Caol Ila Young & Feisty Provenance, NAS, 46 % The independent bottler Douglas Laing has released some no age statement (NAS) whiskies in the range Provenance which are called Young & Feisty. My husband has written about Bunnahabhain Young & Feisty, and now I will share my tasting notes on Caol Ila Young & Feisty. I […]...
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Gjoleid Svenneprøven Cask 9305, 3 YO, 47 % This is one of the two first releases from spirits giant Arcus in Norway. Arcus AS is Norway’s largest wholesaler of wine and liquor. It was created when it was demerged from the state owned wine and liquor retailer Vinmonopolet on januari 1, 1996. The split was […]...
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OK, that’s it then. Another year passed as we watched another year pass. That’s all well and good I suppose, it is the nature of things after all – or the nature of time – passing that is. So – we are older then, compared to our age last time we did an annual review. […]...
Glengoyne Burnfoot, NAS, 40 % På julaften skrev jeg om Auchentoshan Cooper’s Reserve 14 YO som jeg fikk smake da jeg var på besøk hos en kamerat. I dag har turen kommet til den andre whiskyen jeg fikk smake den kvelden, nemlig Glengoyne Burnfoot. Glengoyne Burnfoot ble lansert for Travel Retail. Jeg har ikke lykkes […]...
Tullamore Dew Phoenix, NAS, 55 % The whisky of the day is an Irish blend, the recently released Tullamore Dew Phoenix. This is a blend made up from grain whiskey, malt whiskey and pure pot still whiskey. The pure pot still whiskey content is fairly high at around 70 %. The whiskey has received a […]...
Glenlivet 1994 19 YO Single Cask Edition, 56 % This is a single cask edition from The Glenlivet. They release these from time to time. The Glenlivet 1994 19 YO Single Cask Edition was made available in Sweden late Autumn 2014. The selling price was SEK 2499, which is quite steep for a 19 YO. […]...
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Bowmore 2001 13 YO Blackadder Raw Cask, 59,2 % Blackadder is an independent bottler to be found in Norway from januari 2015! We are so much looking forward to that. Almost every single one of the seventeen whiskies I have tasted from Blackadder have been very good. I think he has a good nose and palate […]...
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Smögen 2011 3 YO Single Cask, 60,9 % This is the first single cask release from Swedish distillery Smögen Whisky. It was distilled on 2011-06-10 and bottled on 2014-08-15. Matured in a single American white oak bourbon barrel (cask #20/2011). It was made with peated Optic barley, at 45 ppm phenols. The total outturn of […]...
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These are good times to be a fan of whisky. It seems the choice of product is increasing almost daily, and overall the quality is very good. You might have picked up on the fact that we are quite fond of so-called ‘world whisky’ (produced outside of Scotland) here at Whisky Saga HQ. This does […]...
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Auchentoshan Cooper’s Reserve 14 YO, 46 % I visited a friend last Friday and he offered a couple of whiskies I had not tried before. That is always exciting I think! One of them was Auchentoshan Cooper’s Reserve 14 YO. The other one you can read about on New Years Eve Well, Auchentoshan Cooper’s Reserve was matured […]...
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Loch Indaal Catch 1982 Bowmore, ~32 YO, 46 % Time to go fishing, on the pier at Bowmore. Throwing the line into the Loch Indaal, the sea inlet outside Bowmore, hoping to catch something interesting. And what do we find? Well, how about the Loch Indaal Catch 1982 Bowmore, from independent bottler Wemyss Malts, a […]...
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Peat Reek Blackadder Raw Cask, NAS, 60 % An exciting and mysterious whisky on the test bench today. Peat Reek is an ongoing series from the independent bottler Blackadder. Every year sees new releases of single cask bottlings of Peat Reek. Sometimes they carry an age statement, sometimes not. Blackadder does not reveal the distillery […]...
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Glen Ord 1996 15 YO Clydesdale, 57,2 % Today we have a premiere, well for us at least. This is our first whisky from Swedish independent bottler Clydesdale. Distilled 1996-03-07, and bottled in november 2012. It was matured in cask CO389, and the total outturn was 275 bottles. This whisky will be made available in […]...
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The King of Scots, NAS, 40 % The King of Scots is a blend from the independent bottler Douglas Laing. I have tasted both the no age statement (NAS) release and the 25 YO. Today I will share my tasting notes of the NAS. This is what Douglas Laing say about the whisky: Douglas Laing’s King […]...
Box Whisky The Challenger, 3 YO, 48,2 % Here it is, the second release in The Early Days Collection, and the third official bottling from Box Whisky. I present to you – Box Whisky The Challenger. This is the follow up to The Pioneer, which was the first release in The Early Days Collection. The series […]...
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OK, I admit it. I am a fan of Nordic whisky! Swedish whisky! Box Whisky! I therefore have to share what news we have managed to collect so far on the upcoming exclusive release of Box Whisky The Archipelago. It will be released on januari 15, and will be sold on the Viking Line exclusively. […]...
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Mortlach 1987 26 YO Cask #3103 Adelphi Selection, 56,8 % The Holiday Season is coming up, and I find that my taste in whisky is changing slightly. This time of the year I gravitate towards more peaty and sweet whiskies, or heavy and dessert like sherry matured whiskies. In other words, the time is right […]...
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Longrow CV, NAS, 46 % Longrow CV is a special bottling from the Springbank Distillery. This Longrow is a little like a CV for the brand, containing a range of differently aged whiskies. This is a No Age Statement whisky, composed of whiskies aged between 6 and 14 years. It has been matured in sherry, port, bourbon and rum […]...
Strathisla 1994 19 YO Chivas Brothers CS Edition, 57,8 % I first heard of the Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition series a few years ago, but it was only earlier this year that I tried a whisky from this series for the first time. These whiskies are (exclusively?) sold at the distilleries owned by Chivas […]...
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Whisky til jul Ifjor laget jeg en liste med forslag til whisky som egner som julegaver. Jeg tenkte derfor å følge opp med en tilsvarende liste i år. Denne listen kommer kanskje litt sent, men jeg får bare håpe at andre også er litt på etterskudd – som meg. Jeg foreslår både whisky, whiskybøker og […]...
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