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Roseisle 12, Origami Kite 2, 2024, Bourbon casks, 55.6%
This 2024 bottling from Diageo’s Special Releases is only the second release of Roseisle ever. There are some other mentions on Whiskybase, but those are of blends to also contain whisky from other...
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Glentauchers 2008-2024, Sherry cask, 51.7% – Liquid Art (10th Anniversary)
It feels like a million years ago when Bert Dexters got in touch about reviewing samples (it was about eight years…) but suddenly, at the end of 2024, there he was again. Liquid Art was celebrating...
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Linkwood 27, 1987-2014, Rum Finished Hogshead, 47.3% – The Whisky Agency /...
I met my befriended Linkwood supplier last Monday, and when things quieted down a little bit I immediately sat down to drink this sample he brought me. Normally this wouldn’t be a whisky I’d pick up...
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Glen Moray 13, 2010-2024, Tokaji Wine Finish, 56% –
Image from Master of Malt I was a bit surprised by the spelling of Tokaji, but apparently you can spell it with and without an I at the end. Anyway, I don’t have much experience with this type of...
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Dalmunach 7, 2016, First Fill Buffalo Trace Barrel, 58.4% – Dràm Mòr
Imperial Distillery closed in 1998 after 101 years of service. Several years later, in 2013, the distillery got demolished and in 2015 a new distillery has risen in its place and starts distilling....
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Auchroisk 15, 2008-2024, First Fill Bourbon Barrel 816738, 54.1% – Dràm Mòr
Secretly, or maybe not so secretly, there are some true gems among the whiskies that normally end up in blends. Teaninich, Dailuaine, Benrinnes and Auchroisk are some that come to mind instantly, and...
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Linkwood 15, 2008-2023, Hogshead 306517, 59.9% – 240.000 bottles in Whiskybase
Lucky for us whisky fanatics, Whiskybase keeps bottling nice things for every ten thousand bottles that are added to the system. That is apart from the Whiskybase Plus bottlings, Archives and every...
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Duich (Tamdhu) 8, 2016-2024, 1st Fill PX Cask 30369, 57.2% – Dràm Mòr
Apparently Duich is another name for Tamdhu Distillery, to be used by independent bottlers. I didn’t know that until recently, and it’s another one to be added to the dictionary, next to things like...
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BenRiach 10, 2013-2023, 1st Fill PX Hogshead Finish, 55.5% – Dràm Mòr
Another one I tried at the Hielander Whisky Festival early this year. While chatting to Kenny of Dràm Mòr, we had a couple of drams. Some of them I already knew because of review activities, and...
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Benrinnes 10, 2013-2024, Refill Palo Cortado cask, 54.3% – Dràm Mòr
Image from DramTime It’s been a shamefully long time since I got this sample in the mail. Viktorija and Kenny were kind enough to send some samples from the batch from spring to me and I left them...
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Linkwood 12, 2010-2022, First Fill Bourbon Cask 309279, 55.5% – Finn Thomson
Finn Thomson, not to be confused with the ThomPson brothers, but also a bottler of Scotch whisky. In sort-of fancy hexagonal bottles (or was is an octagon?). Anyway, the bottle came in a tube...
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Glenlivet Nàdurra 16, Bottled in 2007, Batch 0407C, 59.7%
Back in the day, when I still was innocent and unspoiled I bought a bottle of this at De Whiskykoning. I absolutely loved it, the fruitiness, the fierceness, the differentiation of what Glenlivet was...
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Cragganmore 38, 1985-2023, Refill American Oak Hogshead 601269, 45.3% – Cask...
This truly is something special. There have only been four older Cragganmores ever, and with this one coming from the guys at Wu Dram Clan, my expectations are soaring. Cragganmore is one of those...
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Glenlivet 12, The Original Stories – Illicit Still, 48%
I always have a bit of a chuckle when one of the biggest, most corporate distilleries in Scotland starts toting things like ‘Illicit Still’. This whisky is about 200 years removed from an illicit...
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Macallan 1998-2009, Bourbon Barrel 1193, 54.9% – Malts of Scotland
It’s been ages since I had a Malts of Scotland bottling, and it’s been even longer since I had a Macallan. I was about to rant a lot about why Macallan is no longer regarded as highly as it was 20...
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Glenburgie 25, 1995-2020, Hogshead 6543, 52.9% – Signatory Vintage
During COVID (yes, again) there were a lot of Glenburgies being released. Most of them were distilled in the mid-nineties and they tend to make for gorgeously fruity drams. It should come as no...
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Linkwood 1973-2004, Refill Bourbon Hogshead, 52.5% – Skorupa Rareliquids
If you’re thinking that you’ve never heard of this bottler, that would make perfect sense since this is the only bottling under their name. I had this sample a while ago and I still had no...
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Burnside 28, 1991-2020, Bourbon Barrel 7367, 45% – C. Dully Selection
Yeah, another ‘blended malt’ from Balvenie Distillery. There’s a drop of something else, most likely Glenfiddich, in this one to declassify this as Single Malt. Of course, this generally is reflected...
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Hielander Whisky Festival 2024
Today’s post is going to be a quick photo dump of last Saturday’s afternoon session at the Hielander Whisky Festival. Last year we skipped it due to a family weekend in the Ardennes, but this year we...
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Glenfiddich 26, 1995-2021, 1st Fill European Oak Sherry Butt, 48.2% – OB for...
This is a rather special one. Not only is it a bottle that was/is only available through auction and the secondary market, it’s also a very old fashioned ‘one ‘Fiddich with proper European oak...
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