Robert Ransom has been working in the whisky business in the last 10 or so years, and after some time at the Glenfarclas distillery (as […]
Angel’s Nectar–the new Blended Malt – Review
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Blind Tasting Competition 2014 – Days 13-14
Day 13 was day I will remember, since I guessed the distillery (Glendronach). one of my favourite distilleries, and the nose and palate screamed BIG […]
BTC2014–Day #10–The Balmenach fiasco
Day #10 is upon us, and after 20 points scored yesterday for the region (Blair Athol), arrived this dram which was an enigma. Sniffing revealed […]
Benromach 100 proof – Review
Time for a short break from the Blind tasting competition, where yours truly makes an ass of himself by guessing the wrong distilleries, regions and […]
Speaking of the devil–Bowmore Devil’s Cask Batch 2 – Review
There are a few whiskies that attract a lot of attention every once in a while, and for some reason (well, for obvious reasons) Bowmore’’ […]
Malts of Scotland Bunnahabhain 1973
This baby has been sitting here for quite some time waiting patiently since Jan 2014 , due to a very long queue, and other reasons […]
Abbey Whisky Kilchoman 5 yo single Cask #285/09
It’s always fun getting a sample of a Kilchoman single cask by surprise. That’s exactly what happened last week, when a wee samples arrived courtesy […]
Older Benromachs rock too–Benromach 1976
After the brilliant 10 year old, comes a much older, and much more expensive vintage Benromach – the 1976. Only one year younger than yours […]
Tasting Ardbeg Supernova 2014 -SN2014 Committee Release
Another Ardbeg, another media frenzy and another sold out edition. Much talk among the whisky nerds about the mini samples bottles this year, due to […]
New Blended Malt from Douglas Laing – “TIMOROUS BEASTIE”–tasting notes
A new product from D.Laing is always good news, and after the “Scallywag” comes another blended malt, this time made from a few single malts […]