Tag: single grain
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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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A grainy day
Today’s tasting goal is simple: to etch the particular character of grain whisky so deep into my conscious that I’ll never mistake a single malt for grain (or vice versa) in a blind tasting ever again! Well, we’ll see how that goes. Usually, on the unusual occasion that I drink single grain, it’s in the…
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Cambus comeback, and a grain surprise
I’ve already introduced my approx. 0 followers to Cambus in this post. More is coming up, to satisfy your insatiable demand for Cambus content. I got both today’s samples from Bad Homburg whisky fair 2023. It seems I didn’t take a photo of the first bottle, and from the info I jotted down on the…
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A comparison of Cambi
Cambus is one of those 19th century scotch distilleries with a long an history of being opened and closed, bought and sold. Then in 1993 the stills went still, forever. But the spirit lives on… and today shall be drunk! Cambus made grain whisky, what some consider the ugly stepsister of malt whisky. In the…
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