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    Port Charlotte comes of age

    Port Charlotte comes of age

    Port Charlotte is no stranger to this blog: there’s been both the visit to the distillery (Bruichladdich) in the Islay trip and the sampling of the old PC range that showcased the effect of increasing age, but still in the single digits. Today we take a sip of the childhood (10yo), teen years (15yo), and…

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    Another walk in the park

    Another walk in the park

    Quickly following up on my first HP horizontal, we now turn to the more well aged, and the single casks offerings. Highland Park • “Viking Pride” • 18yo • 43% Scotch Single Malt • Sherry seasoned oak • €150 • WB🔗 Tasting notes from a 3cl sample bottle Nosing Warming spices, well-integrated sherry notes, and…

  • Ghost Safari – Bar from afar

    Ghost Safari – Bar from afar

    Time to cross another pair of elusive beasts off the “ghost safari” sighting chart — Ben Wyvis and Convalmore, samples I bought online from the “Bar Fram Afar” by Thomson Bros. / Dornoch and shipped with a bunch of stored bottles and an upcoming 8-part Dornoch 25th Anniversary Tasting. Ben Wyvis is indeed one of…

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    October Black Box

    October Black Box

    It’s the month of Trick or Treat – and boy did my goodie bag overflow with treats! I’m quite amazed as the variety here: Irish, Danish, American bourbon, and Scotches from a bourbon, sherry, Sauternes, and even a closed distillery! St. Patrick’s • “Cask Strength” • 53% Irish Blend • Bourbon casks • Natural Colour…

  • Big pursuit

    Big pursuit

    “Guided by revered Master Distiller, Billy Walker, our team is on a ‘Meikle Tòir’ (meaning ‘big pursuit’). The goal: To carefully craft and cask-perfect a peerless peated single malt at our Speyside home, The GlenAllachie Distillery.” GlenAllachie started producing peated spirit in 2018. In the three-bottle series “Past, Present, Future”, the first ever peated release…

  • Unthematic tasting

    Unthematic tasting

    No theme, no big picture, no elucidating comparison. If anything connects these drams it’s that they were ones that I was curious to try soon after I has received the sample for economic reasons. The first two are from whic.de, where one can get a discount on buying a full bottle, corresponding to the price…

  • Diwali Dram

    Diwali Dram

    Today is Diwali, the festival of light in the Hindu tradition, celebrating the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance … and good whisky over bad whisky? Picadilly distillery in India, known for its single malt whisky brand Indri, put out a special Diwali bottle last year that won some…

  • What’s filling the stocking?

    What’s filling the stocking?

    “A 21 year old Highland whisky that combines rare quality with outstanding value for under £100. This limited-edition bottling, with only 932 bottles available, is the perfect Christmas gift for whisky lovers who appreciate the finer things but don’t want to break the bank. Selected by our team for your celebrations. … Our buyers have chosen…

  • Jurassic pair

    Jurassic pair

    Jura is among my most-reviewed distilleries with a kind of love-hate relationship. At its worst it’s a horribly dry, vegetal and unbalanced train wreck of a single malt. But at its best, with some age and sensitivity of an independent bottler, it can be uniquely intriguing and delicious. Let’s see where the following two sit…

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I’m Emil, a Swedish ex-resident of Scotland now living in northern Germany. This blog is my virtual memory for all things related to whisky (and other fine spirits) in my life: I write reviews, report on trips and events, contemplate the results of my own experimentations, and scribble down un-/semi-/quasi-qualified opinions and perspectives. Welcome to a taste of my whisky world!

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