Category: World Whisky

Hellyers Road PinotH
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March 2, 2018

Hellyers Road Whiskies

Justine checks out a trio of releases from the Hellyers Road distillery.

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Starward 10th reviewS
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February 28, 2018

Starward 10th Anniversary

It’s time to go down under for the Starward 10th Anniversary review as Adam begins to sound like Mark.

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Penderyn PortwoodP
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February 13, 2018

Penderyn Portwood

Adam gives us a brief tour of the United Kingdom and its whiskies, but it’s mostly about Wales and the Penderyn Portwood.

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Spirit of HvenS
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February 9, 2018

Spirit of Hven Tycho’s Star

We’re back on Sweden for more of their whisky from Spirit of Hven.

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kavalan-solist-bourbonK
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February 6, 2018

Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon Cask

Our resident dutch whisky writer finds herself in Taiwan – but isn’t too impressed.

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Box The ExplorerB
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February 5, 2018

Box The Explorer

How important are the details when it comes to transparency in whisky – and how’s best to communicate them?

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The Sexton Irish WhiskeyT
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January 29, 2018

The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Another Bushmills in disguise – this time, at least, it comes in a rather pretty bottle.

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Cadenhead CooleyC
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January 26, 2018

Cadenhead’s Cooley 1992 25 year old

The Cadenhead 175th Anniversary lives on as we open a bottle of Cooley from 1992.

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Langatun OlorosoL
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January 24, 2018

Langatun Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish

An astonishing sherry bomb that’s only touched a sherry cask for 10 weeks – why have you still not bought something from this distillery?

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Langatun Quinta do ZambujeiroL
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January 16, 2018

Langatun Quinta do Zambujeiro Cask

Another interesting Swiss whisky matured in red wine casks from the Swiss-owned Quinta do Zambujeiro vineyard in Portugal

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Smogen whiskiesS
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January 8, 2018

Smögen Sherry Octaves Sherry Project 2:1 & Single Cask

It’s back to Sweden we go – this time with two relatively rare releases from Smögen distillery.

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Box Single Malt DálvveB
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January 2, 2018

Box Dálvve

Box distillery is one of the most exciting distilleries in the world – and even this young whisky is outstanding.

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Paul-John-KanyaP
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December 26, 2017

Paul John Kanya

A tasty enough whisky from Paul John, but one that doesn’t quite marry up to the price

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Golan Heights WhiskyG
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December 20, 2017

Golan Heights Single Cask Edition

A young but hugely flavoursome single cask whisky that has its origins in a more unusual single malt territory – Israel.

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Millstone 1996M
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December 18, 2017

Millstone 1996 American Oak Single Malt

We do not often deploy full-marks on Malt – but now and then a dram comes along that impresses us hugely

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Redbreast 12R
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December 7, 2017

Redbreast 12 Year Old

In which we try the entry-level dram in the Redbreast portfolio, and find it to be an utter delight of an Irish whiskey.

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Adnams Rye MaltA
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December 4, 2017

Adnams Rye Malt Whisky

An English whisky with a mashbill of 75% rye and 25% malted barley, which has been matured entirely in virgin oak.

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Dry Fly WheatD
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November 18, 2017

Dry Fly Straight Wheat Whiskey Cask Strength

I’m pretty much completely small-c-catholic in my whisk(e)y tastes. So much so that I feel obliged to do the e-in-brackets thing when I write about..

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Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017M
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November 17, 2017

Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017

In which we get to enjoy a luxury Irish whiskey – the well-respected Midleton Very Rare Vintage 2017, which contains whiskies up to 32 years of age, both pot still and grain.

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