Tag: 20-24yo

• “A” starts the alphabet

  

  I like to follow a theme for whisky tastings and posts. The obvious theme is to compare bottlings from a particular distillery, or how different distilleries turn out in similar casks, etc. But every once in a while I just want to try some random stuff. Then I have to get creative with the thematicification.…

  emil

  23 May, 2023

• Tamdhu times two

  

  Tamdhu (pronounced Tam-DOO) is one of those Speyside distilleries that has mostly fallen under the radar for me. Last time I can recall having it (well, the only time, really), was when someone brought the 12yo along for a Highland whisky trip in 2019. I remember nought of the taste, but I do remember the…

  emil

  2 May, 2023

• Goodbye to a well-aged friend: Linkwood 24yo

  

  On our way back to Edinburgh from a rather improvised long-weekend getaway into the Highlands in summer 2021, Zoe and I spent the night in Inverness. Before departing the city we strolled into The Whisky Shop to have a browse – and there a 24 yo Linkwood caught my eye; a single cask bottling at…

  emil

  23 March, 2023