Tag: craigellachie
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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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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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Craigellachie craving
I’ve recently done many blind tastings (the whisky calendar, the Black Friday samples), which demands a lot of thinking and analysing — especially with only a 2cl sample! Today I was more in the mood for enjoyment/indulgence with less pressure, and after perusing my treasury of whisky sample for a while until my eyes fell…
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100th post / 100 proof
Historically in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, a spirit that was just at the threshold of being able to be set ablaze was defined as 100 proof, although the alcohol strength to which this threshold corresponds depends a lot on temperature. Less variable, though not precisely reproducible, is the strength of spirit that gunpowder can…
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Craigellachie x2, again
I became quite smitten with Craigellachie a few months back. A rather immediate consequence has been the hoarding of additional samples, of which I now have about six. Time to get to work and knock them down before they proliferate further! For a middle-of-the-week tasting, I’ll restrain myself to two non-CS samples… Craigellachie | 14yo…
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Remarkable rocky hill hooch
Craigellachie — ‘rocky hill’ — distillery, is a Speyside distillery dating back to the 19th century. It’s gained a following among afficionados for it’s traditional and ‘dirty’ style. Despite being owned by drinks giant Bacardi via the Dewar’s subsidiary, the entire single malt core range is integrity bottled — 46%, non-chillfiltered, natural colour — and…
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Craigellachie x2
I have been watering my whisky bush regularly, and it has grown me a pair of Creigellachies that are now ripe for harvest. The first standard 13yo was gifted to me as part of a larger whisky order I made with an online retailer. A bottle goes for around €40. The other sample is (surprise,…
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