Tag: north star
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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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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,…
