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Glengoyne 19 Years (Boutique-y Whisky)

A rather recent release from That Boutique-y Whisky Company , this Glengoyne 19 Year Old . Matured in sherry wood (nothing else at the distillery) and based on the colour I would that must have been refill casks.

 

 

imageGlengoyne 19 yo (50,9%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2019, Batch #2, 1009 btl.)

Nose: starts with panettone, golden raisins and nutty notes (walnuts, almonds). Bright fruits in the background. Yellow plums and juicy mirabelles, Rainier cherries, citrus, plenty of honey as well. Hints of apricot pastry. A light bourbonny (leathery) touch as well. Nice. Mouth: more naked now, with malty...

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Glen Moray 1990 (Whisky Agency for TWE)

The Whisky Exchange has a history of excellent joint bottlings with The Whisky Agency ( this and this are two of my favourites) and now they have a new one.

A Glen Moray 1990 , 28 years of age. No mention of a cask type at all, which is uncommon for this bottler.

 

 

imageGlen Moray 28 yo 1990 (51,4%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018)

Nose: a waxy and fruity profile that reminds us of the 1970s. Juicy yellow apples, apricots and banana ice cream, nice! Hints of beeswax, lipstick (old Ben Nevis comes to mind)...

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Arran 2006 (for Whisky Shop Zammel)

This Arran 2006 is a 12 years old Private Cask bottling for The Single Maltwhisky Shop in Zammel, Belgium.

It is a sherry hogshead , selected in november 2018 during Lucie Stroesser’s final Arran tasting. She resigned as an Arran ambassador and went back to her homeland France a while ago, but she brought a few cask samples to this tasting.

 

 

imageArran 12 yo 2006 (53,6%, OB Private Cask for Whisky Shop Zammel, sherry hogshead #800463, 315 btl.)

Nose: a nice mix of red fruit candy (raspberry, strawberry), rhubarb jam and raisins, as well as a light...

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Bastard peaters

Highland Region 8 yo ?Peated Port Finish? (50.6%, Chinese Zodiac, +/-2016) - An Islay Distillery 9 yo 2007/2018 (54.9%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, bourbon barrel and sherry hogshead, 330 bottles) - Port Askaig 10 yo (55.85%, Elixir Distillers, 10th Anniversary, 10,000 bottles, 2019) - Isle of Islay 10 yo 2007/2018 (57.1%, Creative Whisky Co. for The Whisky Barrel, refill hogshead, cask #200703, 285 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Bastard-peaters.html

Bastard peaters, part zwei

Islay Malt 10 yo 2008/2019 (58.7%, Liquid Treasures, 10th Anniversary, bourbon barrel, 171 bottles) - Secret Islay Distillery 21 yo 1998/2019 (50.6%, The Whisky Agency, butt) - Smoking Islay (60.5%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, cask #BA2013/452, 325 bottles, 2013) - Port Askaig 25 yo (45.8%, Elixir Distillers, for North America, 3000 bottles, 2019) - Port Askaig 28 yo (45.8%, Elixir Distillers, for North America, 3000 bottles, 2019) - Port Askaig 45 yo (40.8%, Elixir Distillers, for the USA, 51 bottles, 2019)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Bastard-peaters-part-zwei.html

A bag of Glencadam

Glencadam 13 yo ?The Re-awakening? (46%, OB, 6000 bottles, 2017) - Glencadam 6 yo 2011/2018 (65.3%, Master of Malt, bourbon) - Glencadam 7 yo 2011/2019 (52.6%, Valinch & Mallet, bourbon barrel, 176 bottles) - Glencadam 2011/2019 (65.6%, C&S Dram Collection, bourbon barrel, cask #800130, 254 bottles)...

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Independent Americans

Jazz Club ?V.I.P. Boogie Woogie? (50.5%, Kentucky Bourbon, 1980s?) - Fine Old Tennessee Whiskey 4 yo 2011/2016 (52.9%, Shinanoya Japan, cask #214, 217 bottles) - Tennessee Bourbon 3 yo 2016/2019 (61.1%, Maltbarn, 166 bottles) - Images of Bardstown (53.2%, Malts of Scotland, Kentucky straight bourbon, 279 bottles, +/-2015) - New York Distilling Company 2 yo ?Batch 2? (50%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, rye, 481 bottles, +/-2018) - Pappy Van Winkle 20 yo ?Family Reserve? (45.2%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, +/-2018)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Independent-Americans.html

A few more rums

Dom. Republic 13 yo 2003/2017 (46%, Compagnie des Indes, blend, Dominican Republic, cask #RDM1, 346 bottles) - Clarendon 11 yo 2007/2018 (55%, Compagnie des Indes, Jamaica, 261 bottles) - Bellevue 20 yo 1998/2019 (58.8%, Hunter Laing, Kill Devil for The Whisky Barrel, Guadeloupe, 245 bottles) - Caroni 21 yo 1998/2019 (64.1%, The Duchess, Trinidad, cask #20, 245 bottles) - Bellevue 20 yo 1998/2018 (Valinch & Mallet, Marie-Galante, cask #182001-R, 153 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/A-few-more-rums.html

