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Being young whisky is not a bad thing. But not in this case. This whisky is just not that vibrant and exiting. Unbalanced. Not a disaster by any means, but simple and not interesting.

Simple and nice expression. Young. Nose: candy, apple pie, bit of peat Palate: toffee, bit of spices, cocoa, bit of peat Finish: coffee, chocolate, toffee, peat

Early 2012 I told you about Whiskyblender.com (http://www.connosr.com/reviews/whiskyblender/mark-dermuls-1st-xperiment/innovative/), the website that allows you to create your very own blend from casks…

On Whiskyblender.com, one can compose his/her own blend from several casks that are discribed as Burnt Puddin’, Soft & Fruity, Touch of Spice and the likes. And while my first blend, aptly named 1st…

Was able to find a bottle of this bad boy in Chevy Chase for $99.00, the normal retail where most stores will mark this up to $150-200.Pouring light golden to near white. Huge, thin and delicate legs…

I visited Benromach in the summer of 2010, but since it was a Sunday and the distillery was closed, I did not get to see all that much. The day before we had visited the Gordon & Macphail shop in Elgin…

This is the oldest Benromach I have tried to date and of course from an era that the distillery was not yet in the hands of Gordon & Macphail (because they only took ownership in 1993). It has a wonde…

Nose: A bit of apple cider on the nose which does not stay a long time… better give this one a little time to breath as we call it. ,On second wave come some dried figs cherubs and spice. then a lot of…

Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles at 57.1 % ABV.Springbank 1997…

My wife and I were on the last whisky in the series of tastings of Australian whiskies at The Grove in Margaret River.The weather had been stormy and windy and rainy.Now when I say stormy and windy and…