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BenRiach ‘The Twelve’, Bourbon & Sherry & Port Casks, 46%
Another BenRiach I used for a tasting at work last year. A tasting where 22 people emailed me to join in and only 9 showed up. Yes, I’m still annoyed by that. Image from Whiskybase Anyway, I used this...
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Linkwood 13, 2008-2022, Hogshead 306520, 52.1% – Catawiki
Much like the Glen Moray of a little while ago, the Linkwood is another bottling that is not for sale through ‘regular’ channels. And by regular, I mean any. If you want to try this, you have to be in...
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Longmorn 10, 2011-2022, 52.4% – Michiel Wigman ‘They Inspired’ (part deux)
So, back in April I reviewed Michiel’s latest escapade by tasting his Longmorn 10 from 2011. As said in that post, I should have added water but I didn’t, even though I was specifically instructed to...
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Speyside Single Malt 24, 1998-2023, 53.2% – Thompson Brothers
If you want older scotch malt whisky these days, you either have to go for undisclosed distilleries or blended malts. Or teaspooned as they like to call it. That is, if you want to keep things at...
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Mannochmore 13, 2010-2023, Bourbon Hogshead 3088, 54.8% – Dràm Mòr
After a couple of weeks of holidaying in France, and bringing quite a bag of samples with me that I barely (barley?) touched, let’s get right back to reviewing some fine drams! The first one of which...
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Fiddichside 31, 1989-2021, 1st Fill Oloroso and PX Finish, 47.5% – Murray...
Fiddichside, hmm… What could it be? I don’t know of any other distillery with ‘fiddich’ in its name, so I guess this will always be a guess. It does say that it’s a blended malt, so it might be a...
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Burnside 1999-2023, Oksamyt Wine Finish, 57.9% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
Where Fiddichside is obviously Glenfiddich, Burnside is their neighbouring distillery of Balvenie. As with many distilleries nowadays, they don’t want their distillery name on the label, and on top of...
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Benrinnes 10, 2013-2023, Refill Bourbon Hogshead 300745, 57.5% – Dràm Mòr
Image from The Green Welly Stop / Tyndrum Whisky For a refill bourbon cask whisky, this one has a rather dark hue to it. Without tasting it I would have guessed this to be a sherry cask. If you ever...
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Secret Speyside 17, 2005-2023, First Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt, 58.1% –...
According to everyone on the internet, this is a Macallan. The little (m) on the label also suggests that, since there’s not too many distilleries with an M out there. Macallan, Macduff, Mannochmore,...
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Glenfarclas 8, bottled in 2019, 40%
Image from Whiskybase About a year ago I hosted a tasting at work in which I tried to showcase the differences between things on labels on bottled of Scotch. So, young versus old, sherry against...
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Speyside 18, 1995-2013, 56.1% – Berry Bros. & Rudd
It’s not just my own reviews that I get around to with a huge delay, but also Tom’s. So, this one he wrote about half a year ago, and I’m only posting it now. There’s one more in the pipeline that has...
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Glenrothes 10, 2010, Hogshead 4131, 46% – Canmore
Another single cask bottling from Canmore, the whisky series from Charles Edge in London. Glenrothes is one of those distilleries that I find very uninteresting in regard to their official bottlings...
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Roseisle 12, Diageo Special Release 2023, 56.5%
Tom likes to write, and when he gets the chance, he likes to write things quickly. As in, beat everyone to the punch by being the first to review something. This one is no exception. The Diageo...
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Wardhead 23, 1997-2020, 52.1% – Michiel Wigman
As far as blended malts go, this one keeps things very close. It’s 99.999% Glenfiddich with a teaspoon of Balvenie, if that has even been added and not only stated to have been added. Anyway, it’s not...
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Glenlivet 34, 1981-2016, Hogshead 9454, 51.1% – Signatory Vintage
So, when this was released in 2016 is accidentally was placed online at Master of Malt for just 100 quid. Of course, I instantly bought a bottle, and five minutes later it was taken offline, only to...
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Benrinnes 15, 2006-2022, Refill Sherry Hogshead 17601802, 58.2% – Gordon &...
This Connoisseurs Choice bottling, done for Whisky Warehouse in Germany is a bottle I picked up in Luxemburg earlier this year, at Shopping Center Massen. If you’ve never been there and enjoy either...
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Inchgower 14, 2007-2022, First Fill Sherry Hogshead, 58.5% – Adelphi for WIN
Apparently, an Inchgower was bottled for Whisky Import Nederland last year. I might have seen it back then, but I don’t think I really picked up on it. I know for sure I didn’t pick up a bottle for...
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Glen Keith 9, 2013-2022, PX Sherry Hogsheads, 47.5% – Càrn Mòr
Day five of the blind tasting competition. We’ve not met any other survivors so far. Things are looking bleak. Image from Whiskybase But no, they don’t. Because we get to try different and fairly...
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Secret Speyside 13, 2009-2023, Hogshead 200929, 53.2% – Wu Dram Clan
This undisclosed peated BenRiach was released at the same time as the Smögen from recently, but without the 91 point score at Whiskyfun, and therefore less fanfare to go with it. As a result of that,...
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Speyburn 25, 1977-2004, Cask 1859, 62.5%
I have no idea what happened here, but a 25 year old single malt from Scotland at 62.5% is a sight to behold. As in, it is something else to taste, because the ABV isn’t really visible until you set...
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