Tag: highlands
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Kleinlish
“Kleinlish” is what I say for “I’ll have a little Clynelish tonight”. Clynelish • 19yo (1996) • 46% • Signatory Vintage Scotch Single Malt • Two hogsheads • Natural Colour & Unchillfiltered • unavailable • WB🔗 Tasting notes from a 2cl sample bottle Nosing Very chalky, and mineral, with grape fruit, pineapple, rose hip, flowers;…
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This and that
Most of my post are multi-dram tastings with clear themes. But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. This first dram was the only one in my “black box” for November last year: Glen Garioch* | “Secret Highland Distillery” | 14yo (2008) | 52.9% | Sansibar 🌐 Scotch single malt 🪵 Oloroso hogshead 🔆 unchillfiltered…
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Bottle kills of 2024
The year is heading towards its end, and so are quite a few bottles that have long occupied the top shelf of my drinks cabinet where all the open bottles live a crowded life. It is indeed a good time to make room for the new immigrants that will be cracked open in 2025, so…
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Ghost Safari – Brora, Port Ellen
Brora and Port Ellen were among the many casualties of the deadly year of 1983, within the period of whisky-bust in the 1980s. In the last couple of decades, they became iconic and coveted among enthusiast (and traders), as mature casks of the old stock came into circulation. In the present whisky boom, both distilleries,…
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Two Tullies
I discovered Tullibardine no so long ago. It reportedly has an uncommonly floral and bready character. Today, I’ll investigate this character further. Notably no distillation occurred at the distillery between 1994 and 2003 due to mothballing and change of ownership. One should keep an eye out for the 20yo and 25yo at auction, which are…
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The girl with the clarinet: first tune
I have reviewed quite some Ben Nevises on this blog already (seven!), and as can be seen from the results it often — but not always — hits a special spot with my preferences, earning a ❤️ on three occations. I have longed to own a full bottle of an outstanding BN in the 20+…
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Unleash the Clynelish
Clynelish — a whisky with a cult following owing to its characterful coastal and waxy profile. But alas! Some say the wax has waned. Wax on, wax off. As intricately described in this reddit post there are a number of factors in the production process contributing to the waxiness, including long fermentation times for the…
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