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This Port Ellen 1983 is one of the new releases from Maltbarn, presented at The Whisky Fair in Limburg, yet it was bottled back in 2012.

Port Ellen is virtually impossible to get these days, especially for independent bottlers. majbe this was a leftover or ‘lost stock’, or majbe Martin Diekmann already bought them some time ago and decided to wait a while before bringing them to the market.

Port Ellen 29 yo 1983 (52%, Maltbarn 2012, bourbon cask, 86 btl.)

Nose: very pure, with classic notes of linseed oil and walnuts. Tarry ropes, wet stones, a bit of...

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Glenburgie 1983 29 YO The Golden Cask, 57,3 % Glenburgie is a Speyside distilery, owned by Pernod Ricrad. Almost all their product goes into blends, in particular Ballantine’s. From time to time you can come across an independent bottling of Glenburgie single malt. If you do, taste it, buy it or do both. It will […]...

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Ears certainly pricked up at TWE HQ when news came in of a new release from The Balvenie . There will be those still mourning the loss of the bourbon-matured 15 Year Old Single Barrel (officially discontinued, but we still have a few bottles left ). Well, cheer up, because we have good news: it’s been replaced by The Single Barrel Sherry Cask 15 Year Old .

This new Balvenie follows on from last year’s Single Barrel First Fill 12 Year Old , which we rather liked . David Stewart (we’re still impressed by the coolness of his job title, ‘Malt...

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New Archives releases have arrived. After the fishes of Samoa , the label of this Littlemill 1988 is adorned with another sea creature, some kind of crab. The series is called Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale .

Littlemill 25 yo 1988 (51,9%, Archives 2014, bourbon hogshead #12, 134 btl.)

Nose: starts on the grassier side of Littlemill, with a bit of oak dust and chalk. The some waxy and grainy notes before moving to fruits. Red apples. Peaches and green banana. Hints of limoncello. After a while, a nice soft strawberry note and vanilla. Mouth: quite typical again. This...

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Introduksjon av Gammelstilla Whisky En drøy halvtime innover i landet fra Mackmyra i Gävle, finner vi et nytt svensk destilleri. Her ligger lille Gammelstilla Whisky. De har ingen whisky klar for salg ennå, men det vil snart endre seg. For å korte ventetiden, og fordi vi en genuint interessert i alt som rører seg av […]...

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In the upper regions of the Johnnie Walker range, this Platinum Label is the only one to have an age statement: all of its components are 18 years old .

It sits just under the most expensive Johnnie Walker Blue Label and above the Gold Label Reserve, which has now lost its previous 18yo statement and seems to be discontinued altogether in some countries. Not sure how the marketing guys explain all this shifting around, to me it all seems confusing…

Johnnie Walker 18 yo Platinum Label
(40%, OB 2013)

Nose: subtle, as you would expect from 40%, but...

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Braunstein E:4, 8 YO, 60,9 % I am quite fond of the Danish distillery Braunstein. Today I am reviewing a whisky in the cask strength Edition series. Braunstein E:4 was released late 2012. This is a very peaty whisky at 60 ppm phenols. It is a single cask, matured exclusively in an ex-bourbon barrel from Maker’s […]...

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Ardbeg Blasda, NAS, 40 % I attended the Box Whisky Academy in week 19, 2014. During the academy I stayed at Länsmansgården in Ådalen, Sweden. Länsmansgården is an ‘Ardbeg Embassy’ so I took the opportunity to taste some new Ardbegs. At least they were new to me. One of them was Ardbeg Blasda. This one is a […]...

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