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To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. First up, Glen Elgin 12. Glen Elgin distillery was the last distillery to be built during the boom years of the 1890s…

To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. We chose Gordon & Macphails 1997 Connoisseurs Choice for our second whisky. Aultmore, near the Speyside town of Keith…

To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. Third up is the Glen Spey 12 year old. Glen Spey is closely linked to Diageo’s J&B (Justerini & Brooks) blend range. You…

To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. Fourth in the pack is Strathisla 12. Strathisla is home of Pernod Ricard’s Chivas Regal, one of the blended whisky…

To celebrate the Speyside festival we have a new tasting: hidden gems of speyside. Tomintoul distillery was founded relatively recently in 1965. It takes its name from the nearby village, the highest in…

Now my wife and I are finally on our way to Helvetica the whisky bar that we've been trying to go to for months now. We're excited, myself more then her. We're going to meet my brother and sister in law…

This was a bit of a challenge. Before I bought a bottle of this, I had very little whisky experience. I hadn't tried anything above 46%. I hadn't tried anything unchillfiltered. Mostly blends and stan…

Nose: Distinct nose of bitter-sweet cocoa, toffee like sweetness, dry fuits like banana, dry apple, flamed orange peels (a garnish for some cocktails)Palate: large doses of cocoa, high cocoa content dark…

Nose: Red wine, citrus rinds, red fruits, slight greasiness, some note that smells like rope (that old, non-plastic kind)Palate: Very silk like, thick, dessert spices, citrus peel oils, interesting…

Nose: creamy honeys, stewed fruitiness, mild cigar tobacco, interesting rum like nose, cocoa and chocolate like, leathersPalate: creamy toffee, burnt toast, milk chocolates, cocoa, distinct fruitiness…