Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Retrospective: GlenAllachie 10, 15 and 18 years old GlenAllachie might be somewhat of a darling of the whisky enthusiast, but I have to admit that the whisky never swept me off my feet. Maybe it got hyped a bit too much when Billy Walker took over. Granted, what Mr. Walker accomplished at GlenDronach and BenRiach…
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Three wildly differing Blair Athol with lots of impact We are going to sink our teeth into one of our favourite distilleries in Perthshire, which is Blair Athol. A silent but strong single malt, modestly churning out loads and loads of malt as a signature for the Bell’s blend. It was, way back in 2005,…
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The resurrection of Spirit of Scotland by G&M My timeline started glowing up with a bunch of new releases of Spirit of Scotland. This is a bottling series done by Gordon & MacPhail but it has seemingly been on hiatus for over 10 years now. In a handsome new bottle the independent bottler who announced…
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St. Kilian single malt matured in Virgin Chestnut oak Not all distilleries in Germany make only whisky, but St. Kilian is the exception. This distillery in Rüdenau started production over ten years ago, in 2015. The stills and washbacks all came from Scotland. I cannot remember if I ever tasted St. Kilian before, maybe at…
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A fledgling Ledaig caught by Signatory Vintage Signatory Vintage is not planning on easing down on cranking out new entries in the 100 proof series, and we also read some nice names in new batches. I am hoping to get my hands on a Clynelish bottling, but for today we choose another option. A very…
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Single cask Ardnamurchan single malt to wrestle with Sometimes I wonder how (relatively) new distilleries handle the current downturn in Scotch sales. The big guns go silent first, and when we read about closures or reductions in production and letting go of staff, thus far it has not been the new names in the headlines.…
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Old Springbank to celebrate 400 blogs on LPA We have reached post # 400 on Long Pour Amour and we did not want this perfectly rounded number to go to waste. So when the opportunity came up, presented by my dear whisky friend Erik, to buy two exquisite samples of Springbank, I did not pass…
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Scallywag Small Batch Release: good daily dram Today, we taste a Scallywag of which a sample was kindly gifted to me by my local retailer. This bottle with the cute looking dog is part of the range of Regional Malts created by Douglas Laing. There are many variants, highlighting the different regions of Scotland, like…
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Old-bottle Cadenhead’s Tomatin 13 years old Today, we taste a Tomatin bottled by one of the oldest independent bottlers of Scotland. I picked up this bottle during my visit to Campbeltown in January 2026, where we also heard a news fact. The Cadenhead bottlings will soon change appearance, as a result of all the things…
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The tasting nobody ever cared to do: The Whisky & Coke Comparison Tasting Who needs Brora 1972 or a Bowmore 1966 when you can drink the ultimate in whisky experience? The good old Coca-Cola with Scotch is unbeatable, and we snobs should not stick our nose up in the air about it! So, we put…