Time to end this year with some really special drams,the first of which is a quite unique in a few respects : First of all […]
Glen Grant 1950-2015, 65yo G&M for Wealth Solutions
Month: December 2015
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 […]
Ledaig 2004–The Ultimate, Van Wees , 2015
A long time ago, when I was making my first steps in whisky, and when whisky used to cost an arm and a leg and […]
Amrut 2009 cask #3434 WhiskyBase NL exclusive, ex-Bourbon
I’m a big fan of good Indian whiskies (Amrut, Paul John) , with Amrut defienrtly being one of the best whisky distilleries outside Scotland (and […]
An ex-bourbon cask Glenfarclas? yes! –SMWS 1.194 Attractive, rounded and comforting, 16 yo
A bourbon cask Glenfarclas? Blasphemy! some would shout, and indeed there are not that many cask GFs bottled from an ex-bourbon. Indeed, Glranfarclas is synonomous […]
SMWS 27.109 Guns on the grouse moor [Springbank] 16 yo
Dirty Whisky can be wonderful if you enjoy that thing, dirty sherry especially, and whenever I come across such a cask, which displays enough dirtiness, […]
Review–SMWS 26.98 Lively as an electric acrobat–Clynelish 10 yo
Time for some more SMWS , this time with a 10 year old Clynelish with this very nice name (we’re used to those from the […]
A rocking chair dram – SMWS 9.80 [Glen Grant] 20 yo Sauternes Cask
Time for a few SMWS bottlings I tasted recently from the last year or so, and the first one is a delicious ultra sweet whisky […]
Hyde 10 Year Old No. 1 Presidents Cask [Irish] Whiskey
So, another Irish whisky has arrived, named “Hyde” and sold by the ‘Hibernia’ Distillers Company. They are actually setting up a distillery based in Cork […]
Mortlach 18 OB–Review and thoughts
Quite some time ago Mortlach has undergone a complete revamp of its core range, with fancy new packaging, a NAS and a few Age statement […]