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    A walk in the Park

    A walk in the Park

    Yes. Yes, I do. “Viking Scars”, “Viking Honor”, “Viking Heart”, “Dragon Legend”, “Twisted Tattoo”, “Loyalty of the Wolf”. Except, these bottles are no longer new (the post is from 5 years ago), but replaced by a new sleeker range, dispensing with the cringe. So before these grotesque bottles fall into the memory hole, I wanted…

  • ‘Spirit Drink’

    ‘Spirit Drink’

    Today we’re not having whisky. We’re having ‘spirit drinks’. The first, “Auld Alford’s” is, by all indications, a whisky that during the course of maturation shared a wee bit too much with the angels, and fell below the 40% ABV limit required to be legally called whisky in Scotland. With that backstory and the low…

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    An Arran Analysis

    An Arran Analysis

    The Limburg Whisky Fair 2023 turned me into a sample hoarder. That’s when I really realized the breadth whisky samples one could get a hold of. And I started buying lots of samples online, too. And this is how I’ve been able to review well over 300 different whiskies on this blog so far. But…

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    Black Box July

    Black Box July

    First half of July was not the best time for whisky. Preparing for a work trip, then spending most of it in a hotel room with a flu, and taking a long time to recover. As I was getting into the whisky tasting again I did not feel like big themed tasting, but started chipping…

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    Ardnamurchan: Masters of the Multisensory Illusion

    Ardnamurchan: Masters of the Multisensory Illusion

    Ardnamurchan is a peninsula, and the westermost place in mainland Britain. Upon this peninsula sits Ardnamurchan distillery since 2014. Notably the distillery is owned by Adelphi, that highly regarded independent bottler. And the distillery has won renown too, winning the “Best New Distillery” category and the OSWAs three years in a row. Not so new…

  • Summer Nevises

    Summer Nevises

    It’s a lovely summer evening, and that’s as good an excuse as any do pour some Ben Nevis whisky. And I do especially like a good Ben Nevis. Ben Nevis is the most-reviewed distillery on my blog, with 14 reviews so far, to which we shall now add 3, putting it firmly ahead of the…

  • Glorious Glen Elgin

    Glorious Glen Elgin

    If I was pressed to name a single distillery as my absolute favourite, it would have to be Glen Elgin. Fruitiness galore, with impeccable spirit quality. An important factor is my experience with two bottles, one from A.D Rattray and the other from Asta Morris, drawn from sister casks with the same 1995 distil date,…

  • Maggie

    Maggie

    For tonight I’ve got a trio of vintage St. Magdalenes. This is a well-regarded closed Lowland distillery, that I’ve tried a couple of time before (#196). Let’s see what old lady Maggie can do this time. St. Magdalene | 18yo (1964) | 40% | Gordon & MacPhail 🌐 Scotch single malt 🪵 no info 🔆…

  • Ghost Safari: Colebank Dhu

    Ghost Safari: Colebank Dhu

    And were back on track with the ghost safari: Rosebank, Coleburn, and Dallas Dhu. Rosebank is among the most iconic of the ghost distilleries, one I tried a 16yo expression some time ago. Coleburn I haven’t tried before. It’s one of the many distilleries that fell prey to the whisky loch of the 80s, being…

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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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