Is it Xmas already? Big peat says it is! October 14, 2013October 15, 2013Gal Granov 3 So, Another Xmas edition of one of the best blended malts of Islay profile you can find, Big peat, and this time a brand new […]
Octomore 6.1 Scottish barley–the new Peat monster? October 8, 2013October 9, 2013Gal Granov 4 I’ve been following Octomore since it’s early days a few years ago, when I started drinking more and more peated Islays and was looking for […]
Quick Dram : Douglas Laing young & feisty Provenance Caol Ila August 28, 2013August 28, 2013Gal Granov 0 Caol Ila “Young & Feisty” – Provenance (Douglas Laing) , 46% , £53 Sometimes whisky has to be whisky. nothing more. sometimes you reach for […]
Oldies Goldies : Caol Ila 27yo, 1984, 56.1% – Signatory for LMDW August 25, 2013August 27, 2013Gal Granov 1 Caol Ila. Most thing of them as “that boring, newbies peated malt from Diageo”. While they are big, there are CI’s and there are CIs. […]
Some fun with Douglas Laing & co. August 12, 2013August 8, 2013Gal Granov 2 The nice guys over at D.Laing sent over a few samples of their peaty whiskies among them a Caol Ila, Laphroaig, and Bunnahabhain. What can […]
Kilchoman Machir Bay 2013 edition August 6, 2013August 7, 2013Gal Granov 1 Time for some more Kilchoman fun this time the 2013 edition of the Machir Bay. It’s a bit different than the 100% Islay (it’s not […]
Kilchoman 100% Islay 3rd edition , 2013 August 1, 2013August 2, 2013Gal Granov 1 This is the latest release in the 100% Islay range, which is a quite unique Islay peated malt as it is the only Single Malt […]
Laphroaig Feis Ile 2013 – Cairdeas Port Wood Edition June 25, 2013June 27, 2013Gal Granov 1 Again not been able to make it to Islay for Feis Ile (there is always next year, yes?) , and I’ve bought the last few […]
The Whisky Barrel Bunnahabhain 23 – 1989 June 11, 2013June 11, 2013Gal Granov 0 I will be visiting some of the latest whiskies bottled exclusively for TWB in the coming weeks (there are 6 such ‘Burns malt’), but I […]
Wemyss Malts Chocolate honeycomb–Bunnahabhain 2001 May 23, 2013May 23, 2013Gal Granov 1 This is the first of the new batch just released by Wemyss I am about to review, as i was feeling like and Islay, then […]