Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Glen Moray in a successful marriage with white wine Glen Moray is quite the darling of many whisky enthusiasts. It has an accessible style but it is certainly not a dime a dozen single malt. If left alone for a good 12 to 15 years, the fruity character can be very rewarding. Interestingly enough, this…
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A complex mix of Bowmore Islay single malt Bowmore had such an interesting history, being not only the oldest whisky distillery on Islay, but even amongst the oldest in the whole of Scotland. Among people in the know, Bowmore is also known for that dark age, when all whisky seemed to come with a block…
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Two Macduff whisky by independent bottlers Macduff is a distillery that most times flies comfortably under the radar, because in general their output reaches the market in single malt form under the name Glen Deveron or The Deveron. Obviously, being alongside the river Deveron in the valley of the same name, is an easy way…
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Fragrant drops from an Inchgower on Sauterness On our quest to put at least every working Scottish distillery on this blog once, we discovered an expression of Inchgower in our sample drawer. Inchgower is one of the big workhorse distilleries in Scotland, mostly providing blending stock for the Bell’s blended whisky. Being a Diageo plant,…
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We get lucky with Widow Jane Lucky Thirteen We travel to America again with our whiskey focus, with a to me previously unknown bourbon in the glass. The expression we will taste today comes via Paris though, because it was selected by importer La Maison du Whisky. Widow Jane is a Brooklyn (Red Hook) based…
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Heavenly 14 years old Bunna from the Barrel Baron Funny story about this one. In January, I visited Islay for the first time in some nine years. We dropped in here and there, and also visited the Bunnahabhain Distillery on our last few hours on the island. The ferry would take us to the Kintyre…
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A new Ardnamurchan Cask Release and side dishes The pile with Ardnamurchan samples was growing so this blog was in the planning for a while. And then came the news of a new Ardnamurchan distillery release. A new Madeira Cask Release hit the shelves just last week. I am keeping track of these very bang…
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Springbank 15 years old: multicomplex single malt Springbank 15 years old is a highly sought after single malt, from a distillery that already sees its bottles fly off the shelves in whatever form or expression it is released. When you visit the distillery in Campbeltown, there is only a limited amount of this “15” that…
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Ardnahoe Infinite Loch: straightforward peat delight We like to keep up with Ardnahoe releases, ever since the Inaugural Release came out in 2024. Since then we have tasted the Society 2024 release too, and managed to catch the Feis Ile 2024 expression during my visit to Islay in January. For that last one, the circumstances…
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Thy Danish single malt whisky bringing tears to your eyes Let me warn you beforehand, this tasting note might make your children cry. I am writing my introduction two days after tasting the sample, and still I have not fully recovered. Read on with caution, while I bring in remembrance the first time I sipped…