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July 1, 2012

BenRiach 12 Year Old

BenRiach is located in the heart of Speyside, a very industrious part of the whisky world. Even though established in 1898, BenRiach was, until 2004,..

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June 30, 2012

North of Scotland 37 Year Old 1972 – The Clan Denny (Douglas Laing)

North of Scotland is one of the closed distilleries, and has been that way since 1980. There doesn’t seem to be much online about it,..

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June 18, 2012

Brilliant Whisky Bottle Designs

An amazing gallery here, from the sublime to the ridiculous. Here are a few of my favourites:

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June 17, 2012

Bunnahabhain Darach Ur – Batch 6

I have a soft spot for the Bunnahabhain distillery (pronounced: Boona-Har-Vin). My first proper dram, when I was 17 years old and on holiday in..

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June 15, 2012

Port Charlotte An Turas Mor

A couple of miles down the road from Bruichladdich lies the Port Charlotte distillery. As the ‘Lochindaal’ distillery, it ran from 1829 until 1929 before closing down…

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June 14, 2012

Bruichladdich 10 Year Old

Ten years ago, the gates of Bruichladdich distillery opened and they began distilling once again. It was a new venture, financed on a small-scale, and..

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June 13, 2012

Port Ellen 27 Year Old Cask Strength (The Golden Cask)

Old whiskies are not always necessarily good ones. Do not be deceived by age statements because, for the most part, they are marketing labels. Some..

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June 12, 2012

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Clynelish is an interesting distillery. Located way in the middle of nowhere, as all good distilleries tend to be, it has had something of a..

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June 1, 2012

Balblair 1978

Balblair is well-known for its old whiskies – it tends to sell only a few vintages, dating back quite some time (the oldest on their website..

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May 29, 2012

Aberlour a’Bunadh Batch 37

Recently I got into a row with some dude who was convinced single malt whisky came only at 40% alcohol-by-volume. Which is, of course, bollocks. I..

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May 26, 2012

Oban Distillers Edition 1995

A couple of years ago I visited Oban, on the west coast of Scotland. The town was very attractive, but like so many British seaside..

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May 23, 2012

Bruichladdich First Growth Cuvée E: Sauternes (Chateau D’Yquem) 16 Year Old

Take 16 year old Bruichladdich single malt whisky and finish it off in casks which come from some of the finest vineyards in the world..

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May 15, 2012

Brora 30 Year Old (2009 Release)

This quick review of is of a rare, 30 year old cask strength dram from the Brora, which has been closed since the 80s. Of..

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May 4, 2012

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

The Ardbeg Corryvreckan “takes its name from the famous whirlpool that lies to the north of Islay, where only the bravest souls dare to venture”,..

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May 1, 2012

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2004 – Kentraw Farm Foreland

Terroir. Not the level of Stella Artois, this (though, one for poets, I guess it at least rhymes). In fact, it’s quite the opposite of..

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April 17, 2012

Ardbeg 1990 / Airigh Nam Beist

The world can broadly be divided into two types of people: those who have sampled Ardbeg’s whisky and those who have not. For those who..

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April 4, 2012

Ardbeg Alligator

It seems even in the world of whisky, certain releases have built-up excitement attached to them. Anything from the Ardbeg distillery on Islay tends to..

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