Arran Batch 2 That Boutique-Y Whisky Company, NAS, 49,4 % This is a whisky bottled by Master of Malt; it is the Arran Batch 2 That Boutique-Y Whisky Company. It is a no age statement whisky, single cask. I sampled the contents of bottle number 101 out of a total of 459 bottles. It appears this batch […]...

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Meyer’s Le Whisky Alsacien Pur Malt, NAS, 40 % Today I present a single Maltwhisky from a French distillery I have never heard of before. Distillerie Meyer is located in Alsace, and they produce whisky; hence Meyer’s Le Whisky Alsacien Pur Malt. The distillery was established in the village Hohwarth in 1958, specializing in […]...

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Amrut Indian Malt Blackadder Raw Cask, NAS, 62,3 % I’m still thinking back on all the lovely whiskies we tasted on Cinderella Whisky Fair 2014. My husband and I attended a masterclass on Cinderella with Robin Tucek, mr Blackadder himself. I really do love Amrut in general. One of the whiskies in the masterclass was Amrut Indian […]...

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Bruichladdich 1990 23 YO Finest Collection Cask Strength, 52,3 % Here is another independent bottling, from Hart Brothers this time. This whisky was tasted during a full blind tasting. It is the Bruichladdich 1990 23 YO Finest Collection Cask Strength. The whisky was distilled in juni 1990 and bottled in februari 2014. It has been matured […]...

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Rhetoric 20 YO Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 45 % In november 2013 Diageo announced that they had started The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company. They call this an endeavor to rescue long forgotten barrels of rare and delicious whiskey and share them with others.  The company is headquartered in Tullahoma, Tennessee. So far they have released three […]...

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AnCnoc Tushkar Limited Edition, NAS, 46 % AnCnoc is the single malt from Knockdhu Distillery, owned by Inver House Distillers. It’s a bit confusing that the whisky branbd and the distillery name do not match – majbe, but it would probably be just as easy to confuse a Knockdhu whisky with Knockando whisky. Anyways, they […]...

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SMWS 4.191 A romp in the heather, 22 YO, 54,2 % Time for yet another whisky from Scotch Maltwhisky Society (SMWS). This time I am enjoying the 4.191 A romp in the heather. This is a 22 year old Highland Park, matured in a refill bourbon hogshead. It was distilled 1991-05-31, and a total […]...

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The story so far… Just to make things interesting we started a bit earlier day by day. On Thursday we started at 10.30, on Friday at 09.00 and now on Saturday we were due at the bus at 08.45. Everyone, except for one guy, made it to the bus in time. He would join us […]...

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Glenrothes 1988 25 YO Sansibar, 47,2 % There are so many whisky distilleries and so little time to taste… I have been drinking whisky for three years now. I did not give score to many whiskies the first year, but since 2012 I have scored 900 whiskies. Still there is, of course, many distilleries I […]...

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So far… One full day done, and we were ready for more Islay escapades! My whisky club, STOW, had settled in on Islay for The Big Islay Adventure 2014. Not everyone had the good sense to turn in before midnight after the first day (Thursday), but still everyone showed up at the bus at 9 am […]...

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The setup A few years back my wife and I moved to the rather sleepy town of Sandefjord, in the southeast of Norway. We didn’t know anyone there, but I was soon adopted by the local whisky club. Sandefjord Taste Of Whisky (STOW) is a an old whisky club, with rich traditions. STOW is actually a very […]...

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SMWS 53.208 Old bagpipes under a bed in Islay, 17 YO, 57,1 % I recently visited Islay, and strangely enough (majbe) I decided to bring whisky to  the island. The reason for this rather odd behavior was that we happened to find a bottle at SMWS in Edinburgh with the very cool name SMWS 53.208 […]...

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Craigellachie 1995 17 YO Douglas Laing Old Particular, 48,4 % Todays whisky is a 17 YO Craigellachie 1995 from Douglas Laing Old Particular. The cask number is DL 10052. It was distilled november 1995 and bottled september 2013. All in all I have tasted three Craigellachies so far, all of them from Independent Bottlers. All of […]...

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My wife and I recently visited the wonderful SMWS venue in Queen Street 28, Edinburgh. This is a fantastic whisky bar, well worth a visit whenever (and I mean every single time!) you are in Edinburgh. We tried two old whiskies from Miltonduff (SMWS distillery code 72), with a few other drams. Here are my […]...

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Bruichladdich 1993 20 YO Cadenhead Small Batch, 51,6 % I guess Bruichladdich must be one of my favourite distillery. I have tasted 40 whiskies from Bruichladdich and scored all except one above 85 points. I like both the peated and unpeated whiskies from Bruichladdich. In addition I think the independent bottler Cadenhead releases nice whiskies. So…when we […]...

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Paul John Cask #P1-163, NAS, 57 % There is more to Indian whisky than Amrut. We have now tasted another whisky from Paul John (see earlier review). This whisky is a single cask expression called Paul John Cask #P1-163. It is a young, no age statement whisky, matured in a bourbon cask. Paul John whisky […]...

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Dalmore Cromartie, NAS, 45 % Time to test a Dalmore whisky. This particular Dalmore was a limited edition release a few years back (I don’t know exactly when). It is called the Dalmore Cromartie. Here is what Dalmore themselves say about this particular expression: The Dalmore Cromartie is the third in a series of limited edition […]...

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Amrut 2009 Single Cask Portpipe #2714, 4 YO, 59 % I have long been a fan of Amrut whisky from Bangalore in India. A few months back they released a few single casks expressions, bottled for the European market. I have now tried the Amrut 2009 Single Cask Portpipe #2714. This is a peated Amrut, […]...

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St Magdalene 1982 31 YO Finest Collection, 53,5 % This is a lowland whisky from the now closed St. Magdalene distillery. This whisky was tasted full blind recently, and the notes are from that tasting. The St Magdalene 1982 31 YO Finest Collection is bottled by independent bottler Hart Brothers, and imported to Sweden by […]...

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Box Whisky The Festival 2014, 3 years and 3 months old, 53,5% Setting the scene for this tasting might hint at a bit of a positive bias about this whisky, but I will try to be as fair as possible. Box Whisky The Festival 2014 was released for pre-order at the Box Whisky Festival last Saturday […]...

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