Inchgower 1999 12 YO Douglas Laing Advance Sample for OMC, 50 % My very first Inchgower! It is always interesting to taste something from a new distillery, new to me that is. Well, actually it is always interesting to taste whisky. Todays whisky is Inchgower 1999 12 YO from Douglas Laing Advance Sample for OMC. It was […]...
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Bunnahabhain Dràm an Stiùreadair, 10 YO, 56,7 % This is the second bottling that Bunnahabhain released for the feis Ile 2014. The first one was reviewed here a few days ago. The name of Bunnahabhain Dràm an Stiùreadair certainly is a mouthful. The name translates to “The Helmsman’s Dram”. This is a peated Bunnahabhain, at about […]...
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Clynelish 1997 14 YO Archives Inaugural Release, 53,9 % Whiskybase.com is a very good whisky site, and they also have their own shop, and bottle their own whiskies under the brand Archives. I have now tasted the Clynelish 1997 14 YO Archives Inaugural Release. It is long since sold out from Whiskybase, but luckily the […]...
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Bunnahabhain 1976 36 YO Hart Brothers, 45,5 % Today I am presenting a rather old whisky from the Islay distillery Bunnahabhain. The Bunnahabhain 1976 36 YO has been bottled by the IB Hart Brothers, and is imported to Sweden by Whiskytaste Sweden. You can buy this whisky at Systembolaget at SEK 2600 (item number 84024). […]...
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Caol Ila 1984 29 YO Cadenhead’s Small Batch, 55,5 % Wow! I just wanna say it again: Wow! Cadenhead and Mark Watt has done it again. This is an amazing whisky. I attended Cinderella Whisky Fair 2014 with my husband. We tasted the Caol Ila 1984 29 YO from Cadenhead’s Small Batch series. The whisky was […]...
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Today I am presenting the second half of the private “super tasting” I had a few weeks back. I tasted three Brora and three Port Ellen, half blind. So I knew the whiskies, but not in which order they were presented, and not which one was Brora and which was a Port Ellen. In other […]...
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Jura 30 YO, 40 % I was recently on the Isle of Jura for the first time. What a perfectly lovely island! The population is a mere 180, although the island is huge. Half the population lives in the ‘capital’ Craighouse. The day we visited, the weather was sunny and warm. With the cute palm […]...
Kilchoman 5 YO 2006 Bourbon Single Cask, 61,1 % When I went to the Box Academy I got a chance to taste a new Kilchoman in the bar at Länsmansgården (where I stayed the whole week). This was a Kilchoman 5 YO from 2006, a bourbon single cask. Kilchoman is the youngest distillery on Islay. I […]...
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Bunnahabhain 17 YO Westering Home, 53,4 % When I visited Islay a couple of weeks ago, I got to visit Bunnahabhain Distillery. Andrew Brown, the Distillery Manager, gave us a nice tour and then we had a few drams. We got to taste both the festival bottlings Bunnahabhain released for the Feis Ile 2014 (Islay […]...
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Box Whisky The Pioneer, 3 YO, 48,1 % Finally it is here, the first whisky release from Box Whisky in Sweden. This relatively small distillery has been subject to a lot of well-earned praise and positive commentary over the past couple of years. Many have looked forward to this release, and expectations have been high. […]...
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Laphroaig 10 YO Cask Strength Batch 006, 58 % The very first single Maltwhisky I learnt to appreciate – the first real step on my whisky saga, if you will – was Laphroaig 10 YO Cask Strength. Laphroaig is an iconic Islay distillery, established in 1815. The 10 YO cask strength expression has been […]...
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Nikka Yoichi 10 YO, 45 % And the winner is: Nikka Yoichi 10 YO! The winner of what, you ask? This is the winner from the last meeting in The Ladies’ Share! In addition we tasted Arran Amarone Cask Finish and Johnnie Walker The Spice Road that evening. Nikka Yoichi 10 YO is available in […]...
Laphroaig Select, NAS, 40 % So here it is then, the new entry level whisky from Laphroaig. The Laphroaig Select is a No Age Statement (NAS) whisky, bottled at 40 ABV. It has been matured in a number of different types of casks, to create what Laphroaig is hoping will be a good introduction to their […]...
Jura Tastival, NAS, 44 % Jura Distillery arranges their own whisky festival during the Feis Ile on Islay. On maj 28 and 29 this year they hosted a number of tastings, and of course released a special festival bottling. The Jura Tastival is a No Age Statement whisky. The contents is at least 12 years old, […]...
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Laphroaig Cairdeas 2014, NAS, 51,4 % This year’s bottling from Laphroaig for the Feis Ile (The Islay festival) is simply called Laphroaig Cairdeas 2014. Cairdeas is an old Gaelic word for friendship, and these bottlings are exclusively made available to the Friends of Laphroaig (FoL). Laphroaig Cairdeas 2014 is first matured in 1st fill bourbon […]...
I was supposed to attend a ‘super tasting’ with three whiskies from Brora and three whiskies from Port Ellen recently. A business trip prevented me from attending, but through the help of good friends I was still able to get a set of samples of the whiskies. I subsequently held my own little half-blind tasting […]...
Johnnie Walker The Spice Road, NAS, 40 % Again: Yesterday Wolford and whisky confirmed they are the perfect combination for a Lady! Going straight from the Wolford pre sale to a meeting in The Ladies’ Share turned out to be a great evening. To this meeting I brought a birthday gift from a girlfriend. (By […]...
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Ardbeg Kildalton, NAS, 46 % A couple of days ago the Glenmorangie Company (owners of Ardbeg Distillery) announced a new partnership with the North Highland Initiative (NHI). The NHI is a charity that supports fragile, rural communities across the North Highlands in Scotland. To help raise funds for this charity, Ardbeg Distillery is introducing a New […]...
Ardbeg Corryvreckan – Committee Release, NAS, 57,1% Here iss my second review from the Ardbeg Day tasting at The Tasting Room in Bergen. The Corryvreckan was released back in 2008, and the committee release version now sells online at “ye-gads!” kind of prices. The “non-committee” version though, is available at Vinmonopolet for a more reasonable NOK 826. […]...
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Ardbeg Rollercoaster, NAS, 57,3 % I really like Ardbeg! I have enjoyed every single one of them I have tasted so far. Except…you majbe remember my review of Ardbeg Blasda? Well, I tasted it again a couple of weeks ago, together with food. The experience was different then, so I maj have to adjust my score. […]...
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