Tag: 6-9yo
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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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Ballindallochlea

Back at home after some days in Tuscany for a weeding. No whisky, but plenty of wine (from the Palagetto vineyard where the wedding was held). On the wedding night, some very boozy drinks. So tonight I’ll have the first drops of whisky in over a week. And why not get back into it with…
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P C 7 8 9

Bruichladdich distillery was revived in 2001 by Mark Reynier, Jim McEwan, and partners, and they quickly built a cult following, with many creatively marketed limited releases. Much of the Bruichladdich story is told in the documentary The Water of Life – A Whisky Film. Port Charlotte is the name of the heavily peated whisky produced…
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Black Box August

The month of August offered a diverse harvest of 8 blind-tasted drams! Glentauchers • 10yo (2011) • 63.6% • Elixir Distillers Scotch Single Malt • Natural Colour & Unchillfiltered • Part of Single Malt of Scotland Whisky Calendar 2022 Blind tasting notes from a 3cl sample bottle Before reveal Nosing Pastry notes (butter, sugar, and…
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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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WC sniff & sip 2025 (Part 1/2)

No, no, I’m not taking a samples out of my toilet, but from my Whisky (advent) Calendar of 2024. Of the many calendars that one can find online, very few focus and small batch and single cask samples, but among those that do, none compares to the one from Brühler Whisky house. The 2023 totally…
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Sampling the Whisky Loch

The story goes that the whisky boom in the 1960s and 70s lead to an overproduction of Scotch, a veritable “Whisky Loch”, but with changing economics and consumer preferences in the 1980s, the industry had a hard time, with many now-revered distilleries like Port Ellen and Brora closed or mothballed. If market logic holds, one…
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Ghost Safari – Rosebank, Pittyvaich

Halloween is approaching, so to get into the mood it’s time for some more ghost distilleries. First, a curious sample of Rosebank, only 8yo and presumably bottled in the 1980s. Then it’s one I haven’t tried before, as far as I can recall — Pittyvaich. This distillery was only in operation 1974-1993 and then demolished…


