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Millstone 1999 PX Cask

I must admit I haven’t tried many whiskies from the Zuidam distillery in the South of Holland (very near to the Belgian border). I hear some are good. For me, the Millstone 8yo French Oak was not quite there yet.

This Millstone 1999 was matured in a refill bourbon cask for 8 years (Kelvin Cooperage and Jack Daniels?) before being transferred to a Pedro Ximénez cask for a 5-year finish. It was bottled in augusti 2013.

 

Millstone 1999 PX CaskMillstone 1999
(46%, OB 2013, Special cask #1, PX)

Nose: a pleasant surprise. A slightly oriental mix of sandalwood, rose pepper and cumin,...

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Three Japanese sherry monsters

Hanyu 1988/2005 ?Vintage? (56%, OB, Ichiro's Malt, hogshead, twist cap, 600 bottles) - Yamazaki 1994/2006 'Owner's Cask' (63%, OB, sherry butt, cask #4R70109, 452 bottles) - Yamazaki 1993/2012 (57.5%, OB for LMDW, sherry butt, cask #3T70070, 300 bottles) - Karuizawa 30 yo 1981/2012 'Founder's Cask' (60.8%, OB, Number One Drinks, cask #2084, 347 bottles)...

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Bruichladdich Octomore 06.2 Scottish Barley

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Bruichladdich Octomore 06.2 Scottish Barley, 5 YO, A few months back, Bruichladdich released yet another Octomore; their über-peated, young monsters. The whiskies in this series are usually a lot of fun, in my mind. The new expression is called Bruichladdich Octomore 06.2 Scottish barley. It is again peated at the insane level of 167 ppm […]...

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Grant’s Ale Cask

Grant’s Ale Cask is probably the only Scotch whisky to be finished in barrels that have previously held ale, something from Caledonian brewery as far as I know. It was finished for 30 days.

The Ale Cask is part of a combo called Grant’s Cask Editions , together with a sherry cask edition. Launched in 2001, it contains around 40% single Maltwhisky from 20-30 distilleries and 60% grain (mainly from Girvan).

 

Grant’s Ale CaskGrant’s Ale Cask (40%, OB ‘Cask Editions’ +/- 2013)

Nose: very grainy, lots of muesli and sugared cereal notes (Frosties). Nicely honeyed like other Grant’s, almost syrupy...

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GlenDronach 1994 18 YO Single Cask

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GlenDronach 1994 18 YO Single Cask, 18 år, 58,2 % Jeg fortsetter GlenDronach-testingen min på Dr. Jekylls. Denne gangen hadde jeg kort tid å avse (kun 30 minutter), så jeg valgte meg én whisky; GlenDronach 1994 18 YO. Den forrige jeg anmeldte, var GlenDronach 1995 15 YO. Denne whiskyen er lagret på Oloroso-tønne i motsetning […]...

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Ardbeg Auriverdes – the Islay keepy uppy

  You thought the Peat Week here on Edinburgh Whisky Blog was over, didn’t you? Ha! Here comes a bonus track, hidden behind a full weekend’s-worth of silence. Following the recent discussions about NAS I promised I would look towards the not-so-great, the bad and the outright appalling releases from the big and famous and [...]...

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Another bag of Longmorn

Longmorn 1992/2013 (52.9%, Maltbarn, bourbon, 86 bottles) - Longmorn 21 yo 1992/2013 (54.2%, Malts of Scotland, bourbon hogshead, cask #MoS 13014, 224 bottles) - Longmorn 18 yo (57.8%, The Whisky Exchange, Whisky Show 2011, 150 bottles) - Longmorn-Glenlivet 10 yo (40%, OB for Claretta di V. Rosignano, ?Highland Malt?, 1970s) - Longmorn 1969/2011 (59.4%, Gordon MacPhail Reserve for Van Wees, cask #5294, 402 bottles) - Longmorn 35yo 1968/2003 (52.5%, Jack Wiebers, Old Train Line, sherry, Cask #910, 210 bottles) - Longmorn 35yo 1968/2003 (57.8%, Douglas Laing, Platinum, 94 bottles) - Longmorn 44 yo 1967/2011 (48.3%, Gordon MacPhail, LMDW,...

