Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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New Ardbeg 15 years old Anthology (and Napa stuff) The Beithir’s Tale is the name of the new Ardbeg expression in the Anthology series. We had a 13 and a 14 years old before, and the 2025 expression comes with a new story and another year added to the maturation. We now get, you guessed…
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Chain Pier Distillery: an Uncharted whisky oddity Chain Pier Distillery is going to be a very rare specimen in the history of Scotch whisky. The small setup was active only for a few months in 2018 and 2019. No more and no less than 39 casks were filled and the sole purpose of the distillery…
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Glenmorangie Lasanta: sipper for everyday use The Glenmorangie Distillery is one of the big names in UK single malt whisky sales. In recent times, they upgraded their labels to a much more visible display of the name: GLEN MO RAN GIE. Well, if it gets the job done, I won’t object, even though I am…
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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…
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Springbank 100 proof 5 years old: Adorably Victorian The twenty-first century so far has been an amazing time for the Scottish whisky industry. At the forefront of many distilleries opening their doors and firing up the stills, were Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown and Kilchoman on Islay. But after that, keeping count was almost impossible. This…
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Kilkerran Campbeltown malt showing its fruity side The Glengyle Distillery celebrated the 20th birthday of their Kilkerran Campbeltown single malt with lots of fanfare last year, with a concert by Travis even. One could wonder why they did not want to wait another five years for the quarter century, but that might have something to…
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Complex Cragganmore from Malts of Scotland For the debut of Cragganmore on this little blog we have found a nice sample of an about 20 years old expression. This well-known Speyside distillery if one of the original Classic Malts selected by Diageo to showcase regions in Scotland. Even though Cragganmore produces a not so standard…
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Fettercairn at entry level: a bit underwhelming In longer ago days, when I was without beard but with more hair on the top of my head, Fettercairn was a single malt very much in the shadows of the Scotch landscape. I suppose most output went to the blends of Whyte & Mackay, but there was…
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Kilchoman Ballinaby: a new Travel Exclusive Kilchoman Ballinaby is a new expression released by Islay’s Farm Distillery and named after (I suspect) the tall and slender standing stone that can be found near a farm of the same name, just northwest of Loch Gorm. Why I can’t say this with certainty is because information about…
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Kyoto Miyako Japanese whisky needs more work Friendliness knows no boundaries in the land of whisky, and so my good friend Robbert shared rather decently sized samples of today’s whiskies with me. We are visiting Japan and tasting products released by the Kyoto Miyako Distillery. Their website offers a lot of information on this first…