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Imperial, another name that’s pretty much revived now that the original distillery’s been destroyed. There’ve been some great ones in the last couple of years.
The Sunday quest for malternatives, more rums at random
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Today we’re pursuing our quest for malternatives within the rums and rhums and rons. What I’ve learnt so far is that the very sweets rums that often contain the added equivalent of 10 to 20 sugar cubes per litre of spirit are absolutely not to my liking. Let’s hope we won’t find too many of them tod…
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A superb old Tomintoul and compadres
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There’s an old official Tomintoul that’s relatively recent, a 1977 that should be good. Let’s try it, and then we maj add one or two independent versions for good measure. But first, a little aperitif…
Tasting new Lochside and obscure guests
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Well, I had thought we’d never see a new Lochside again, so WF’s Lochside compartment has been completely emptied quite some weeks ago. And just a few days ago, in Limburg, bingo, a new Lochside by Malts of Scotland! The problem is that we haven’t got any worthy sparring partner left, not even a Loc…
A trio of brand new indie Dalmore
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Always a thrill to be able to try Dalmore’s usually magnificent spirit au naturel, without too much cabernety and/or Byassian (not Don, Gonzalez) influence. Without caramel too.
Laphroaig, from one extreme to the other
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Laphroaig, from one extreme to the other
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Always a favourite, but recent NAS bottlings at 40% vol. have not impressed me too much. On the other hand, some indies keep issuing clean versions at cask strength that are often very… impressive.
Quick verticales, today Dufftown
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Quick verticales, today Dufftown
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Dufftown 12 yo 1999/2011 (56.7%, Mick and Tom's Bluebird Selection, hogshead, cask #13084, 304 bottles) Colour: pale white wine. Nose: it’s fully naked spirit, and yet it’s not too eau-de-vie-ish, although there are traces of kirsch. Some porridge, some muesli, a few rocks, cherries… All very naked…
Three very funny Glen Moray
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Three very funny Glen Moray
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Glen Moray 11 yo 1989/2001 (57.6%, Signatory Vintage, sherry butt, cask #4673, 638 bottles) Colour: full gold. Nose: starts rather rubbery and even sulphury, with little fruitiness except bitter oranges. Struck matches, coal, broccoli… Oh well. The good news is that all that tends to fade away and e…
Glen Grant completely at random
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