Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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The Glenturret Triple Wood tasting notes The Glenturret these days is owned by the Lalique Group since 2019 and it shows in the current presentation of the products. Beautiful bottles for Scotland’s official oldest distillery. Out from under the wings of names that used to be in one group together, like The Macallan, Highland Park…
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Milroy’s Heavily Peated delivers on its promise Milroy’s of Soho has been around since the 1960s and has steadily grown into an important player in bringing good drinks and spirits to the people. The London based merchant and retailer also has a steady reputation when it comes to whisky. It delighted us to acquire a…
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Springbank 10 years old with a hit of Amontillado The Springbank Sherry Wood series is by now a yearly release I look forward to very much. The 2024 expression arrived late in the year and thanks to my good whisky friend Erik, I was able to get a sample. That saved me from cracking open…
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Scapa on the rise with a new core range Scapa is the other distillery on Orkney and that can be a blessing and a curse. If you happen to be a whisky enthusiast, you know where the Orkney Islands are located, because of that other distillery. The famous one. It also means that Scapa will…
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A young trio of Tomatin to kick off 2025 Welcome to 2025. I hope you all had a fantastic New Year’s celebration. I spent a few nice days in Scotland, mainly in Edinburgh, where I blew out 44 candles. Making blogs about whisky in a time you are celebrating Christmas and New Year’s Eve with…
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The day when blogger Thijs choose Thy whisky There is a Dutch guy called Thijs that likes whisky that is made at the Danish Thy. That seems like a match made in heaven! Thijs is, of course, the blogger we all know and love for his insights on Words of Whisky. And Thy Distillery we…
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A Merry Christmas with four Islay Giants Let me start this special blog with wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas! Today, we slow down and take a moment to reflect on the year that lies behind us. Happy times and sadness have close ties to each other. Today, I attended a funeral for my…
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Glenfarclas for the Dark Days of December Glenfarclas is the ultimate December month whisky, is it not? They have been releasing an incredible amount of fantastic sherried single malt over the decades. Sherry casks do create a flavour that is associated with all the savoury things we devour during the holidays. Famous are the Glenfarclas…
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Ardnahoe Society 2024 release already impressive Exclusive bottlings for members of a (most times) free admittance (fan) club of a distillery. There are many examples of companies doing it like this. Most well-known are probably the Springbank Society and the Ardbeg Committee. New Islay distillery Ardnahoe joined too with the quite straightforward name “Ardnahoe Society”.…
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Tamdhu 18 years old: a new sherried whisky monarch When Ian Macleod’s brand ambassador Gordon Dundas visited the Netherlands a few years ago, he hosted a tasting in the cellar of the well-known retailer The Old Pipe in St. Oedenrode. He presented a range of Tamdhu whisky, with in their midst the newest release: the…