Tag: 20-24yo
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#100 celebration with my friend Ben N.
Time flies and fruit flies. With this post I will be adding dram #100 and beyond to the Index! As good an excuse as any to indulge in a particularly tasty tasting with Mr. Nevis. Ben Nevis distillery lies in Fort William at the foot of Scotland’s highest mountain, named after this famous distillery (if…
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Cnoc, cnoc!
Who’s there? A 12 and a 24 year old from Knockdhu distillery, Speyside. Goes by the the name of AnCnoc. This distillery mostly ends up in the Hankey Banner blend, but at least the older age statement single malt has received a small following for being a great quality and undervalued (hence affordable) dram. But…
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The Grand Glenfarclas Gustation
Glenfarclas stands out for many reasons. It’s one of only a few family owned distilleries in Scotland. It’s one of only three Scotch distilleries to direct-fire their stills, supposedly contributing to the ‘weight’ of the spirit, so suitable for long maturation in sherry casks. They market themselves a Highland malt, rather than a Speyside malt,…
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Whisky from the 1940s
Let’s get straight to it. This whisky was supposedly distilled about 75 years ago. I got a sample at the Bad Homburg whisky festival, and the oversized Dutch man selling it claimed it was from the 1940s. Very plausible, although I couldn’t verify the date on the bottle or online. One can notice that it…
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Inchmurrin 1997
Loch Lomond distillery in west Highlands, near Glasgow, is a chameleon of a distillery. It sports no less than 11 stills of four different kinds, allowing them to produce a variety of styles, from both malted barley and grain. This means they can make their own blend, in-house. The most well-known and -selling product is…
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Jura, again
Not only have I moved past my aversion to Jura, but I’ve fallen in love with it. Or rather with the idea of what a Jura could be if properly matured and respectfully bottled, but that I have yet to fully experience. Actually, I went ahead of myself and bought a 30yo Jura when I…
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The Beast of Dufftown
Another “character distillery”. Mortlach, by their own marketing, is the Beast of Dufftown. I presume, because contrary to the classical easy-going Speyside style, Mortlach is famed for a substantive, meaty, pungent quality. I believe I have experienced this profile on a couple of occasions. Last was at Whisky Fringe 2022, where I tried the 25yo…
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A comparison of Cambi
Cambus is one of those 19th century scotch distilleries with a long an history of being opened and closed, bought and sold. Then in 1993 the stills went still, forever. But the spirit lives on… and today shall be drunk! Cambus made grain whisky, what some consider the ugly stepsister of malt whisky. In the…
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The rehabilitation of Jura
I haven’t been to the isle of Jura, but I have laid eyes on it on my way to Islay. As my eyes traced its shorelines, traumatic memories of abused tastebuds resurfaced. Nearly a decade ago, before my serious interest in whisky took off, I shared a Jura tasting set with a friend. I can’t…
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Dea(n)ston
Deanston, not among the most well-known Scotch distilleries, but one that should be! Deanston first came under my radar some years ago in a ralfy.com review, if I don’t misremember. I tried it in an Edinburgh pub, in a context where the focus was more on the company than the dram, but remember getting a…
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