Tasting Benriach again. And peat.
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Tasting Benriach again. And peat.
Benriach 17 yo 1996/2014 (43%, Chieftain's, St. Etienne rum finish, cask #93951/93953, 1063 bottles) - Benriach 20 yo 1993/2013 (54.2%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, Madeira wood finish, cask #1878) - Benriach 17 yo 1995/2012 (53.2%, Single Cask Nation, bourbon barrel, cask #2522, 225 bottles) - Benriach 19 yo 1994/2014 (53.1%, OB, The Whisky Fair, hogshead, cask #1616, 257 bottles) - Benriach 19 yo 1994/2013 (53%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, refill hogshead, cask #1567) - Benriach 28 yo 1984/2013 (49.9%, OB, batch 10, Peated, Pedro Ximenez finish, cask #1051, 248 bottles)...
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Tasting rye, USA vs. Europe
FEW 'Rye Whiskey' (46.5%, OB, +/-2014) - Stauning 2010-2011/2013 'Young Rye 6th Release' (51.2%, OB, Denmark, 2013, 2500 bottles) - Knob Creek 'Small Batch' (50%, OB, rye, USA, +/-2014) - Millstone 2004/2013 '100 Rye' (50%, OB, Zuidam, Holland) - Sazerac 18 yo 'Fall 2013' (45%, OB, Kentucky straight rye, USA)...
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Dallas Dhu, hello or goodbye?
Dallas Dhu 16 yo 1978/1995 (43%, The Ultimate, Van Wees, cask #2614, 440 bottles) - Dallas Dhu 23 yo 1978/2001 (58.1%, Signatory Vintage, refill sherry butt, cask #345, 348 bottles) - Dallas Dhu 30 yo 1962/1993 (53.3%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection)...
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As they say, there are rumors… (which doesn't mean much)
Dallas Dhu, hello or goodbye?
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Dallas Dhu, hello or goodbye?
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The Sunday Quest for malternatives, calvados part deux
Daron 'Fine' (40%, OB, Calvados, Pays d'Auge, +/-2013) - Anee 'Fine' (40%, OB, Calvados, Pays d'Auge, +/-2013) - Busnel 'Vieille Reserve V.S.O.P.' (40%, OB, Pays d'Auge, +/-2013) - Roger Groult 15 yo (41%, OB, Calvados, Pays d'Auge, +/-2013)...
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A few whiskies from the rest of the world
Fary Lochan 2010/2013 (48%, OB, Denmark, batch #1) - Embrujo (40%, OB, Spain, single malt, +/-2013) - Old Raven 2006/2013 (55%, OB, Austria, Laphroaig/PX cask) - Millstone 12 yo 1999/2013 (46%, OB, Holland, Zuidam, sherry casks, +/-2014) - Slyrs 'Pedro Ximenez Finish' (46%, OB, Germany, 2013)...
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A sure bet, another three Clynelish from the mid-1990s
Clynelish 16 yo 1997/2014 (46%, Signatory Vintage for The Bonding Dram, The Un-Chillfiltered Collection, hogshead, cask #4613, 320 bottles) - Clynelish 1997/2012 (51.5%, The Whisky Mercenary, bourbon) - Clynelish 18 yo 1995/2014 (57.5%, Single Malts of Scotland, cask #10193, 265 bottles)...
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Bright Clynelish
A sure bet, another three Clynelish from the mid-1990s
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What’s to be added about Clynelish? One of the few characterful malts that need no sherry, no peat, no new oak, no vanilla, no coconut, no wine… All it needs is a glass, as they say.
A sure bet, another three Clynelish from the mid-1990s
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What’s to be added about Clynelish? One of the few characterful malts that need no sherry, no peat, no new oak, no vanilla, no coconut, no wine… All it needs is a glass, as they say.
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Aberlour-Glenlivet 8 yo (43%, OB, Rinaldi, square bottle, 75cl, +/-1975) - Aberlour 'A'bunadh' Batch #45 (60.28%, OB, 2013)...
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… and Pete & Jack on Loch Dhu (again)
A’bunadh and older compadre
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It’s time to have one of last year’s A’bunadhs, but first, let’s have an old 8 for which I’ve never written proper tasting notes.
A’bunadh and older compadre
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It’s time to have one of last year’s A’bunadhs, but first, let’s have an old 8 for which I’ve never written proper tasting notes.
A little bag of interesting Irish
Irish Malt 22 yo 1991/2014 (49.2%, The Whisky Fair, bourbon barrel, 184 bottles) - Bushmills '1608' (46%, OB, Irish blend, +/-2013) - Green Spot (40%, OB, Midleton, single pot still, +/-2013) - Crested Ten (40%, OB, Irish blend, +/-2014) - St. Beccan?s Dram 22 yo 1991/2013 (55.3%, The Stillman?s, single pot still, bourbon wood, 210 bottles)...
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Three Japanese beasts with stories
Chichibu 2010/2014 (62.4%, OB for Silver Seal, Japan, bourbon barrel, cask #659, 239 bottles) - Hanyu 2000/2010 'The Final Vintage' (59%, OB, Ichiro's Malt, puncheon, cask #6093, 349 bottles) - Karuizawa 13 yo 1999/2013 (57.7%, OB, Noh, for KL USA, sherry butt, cask #869, 510 bottles)...
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Chichibu Hanyu Karuizawa
Three Japanese beasts with stories
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What’s more, all three will come from the same ‘family’, in a way. I have to say I don’t quite know how to sort them, for they’re probably very different, so let’s just go… alphabetical. I know, that doesn’t make much sense…
Three Japanese beasts with stories
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What’s more, all three will come from the same ‘family’, in a way. I have to say I don’t quite know how to sort them, for they’re probably very different, so let’s just go… alphabetical. I know, that doesn’t make much sense…
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Happy Sunday
