Tag: 3-5yo
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Open up for the Dornochs
[Title image from dramscotland] £1200 for a 50cl bottle of 3yo whisky! That’s what you’d be paying at auction for a bottle of Dornoch distillery’s first release a couple of years ago. Dornoch distillery is the passion project of the Thompson brothers, Phil and Simon, famous for their whisky bar at Dornoch Castle Hotel, and…
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Non-Islay peat #1
The isle of Islay is famous for its peaty whiskies. But there are both non-peaty Islay whiskies, and non-Islay peaty whiskies, not to mention non-Islay non-peated non-whiskies. Here I will review three bottles from my whisky cupboard that fall under the second heading. They come from three different most-of-the-time whisky regions of Scotland: Lowland, Highland,…
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Ben Nevis bottle kills
Tonight (March 4th) I’m finishing off two Ben Nevises. Ben Nevis is one of those character malts sought after by enthusiasts, at least the 20yo+ ones. I remember friends in my whisky club adoring Ben Nevis for it’s “cheesy” qualities. Some of us had the chance, under rather crazy circumstances at a whisky industry event,…
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