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“Over the past 40 years I have worked intimately with our distilleries across Scotland and I’ve been fortunate enough to witness great change in the whisky industry. “Each of the eight whiskies I’ve selected for Prima & Ultima tells a tale of heritage and craftsmanship, and I’ve chosen them from distillers of great personal importance …
We’ve had some sherry matured or finished or Ace’ed {whatever you want to call it} whiskies in this year’s Special Releases but this one’s different, it’s BIG and sherried and exactly what I was hoping for. This is a 26 year old single malt which was drawn from fresh-toasted first-fill Pedro Ximenez & Oloroso Sherry …
*** Updated : 12/9/18 – added the Cladach Blended Malt *** Diageo has unveiled it’s lineup for the 2018 Special Releases. So far they have disclosed 9 out of 10, keeping the tenth expressions as a ‘secret’ just like they did last year. two very intersting facts: there is no Port Ellen and no Brora …
It’s not a secret that Irish whiskey is booming in recent years, and Diageo has jumped on the Irish whiskey bandwagon with a new release named Roe & Co just recently (end of Jan 2017). In case you’re wondering about the name : Roe & Co is named in honor of George Roe, the once world-famous …
Glenkinchie is quite common as a 10 year old / 12 year old in recent years, and there’s even a distiller’s edition finished in Amontillado, but other than that, you do not see many interesting bottlings from this distillery. I am not a huge fan of the young 10/ 12 year olds, so a Glenkinchie aged 24 …
