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Nose: Extraordinary, a real lift, one of my favourite noses. I've seen it described as "punch" elsewhere, I don't understand this at all, for me it's a lovely drawn lift from the glass. Yum. Butter…

After Bob’s taste bomb (Longmorn 1972) another pal – Jonas – offered me an even older Longmorn, also bottled for van Wees by Gordon & Macphail in their so-called Reserve series. This Longmorn from 1964…

Day DreamMy friend Bob came around and brought this bottle. He had received it a few years ago from friend for his birthday. It’s a Longmorn from his year of birth. The cask was bottled by Gordon &…

Two years! That’s how long ago it was since I last tried a Longmorn. But when Bob, a whisky buddy from my neighborhood, came over with a special bottle he had received for his birthday, I realized I had…

I don’t have a lot of formal experience with Bunnahabhain. I just reviewed another Bunnahabhain and so I thought this would be a good time to review something from the same distillery, so that I could…

This is the third of 24 reviews in this series, the result of FOMO and seizing an opportunity when the LCBO dropped the price of this set by 50% in early 2020.There are some people who absolutely love…

What do you know? I just tried a Loch Lomond that was distilled in 1974 and bottled after 23 years in 1997. Now I will try a Loch Lomond distilled in 1996 and bottled after 23 years in 2018. Speaking of…

After my very pleasant encounter with Old Rhosdhu 1967 I thought it would be a good idea to find another golden oldie from the versatile Loch Lomond distillery. This one is bottle much younger, at 23…

The boys and girls of BYOB-C (Bring Your Own Bottle Club) made a very surprising choice for their fifth release in the Mobsters on Mopeds series. After the fruity Blair Athol 2000, the summery Cambus…

Old What? Never heard of Old Rhosdhu? No worries, not many people have. Worldwide there are less than 40 known bottlings of this particular whisky. It’s a single malt that was produced between 1966 and…