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Benriach 18 Year Old Moscatel Finish

Dessert Dram Benriach 18 Year Old Moscatel Finish

BenRiach has several expressions under the banner ‘Wood Finishes’, including a couple whiskies ACE’d in wine casks. This is sometimes tricky. Quite a few expressions become too winey (or vinous) and are…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 082

BenRiach Heart of Speyside

Get-to-know-us-malt BenRiach Heart of Speyside

Since 2004, the BenRiach distillery is owed by a private consortium, that put down casks for maturation in 2004 (so the production was uninterrupted), but they plan to bottle that whisky no sooner than…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 180

Benriach 16 Year Old

Hazelnuts Benriach 16 Year Old

This expression, like the entry malt Heart of Speyside from BenRiach distillery, was launched in august 2004 for the first time.The nose if fresh, lots of grain, no so much fruit. But it’s not quite as…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 281

Clynelish 14 Year Old

Seaweed versus fruit Clynelish 14 Year Old

The Clynelish distillery shares terrain with that other distillery, long closed and enjoying a near cult status, Brora (founded in 1819 under the name Clynelish). The current Clynelish distillery was…

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Clynelish Cask Strength Distillery Only

The 'Wow'-Clynelish Clynelish Cask Strength Distillery Only

This Clynelish can only be obtained in the shop of the distillery. It’s a cask strength with the color of white wine. It was bottled in 2008.The nose differs quite a bit from the standard 14 Year Old,…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 090

Benromach 10 Year Old

Smokey Speysider Benromach 10 Year Old

The independent bottler Gorden & MacPhail is owner of Speyside’s smallest operating distillery since 1993: Benromach. Today I’m trying the ‘new’ Benromach, i.e. whisky that has been distilled and matured…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 080

Benromach Origins

Interesting Speysider Benromach Origins

The Benromach Origins was made from locally grown Golden Promise barley. Nowadays, distillers prefer barley with a higher yield (like Optic), but Benromach (and The Macallan) use Golden Promise as they…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 080

Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Whirlpool of flavours Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Ardbeg doesn’t really need an introduction, so I’ll save myself the trouble. This Ardbeg Corryvreckan (NAS) has a beautiful gold color with a green sheen and a great viscosity. I am sampling the standard…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 092

Ardbeg Uigeadail

Splinter Bomb Ardbeg Uigeadail

The Uigeadail is named after the Loch from which the distillery takes its water for production and means ‘dark, mysterious place’. You pronounce it ‘OOG-a-dal’. It was matured on both bourbon and sher…

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Wemyss 8 Year Old Smooth Gentleman

Mild Wemyss 8 Year Old Smooth Gentleman

According to the official website of this independent bottler, you must pronounce Wemyss as ‘weems’, which is an old Scottish word for caves. There is also a Wemyss castle where a historic family of the…

@markjedi1By @markjedi115 years ago 0 083