Kininvie was the ‘secret distillery’ within the William Grant & Sons production site that also houses Glenfiddich and Balvenie . Although its stillhouse was separate, it used to share mash tuns and washbacks with The Balvenie. But now it has been expanded with its own dedicated equipment.

So far we’ve only seen a couple of Hazelwood -branded releases from these stills. They were only fired when extra blending whisky was required (it’s the core ingredient of Monkey Shoulder ) and there was officially never any intent to bottle Kininvie as a single malt. Until this first official bottling that was launched in Taiwan last year....

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Whisky Saga har vært på eventyr i Gøteborg denne helgen. Whiskyfestivalen En Öl & Whiskymässa ble arrangert for første gang ifjor. Den festivalen fikk vi ikke med oss. I år vurderte vi lenge å reise dit, men vi brukte for lang tid. Resultatet ble at billettene var utsolgt før vi fikk lagt inn noen bestilling. […]...

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Glenlivet 1975 35 YO Signatory, 35 år, 55 % Jeg har etter hvert smakt noen forskjellige Glenlivet, både OB og IB. Av en eller annen (teit) grunn, så har jeg (feilaktig) hatt et litt negativt inntrykk av Glenlivet. Jeg tror det er noe med navnet, eller logoen, eller noe annet. Vel, opplevelsene hittil har for […]...

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Stick with me; this is going to be about whiskey, but first we need to make a detour. I’ve done some writing about vodka and FMBs — what’s an FMB? It’s like an RTD. RTD? Well, it’s an alcopop. You know: like Smirnoff Ice. An FMB is a “flavored malt beverage,” which is basically beer with all the beer flavor stripped out and replaced with a variety of fruit flavors. (“RTD” means “ready to drink,” which seems redundant to me, but then, I’m not a marketer.) Anyway, the vodka category is dominated by the talk and advertising of flavors (though...

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Another rare oldie brought to us by Sansibar . There seem to be different strengths and bottle amounts on the internet for this Balmenach 1979 . I can only tell you what’s on the label.

Balmenach 35 yo 1979 (53,4%, Sansibar 2014, bourbon cask, 127 btl.)

Nose: dry and herbal, with lots of forest associations. Dried flowers, moss and leafy notes. A proud nose but a little unsexy, although there’s a subtle fruity side of yellow apple and overripe banana. A little chalk, as well as milky cereals. Last but not least: a nice, dry layer of 35 years...

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This time last year I was busy sorting out classes for the 2013 Whisky Show, and in my search for interesting ideas, a slightly fuzzy-haired, glazed-eyed version of Tim Forbes (formerly of this parish) told me about a weekend of whisky experimentation with Dave Broom. Apart from the obvious outcome of Tim being a little on the unsteady side, the vast amount of research being done for the new book Dave was writing sounded fascinating. With this in mind I asked Dave if he would be happy introduce some of the attendees of the Whisky Show to the world of...

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Stagg Jr. was the highly anticipated younger version of Buffalo Trace’s power bourbon George T. Stagg . Its age is still above average though, and they share the same recipe and strength, so ‘Junior’ maj have an adverse effect of making it seem more approachable.

This American bourbon has no age statement, although the label says it was aged for nearly a decade. We’ve heard it’s slightly over 8 years old. Contrary to the yearly senior version, Stagg Jr. will have three to four batches a year.

Stagg Jr. (67,2%, OB 2013, first batch)

Nose: I believe my...

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Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC11, 11 YO, 59,5 % Here’s another relatively new release from Bruichladdich. The Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC11 is 11 years old, and made exclusively with Scottish barley. It is a limited release of 12 000 bottles. Unfortunately it is Travel Retail only, which makes it a little bit harder to obtain, but […]...

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Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC9, 9 år, 59,2 % PC10 is already reviewed by my husband and now Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC9 is next in line. And: You can read about PC11 tomorrow! There were made 6000 bottles of PC9. The whisky is distilled in 2002 and bottled in 2011. The subtitle for the PC9 is An Ataireachd […]...

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