Tag: 15-19yo
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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
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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Kleinlish
“Kleinlish” is what I say for “I’ll have a little Clynelish tonight”. Clynelish • 19yo (1996) • 46% • Signatory Vintage Scotch Single Malt • Two hogsheads • Natural Colour & Unchillfiltered • unavailable • WB🔗 Tasting notes from a 2cl sample bottle Nosing Very chalky, and mineral, with grape fruit, pineapple, rose hip, flowers;…
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Buy or pass?
Today I’ll try samples that acquired of two recently released bottles that have been on my potential-buy list. Let’s see if I’ll be convinced to pull the trigger… or put the gun away. Craigellachie • 15yo (2009) • 59.5% • Signatory Vintage Scotch Single Malt • First-fill bourbon barrel • Natural Colour & Unchillfiltered •…
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197119781984
The theme of today’s tasting is Some 2cl Samples of Old Vintage Speysiders That I Need to Drink Before They Go Bad. The first sample, a Tamdhu from Creative Whisky Company, I brought from the Limburg Whisky Festival 2025, and the other two, 1970s Cadenhead’s Benrinnes and Signatory Miltonduff, I got from Simple Sample as…
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Ghost safari – Pittyvaich Trio
Pittyvaich — let’s say it’s not one of the closed distilleries people are mourning the most, but it’s still a pity that it’s gone forever… During its years of operation (1975 – 1993) it was a component of Bell’s blended whisky, a brand owned by Arthur Bell and Sons which owned also the distilleries Blair…
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Killing spree
Over the course of a couple of weeks I’ve killed off a good few good bottles. In recent reviews: the Ardnamurchan AD/ bottle (#338) and the lovely 24yo Glen Elgin from Asta morris (#333). And here come a few more: I though it would be fun (for me) to recall why I bought these bottles…
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