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October Black Box
It’s the month of Trick or Treat – and boy did my goodie bag overflow with treats! I’m quite amazed as the variety here: Irish, Danish, American bourbon, and Scotches from a bourbon, sherry, Sauternes, and even a closed distillery! St. Patrick’s • “Cask Strength” • 53% Irish Blend • Bourbon casks • Natural Colour…
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Diwali Dram
Today is Diwali, the festival of light in the Hindu tradition, celebrating the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance … and good whisky over bad whisky? Picadilly distillery in India, known for its single malt whisky brand Indri, put out a special Diwali bottle last year that won some…
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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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A walk in the Park
Yes. Yes, I do. “Viking Scars”, “Viking Honor”, “Viking Heart”, “Dragon Legend”, “Twisted Tattoo”, “Loyalty of the Wolf”. Except, these bottles are no longer new (the post is from 5 years ago), but replaced by a new sleeker range, dispensing with the cringe. So before these grotesque bottles fall into the memory hole, I wanted…
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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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Ardnamurchan: Masters of the Multisensory Illusion
Ardnamurchan is a peninsula, and the westermost place in mainland Britain. Upon this peninsula sits Ardnamurchan distillery since 2014. Notably the distillery is owned by Adelphi, that highly regarded independent bottler. And the distillery has won renown too, winning the “Best New Distillery” category and the OSWAs three years in a row. Not so new…
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Linlagnahoenean
Lots of super-exclusive, old-age stuff recently. It’s time to bring things back to earth with some young spirit, but hopefully yummy drams, and work on topping up that baby blend. I’ll warm up with some Lindores, a sample of their early standard bottling that I didn’t receive in time for my Lindores tasting. Followed by…
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Baby Blend #1
Last year I did a bunch of reviews of newbie distilleries. Many samples were 5cl bottles, usually leaving an extra dram after my review. I did what any reasonable person would do and let these leftovers trickle into a bottle: The Baby Blend! Now, if I add up the volumes I wrote down for each…
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Feeling for Teeling
Some years ago my aunt gifted a “Teeling Trinity Pack” to my father for Christmas. Him being rather fixed in what whisky he would drink and when (sherried Speysider with a piece of chocolate for a scheduled movie night) these samples gather dust in cellar until I recently rediscovered them. My gut feeling was that…
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Blind Black Friday
What better symbol for the age of consumerism than Black Friday, unironically taking place the day after Thanksgiving. Sadly, my contribution to this sacred shopping spree was very minimal in 2024. In my defence I already have pretty much everything I need—but perhaps that’s missing the point. Except… whisky, one can always get some more…
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