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This is a muscular malt. Big in every way: Big Sherry, Big Toffee, Big Raisin, Big Alcohol. This is like the 15yr on steroids! But with just as warm a heart. This is Jimi Hendrix and the 15 is Segovia…

This is a seriously complicated whisky. It hit me with so much at once that it took a second to get my bearings. So I relaxed and tried to go with it and thats when the genius of this malt hit me. It's…

The Japanese Hanyu distillery is no longer operational. In the 1980’s they had some financial problems and the distillery was closed in 2000. Ichiro Akuto, the grandson of the distillery founder, bought…

Nose: grassy / flinty, with an alcohol kick and some minor fruity / honey notes. Faint hints of coconut and leather. A bit of lemon zest and menthol. A wee touch of soot. Interesting because it’s quite…

Nose: Rich, tarry, peaty, medicinal, earthy, a little fruity, wonderfully complex.Palate: Very coherent with the nose, does not dissapoint at all.Finish: Long, rich and peaty.Comment: Out of all the…

Mackmyra was founded in 1999 and hence a young whisky. This first edition (‘den forsta utgavan’) was bottled in June 2008. It’s light golden with an orange sheen and pretty oily. I get beautiful long…

Nose : Oodles and oodles of peat, big peat, very nice stuff from our Speyside friends at BenRiach. Peat is first act here, then comes the Rum artefact, with some sweetness, heather and Demerara sugar.…

Nose: Very fresh with notes of Malt, Oak and Green apples , clean and refreshing.Palate : Oak, Again we meet the baked apples, some butterscotch, and wee vanilla.Finish :Nice finish, buttery, a bit of…

Glengoyne 17 yo , 43% , £48 Nose : Sherry notes, some raisins, oak, and baked apples again. heavier then the 10 year old... bigger bodied, but same ‘DNA’.palate: Rich and mouth coating. Fruits, big oak…

Glengoyne 21 yo , 43% , £80Colour : the colour gives it up. we're entering sherry aging here. i like! Copper! i could be looking at this for some time, Lovely.Nose: Creamy sherry, with sweet dark fruits…