Tag: single malt
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Lovely Linkies: 10 & 15yo
For my very first review on this blog I honoured one of my favourite distilleries by pouring the final glass of a rare 24yo Linkwood. Now it’s time to give a couple of younger ‘Linkies’ a good run for their (considerably lesser) money. The first bottle, from the esteemed — some might say hyped —…
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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,…
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Ben Nevis bottle kills
Tonight (March 4th) I’m finishing off two Ben Nevises. Ben Nevis is one of those character malts sought after by enthusiasts, at least the 20yo+ ones. I remember friends in my whisky club adoring Ben Nevis for it’s “cheesy” qualities. Some of us had the chance, under rather crazy circumstances at a whisky industry event,…
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Goodbye to a well-aged friend: Linkwood 24yo
On our way back to Edinburgh from a rather improvised long-weekend getaway into the Highlands in summer 2021, Zoe and I spent the night in Inverness. Before departing the city we strolled into The Whisky Shop to have a browse – and there a 24 yo Linkwood caught my eye; a single cask bottling at…
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