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Bunnahabhain 1980 (Sansibar)

Sansibar has a new series as well. Contrary to most other bottlers, they seem to have secured a couple of oldies as well: Glenturret 1977, Balmenach 1979 and Bunnahabhain 1980 . Among the younger expressions there’s Mortlach, Glen Keith, Glenrothes and Glen Garioch distilled in the 1990’s.

 

Bunnahabhain 1980 (Sansibar)Bunnahabhain 34 yo 1980 (49,4%, Sansibar 2014, sherry cask, 220 btl.)

Nose: a slightly restrained sherry profile. Dried flowers at first, then some subtle praline, followed by sherry cellars. Tobacco leaves and walnuts. Soft herbal notes and honey. No wham-bam sherry, this is elegant with balanced oak. Mouth: definitely more oak now,...

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Sunday malternatives, rhums and rums

Saint James 'rhum vieux agricole' (42%, OB, Martinique, +/-2013) - HSE ?Rhum Vieux Agricole? (42%, Habitation Saint Etienne, Martinique, +/-2013) - HSE ?Tres Vieux Rhum? (45%, Habitation Saint Etienne, Martinique, Reserve Speciale, +/-2013) - Dillon ?Rhum Vieux Agricole? (43%, OB, Martinique, +/-2013) - Damoiseau ?Rhum Vieux? (42%, OB, Guadeloupe, +/-2013) - English Harbour 5 yo (40%, OB, Antigua, +/-2013) - Enmore 1990 (40%, Mezan, Guyana, Demerara, +/-2013) - Galion 8 yo 2002 (45%, Alambic Classique, Martinique, +/-2011) - Barbados 12 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Green Label, +/-2012) - Travellers 8 yo 2005/2013 (49,5%, The Whisky Agency, Belize, 282 bottles) - Caroni...

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Norsk whiskyforbund er formelt stiftet

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Norsk whiskyforbund er nå formelt stiftet (engelsk navn er Federation of Norwegian Whisky Societies). Stiftelsesmøtet ble holdt på Quality Hotel Grand Farris i Larvik. Totalt var 10 klubber tilstede, og ytterligere 6 klubber var representert ved skriftlig fullmakt. Det hele begynte fredag kveld med samling for å bli bedre kjent, samt for å avholde en […]...

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Bruichladdich 1964 (G&M #3670-3672)

This Bruichladdich 1964 was distilled november ‘64 and bottled oktober ‘93 – this is just about the furthest back in time you can go with this distillery (there’s a Cadenhead 1958/1984 and a 1960/1996 by Master of Malt as well).

One year later Gordon & MacPhail bottled another three sister casks #3673, 3674 and 3675.

 

Bruichladdich 1964 (G&M #3670-3672)Bruichladdich 28 yo 1964 (50,6%, Gordon & MacPhail 1993, cask #3670, 3671, 3672)

Nose: a very fruity nose, albeit with an Islay twist. Fairly tropical: mango, guava, banana and apricot. Nice honey notes, as well as a silky touch of beeswax. Leathery notes. Vanilla....

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Bourbon Tax Credit Passed

Author - Fred MinnickAs Tennessee legislators are in the middle of a used barrel fight, Kentucky lawmakers are taking concrete steps to improve the commonwealth’s cherished bourbon whiskey industry.

On mars 31, Kentucky passed House Bill 445, which allowed distillers a corporate income tax credit for the ad valorem barrel taxes paid on aging whiskey. According to the Kentucky Distillers Association, distilleries pay $13 million a year in barrel taxes.

Although ad valorem taxes—“according to value,” usually a tax on real estate or property—on Kentucky distilled spirits have existed off and on since 1906, the current system has been in place since 1990,...

Läs mer http://whiskyadvocate.com/whisky/2014/04/04/bourbon-tax-credit-passed/

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