After a few days of quiet at WI towers, whisky wise , we’re continuing with quite a few interesting new-ish (or not so news) expressions […]
Consortium Of Cards Laphroaig 18 Years Old
Tag: Independent Bottler
Ardbeg 1991 25yo ‘Malin’–The Dutchess Cask #649
The Duchess is the independent bottle trademark brand for single cask bottles that are released for bestofwhiskies.com, a Dutch online whisky and spirits retailer. Within […]
Glenrothes 26 yo 1989 Single Malts of Scotland 2016, cask #8172
Indie Glenrothes are usually very nice, as opposed to most OBs (save a few) which are mostly uninteresting NAS , pumped with Caramel and tasting […]
Benrinnes 20 yo, Time Series II – The Whisky Exchange
We arrive at the oldest expression of the ‘Time’ series , a Benrinnes 20 yo aged in a ex-Bourbon cask, and bottled at 50% abv. […]
Exile casks Take II – ‘The Wanderer’
The first ‘exile cask’ edition (Trojan, reviewed here a few months ago ) was very good, and sold out quite fast, this one seems to […]
Exile Casks ‘The Trojan’ 25 yo [undisclosed Speyside]
The dynamic duo Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley (of Caskstrength.net) seems always to be busy with new whisky ventures, after they have released a few bottlings […]
Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt – Rich Peat Edition
The peated blended malt market is gaining popularity and there are more and more examples of well made peated (mostly NAS) blended malt coming from […]
SMWS 37.65, ‘Bursting with interest and imaginings’, Cragganmore, 29 years old
There are some whiskies you know are going to be excellent just from a wee sniff of the bottle (or the sample bottle, as I’ve […]
Littlemill 24 yo 1990–Cadenhead’s Small Batch
Littlemill 24 yo 1990/2015 53.7%, Cadenhead, Small Batch, So, another Cadenhead’s small batch this time a Littlemill (yeah!) distilled 1990 , bottled in 2015, it […]
SMWS 29.161 – A bodega is burning [Laphraoig]14 yo
Cool wintery nights are THE time for some cracking peated malts, and this SMWS Laphraoig is a good example as any.Another expression released not long […]