little harbour right across from the Isle of Jura, where you can indeed…
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Single grain whisky bonanza with three distilleries Sometimes your desk starts getting filled with samples from several distilleries that slowly form a theme when combined. In the case of today’s blog, I am talking about single grain whisky. We got samples from Port Dundas, North British and a quite old Cambus. Here they are together…
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Local Barley Port Charlotte and a regular 10 year old Bruichladdich has been playing multiple chess boards at the same time over the last two decades, with the introduction of broad ranges for the Bruichladdich expression, but also quite some investment in heavily peated output, notably the Octomore releases. Not to be overlooked are the…
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Malt from a mystery distillery but not a mystery bottler As I write the tasting notes for today’s blog, I just received a package containing a “secret” whisky. In this case I know it came from Islay and also from which distillery. Because sometimes the bottler knows this information, and is not reluctant to share…
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Pearse Lyons: sipping holy Irish Whiskey A big difference between Irish Whiskey and Scotch Whisky is not only the missing “e” in the Scottish variant, but also the naming of distilleries and subsequent products. Just take a look at the Irish (historical) landscape and you see what I mean. John Jameson, obviously, but what about…
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A jazzy cacophony of independent Lagavulin whisky The Islay Jazz Festival kicks off today and for whisky enthusiasts who are total barbarians and do not care about one of the most interesting music genres on this planet, there is always the special bottling done. (Or get “Whisky and Jazz” by Hans Offringa and get into…