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Aberlour a’Bunadh Batch 37
Recently I got into a row with some dude who was convinced single malt whisky came only at 40% alcohol-by-volume. Which is, of course, bollocks. I was willing to bet a lot of money that he was wrong,...
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BenRiach 12 Year Old
BenRiach is located in the heart of Speyside, a very industrious part of the whisky world. Even though established in 1898, BenRiach was, until 2004, owned by the Chivas Brothers – in turn owned by...
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BenRiach Heredotus Fumosus 12 Year Old (Pedro Ximenez Sherry Finish)
BenRiach means speckled mountain. Stretching the “up and down” mountain metaphor to breaking point, it’s had a bit of a history of highs and lows. Located in Speyside, the BenRiach distillery was...
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Glenfarclas 105
Glenfarclas is one of those really dependable distilleries. I’ve long been a fan of the Glenfarclas 15 Year Old and, though I’ve only tried a couple of the others in the range (most of which have spent...
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Caperdonich 17 Year Old / The Rare Casks (Abbey Whisky)
Caperdonich is an ex-distillery. Though with a history dating back to 1898, it was purchased by Pernod Ricard in 2001 and, a year later, closed… That was nice of ‘em. However, you can still sample some...
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Aberlour 16 Year Old
Aberlour is a Speyside distillery located in the wilds of north-east Scotland, “at the junction of the Rivers Lour and Spey”. If only I commuted to work through junctions like that. The distillery is...
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Highland Laird Speyside 1996 – Aged 18 Years
I love a good indie bottler. Why? Because you can get some astonishingly good value whiskies. In an age where prices from distilleries are going up and up to meet demand, you can still find cask...
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5 Whiskybase Archives Bottlings
At the Spirit of Speyside festival earlier this year, possibly at Glenfiddich or in Craigellachie’s Highlander Inn, I got talking to a chap called Dirk. A tech entrepreneur, he was also a bona fide...
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Cadenhead’s Speyside-Glenlivet 26 year old
Sometimes in whisky, you cannot see the wood for the trees. By this, I’m meaning the onslaught of monthly outturns from Cadenhead’s or the multitude of bottlings from independent companies. We’re...
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Whisky Agency Speyside 1973
A theme of today’s society is by saying something several times bizarrely many onlookers will believe it is true. This specific method is utilised by the future husband of Alexandra to great effect. To...
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A 12 year old Troika
A trio of 12. The post A 12 year old Troika first appeared on Malt.
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Thompson Bros Latest Whiskies
The latest whiskies from the up north. The post Thompson Bros Latest Whiskies first appeared on Malt.
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