Even more stuff of the world de la muerte

Mekhong (35%, OB, Bangyukhan, Thai spirit, +/-2018) - Taketsuru ?Pure Malt? (43%, OB, Japan, blended malt, +/-2018) - Glen Breton 14 yo 'Rare' (43%, OB, Canada, single malt, +/-2018) - Milk & Honey ?New Make? (40%, OB, Israel, +/-2018) - Isle of Raasay ?Unpeated New Make? (OB, sample, distilled 24/4/19) - Chase ?Islay Whisky Cask? (46%, OB, cask aged vodka, England, +/-2018) - Kingsbarns ?Dream to Dram? (46%, OB, 2019) - Smogen 7 yo 2011/2019 (62.2%, OB, Sweden, bourbon barrel, cask #57/2011, 327 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Even-more-stuff-de-la-muerte.html

Big guns, I mean, rums

Monny Musk 6 yo 1996/2002 (46%, Liquid Gold, Caribbean Reserve, Jamaica) - Diamond/Versailles 15 yo (59.2%, Kinghaven, Guyana, 2019) - Bellevue 20 yo 1998/2019 (58.6%, Hunter Laing, Kill Devil for The Whisky Barrel, Guadeloupe, 243 bottles) - Caroni 21 yo 1998/2019 (55.8%, Valinch & Mallet, Trinidad, cask #19-2101R) - Uitvlugt 20 yo 1998/2018 (59.2%, Valinch & Mallet, Guyana, cask #19-2001R, 221 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Big-guns-I-mean-rums.html

A fairly small bag of blends

Grant?s Cask Editions ?Ale Cask Finish? (40%, OB, William Grant, Cask Edition, blend, +/-2018) - Grant?s Cask Editions ?Sherry Cask Finish? (40%, OB, William Grant, Cask Edition, blend, +/-2016) - Johnnie Walker ?Blender?s Batch Rum Cask Finish? (40.8%, OB, blend, +/-2017) - Johnnie Walker 18 yo (40%, OB, blend, +/-2018) - No Name N2 (48.9% Compass Box, blended malt, 8,802 bottles, 2019) - Light, Creamy, Smoky Creation 10 yo 2007/2018 (60.5%, Cadenhead, blend)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/A-fairly-small-bag-of-blends.html

Brexit special, a bag of English whiskies

Lakes Distillery ?The One? (40%, OB, England, blended, +/-2017) - Lakes Distillery ?Steel Bonnets? (46.6%, OB, England, blended malt, +/-2018) - The English Whisky Co. 8 yo 2010/2019 (64.9%, Cadenhead, World Whiskies, hogshead, 204 bottles) - The English Whisky Co. 8 yo 2010/2019 (64.6%, Cadenhead, World Whiskies, 2 barrels) - The English Whisky Co. 8 yo 2009/2018 (61.9%, Cadenhead, World Whiskies, bourbon hogshead, 228 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Brexit-special-a-bag-of-English-whiskies.html

Another mixed bag de la muerte of the world

Affinity (46%, Compass Box, blend of Scotch Whisky & Calvados, 6,028 bottles, 2019) - Glen Els 5 yo ?Malaga? (51.3%, OB, Germany, batch #1678, 108 bottles, +/-2018) - Kavalan 2012/2018 ?Vinho Barrique? (53.2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange, Taiwan, cask # W120614028, 180 bottles) - Kavalan 2012/2017 ?Vinho Barrique? (57.8%, OB, Taiwan, Solist, cask # W12122530A) - Smogen 8 yo 2011/2019 (57.8%, OB, Sweden, first fill Sauternes barriques, casks # 4 8-10/2011, 1628 bottles) - Hellyers Road 16 yo 2002/2018 ?Original? (64.5%, OB, Tasmania/Australia, cask #2241.06, 191 bottles) - Chichibu 6 yo 2010/2017 (59.2%, OB, Japan, fino hogshead, cask #2627,...

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Another case of indie Irish

Irish Single Malt 2001/2018 (50.7%, Whisky-Doris, The Nose Art, bourbon barrel, cask #3673, 225 bottles) - County of Antrim 24 yo 1991/2016 (47.8, Acla da Fans, sherry, 158 bottles) - North of Ireland 27 yo 1988/2015 (47.6%, The Whisky Agency and Acla da Fans, bourbon, 201 bottles) - Irish Single Malt 28 yo 1990/2018 (48.4%, The Whisky Agency, barrel) - Irish Single Malt 28 yo 1990/2019 (47.3%, The Whisky Agency, Private Stock, barrel) - Irish Malt 29 yo 1989/2018 (48.8%, Maltbarn, bourbon) - Irish Malt 29 yo 1989/2019 (56.5%, Liquid Treasures, 10th Anniversary, ex-rum barrel, 127 bottles)...

Läs mer http://www.whiskyfun.com/2019/Another-case-of-Irish.html

Scribbles From Islay

Glen Scotia 10 yo 2008/2019 (58.0%, Scotch Maltwhisky Society, #93.108 ?Earthy and masculine? for Campbeltown Malts Festival 2019, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 222 bottles) - All Islay Batch 1 Blended Malt (47.5%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company) - Bunnahabhain 13 yo 2005/2019 (61.8%, Scotch Maltwhisky Society, #10.168 ?Cuquillo black olives? for Feis Ile 2019, 2nd fill barrel, 205 bottles) - Bowmore 1997/2019 ?Distillery Manager?s Selection? (51.7%, OB, first fill oloroso sherry casks, 3000 bottles) - Bowmore 15 yo (51.7%, OB Feis Ile Collection 2019, first fill bourbon casks, 3000 bottles) - Laphroaig Cairdeas Triple Wood Cask Strength (59.5%, OB,...

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