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A new Littlemill 1991 , bottled by Eiling Lim . The fourth release in her series. Yes, a second Littlemill already, in just four bottlings, but it’s different enough from the previous one .

Littlemill 22 yo 1991
(47,2%, Eiling Lim 2013, 40 btl.)

Nose: all sorts of lemon really. Lemon juice, lemon candy, lemon balm, lemon yoghurt… Right, grapefruit as well. Some apple peelings and honey. Evolves to lemon marshmallow, nice. Hints of muesli and dried grass on a second level. Some gravel and dust after a while. Mouth: same story, lemon all over. Sharper zesty notes, crystallized...

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I got a chance to visit two craft distillers in the Northeast last week: Berkshire Mountain Distillers and Catskill Distilling . I took a day off and drove up to Boston for the 30 ^th anniversary of the opening of the Boston Beer Company (the brewers of Samuel Adams), and realized I could easily stop in to see some whiskey being made on my way back. It was a gorgeous day, and after I’d cleared the Boston traffic, a great drive west out the Mass Pike, past lakes, marshes, and forests, then into the rolling folds of the Berkshires. I...

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Pretty much every day of the year is (Inter)national X day for a variety of values of X, from p illow fights  to m ine awareness and o steoperosis to g in . Somewhere hidden in that range is Tequila and today is its day. So, Happy National Tequila Day!

Now, we totally understand that it’s just a day that was randomly selected by some long-forgotten marketeer to try and shift some Tequila, but we’re Tequila fans at TWE and need little excuse to delve into the world of agave spirits. We’ve written a few times on the blog about how ...

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Meyer’s Le Whisky Alsacien Pur Malt, NAS, 40 % Today I present a single Maltwhisky from a French distillery I have never heard of before. Distillerie Meyer is located in Alsace, and they produce whisky; hence Meyer’s Le Whisky Alsacien Pur Malt. The distillery was established in the village Hohwarth in 1958, specializing in […]...

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Benromach distillery – like many others – was mothballed in the whisky crisis of the early 1980’s. In 1993 it was picked up by one of the most renowned independent bottlers, Gordon & MacPhail . Production restarted some five years later. Since then they’ve been working hard on branding and promotion, with good-looking bottles.

While the distillery is still not running on its maximum capacity, there’s a clear progression and lots of expressions are available: a young Benromach Traditional , this Benromach 10 Years, a few oldies, a peated version, an organic version and several wine finishes.

Benromach 10 matures...

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Amrut Indian Malt Blackadder Raw Cask, NAS, 62,3 % I’m still thinking back on all the lovely whiskies we tasted on Cinderella Whisky Fair 2014. My husband and I attended a masterclass on Cinderella with Robin Tucek, mr Blackadder himself. I really do love Amrut in general. One of the whiskies in the masterclass was Amrut Indian […]...

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A new Glen Garioch 1989 in the Perfect Dram series.

Glen Garioch 24 yo 1989 (51,4%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ 2014, refill hogshead, 220 btl.)

Nose: starts with a nice combination of sweet apples, majbe some unripe peach, and sharper mineral notes. Wet gravel. I don’t like my whisky really austere, but I find this quite gentle actually. The nicest surprise is in the minty / mentholated notes and the eucalyptus, up to the point where it becomes slightly medicinal. Nice damp oak, a little paraffin and whiffs of smoke as well. Very subtle vanilla in the background....

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Bruichladdich 1990 23 YO Finest Collection Cask Strength, 52,3 % Here is another independent bottling, from Hart Brothers this time. This whisky was tasted during a full blind tasting. It is the Bruichladdich 1990 23 YO Finest Collection Cask Strength. The whisky was distilled in juni 1990 and bottled in februari 2014. It has been matured […]...

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It becomes nearly impossible to find / buy 1950’s-1960’s whisky these days – usually bottled a long time ago already. Especially the more established distilleries are out of reach.

Glen Moray isn’t one of them, so it’s usually not outrageously priced. This 30 years old expression was distilled 26 mars 1959 and bottled oktober 1989, so it spent almost the same amount of time in the bottle already.

Glen Moray 30 yo 1959 (40%, Dun Eideann 1989, ref. 84/611-1, 75 cl.)

Nose: perfectly expressive, given the 40%. Guavas, passion fruits and tangerines up front, sort of an old Lochside fruitiness. Then some...

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Rhetoric 20 YO Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 45 % In november 2013 Diageo announced that they had started The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company. They call this an endeavor to rescue long forgotten barrels of rare and delicious whiskey and share them with others.  The company is headquartered in Tullahoma, Tennessee. So far they have released three […]...

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