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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…
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Tasting the Springbank Sherry Wood Fino expression We have arrived at the penultimate release of the Springbank 10 years old in the sherry series. The most recent instalment is a Fino matured expression. Now we also know the Manzanilla will be the closing act of the series. I recall attending a Springbank Society tasting in…
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Sakurao Japanese malt debuts on LPA with sauternes My first taste of Sakurao single malt Japanese whisky was at the Dutch Art of Drinks event in Amsterdam, a few months ago already. Importer Craft Spirits had a few bottles open at their stand and I think I took a sip of one or two expressions.…
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Springbank Society bottling borrows the soul of Madeira Welcome to a new Campbeltown Wednesday – except we do it on a Friday because of the New Year. Happy 2026 everyone! Our monthly blog highlighting the beautiful whisky that comes from the Wee Toon on the Mull of Kintyre is back. As I write this, the…
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New (local barley) high quality releases from Springbank Springbank spoils us with two Local Barley releases in one calendar year. Well, technically, the previous expression was bottled in December 2024, but that hit the shelves after new year. Anyway, the previous release was an 8 years old made from bere barley, and the follow up…
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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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Three Springbank powerhouses at 12 years old Not one, not two, but three of Springbank Distillery official releases at 12 years old for you on this monthly Campbeltown Wednesday. We include the very latest Cask Strength release, and compare to one older version, and to top it off a cage bottling at 12 years old.…
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Nostalgic Macallan bottled in batch by Signatory The releasing of single malt whisky without disclosing the provenance of the stills, yeah, it has become standard practice by now. It annoys me to no end, but when bottlers start giving hints about what you are actually buying, my heart is softened. Like today’s specimen. Signatory has…
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Strathmill by Signatory makes the sherry wood sing Just like the Glen Spey we tasted a few months ago, Strathmill is not really a household name for the average whisky enthusiast. You can notice it straight away when you post something about such an unknown distillery: the likes are absent and the hits on the…
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SPEY Tenné: extremities with the port cask The Speyside Distillery is probably one of the more beautiful locations to visit, even though I understand they have to pack in their business soon and relocate to a nearby spot to continue distilling. Moving boxes ready? In my sample drawer, I found a cask strength bottling by…