Something good is going on at Bowmore, after a few years of releasing OK products, but nothing spectacular (not taking into consideration the very expensive […]
Bowmore Tempest Batches #3 & #4 head to head
Arran – Batch 1 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
The Chaps at Master of malt, do not rest on their laurels (they have won quite a few awards recently) and are hard at work, […]
#12blends Day 6 – Johnnie Walker Platinum 18 yo
Day 6, and again my guess failed big time. Not that i have ever had this one but, still. I went for the Bailie Nicol […]
The Valinch strikes again : Auchentoshan Valinch 2012
The Auchentoshan Valinch was first released in 2011, and was one of the nicer Toshans I’ve tried last year. Its essentially a young NAS , […]
Glen Garioch vintage 1995 batch #10–#lovefirstfill
Morrison Bowmore were kind enough to organize a lovely twitter tasting under the Hashtag #lovefirstfill , in which all drams were ex-bourbon cask strength beauties, […]
#12blends day 4 & 5 [Ballentines 17 yo + Tweeddale blend 12 yo]
I do not blog over the weekend (Family time , and thus no time) just drink, but here is a recap of what happened in […]
#12blends Day 3–Grant’s Ale Cask
Day 3 was upon us, and with it a new Blend sent by Roddy. At first sniff i was helpless, and only after some time […]
C is for Cutty Sark–CaskStrength.net style
Joel and Neil, are a lovely duo , funny wacky, and very much into whisky. Having met them on a few occasions, I can say […]
#12blends Day 2 – Nikka All Malt
Day 2. yes. This dram was sent courtesy of Sandy Gould (@sjjgo on twitter) who sent a very interesting and delicious dram over : Nikka […]
#12 blends – day 1 – JW Gold Label Reserve
So what is #12blends?, you ask? It’s really a fun idea and the brainchild of Tom Thomson (check out his blog). Tom is a great […]