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This sample was graciously provided by @NozinanThe bottle was opened October 31 2018 and was 2/3 full when the sample was poured on Dec 2.Here are my notes with some excerpts from my exchange with @No…

Ok round two in this Maker's Mark match-up courtesy of @paddockjudge.Maker's 46 was released sometime around 2010, it has the distinction of being the second products to be released by the distillery…

Yes another multi-part review...What can you do?Some months back I was graciously offered a trio of Maker's Mark Samples by @paddockjudge I am a sucker for this kind of comparison flight of whiskys also…

Nose: unique. Raisin, plum, cigarette tobacco leaf. Reminds me quite a bit of an Auchentoshan I had before. Would not have pegged this as Canadian, certainly not CC. Quite an assertive aroma, takes some…

For our second single cask release in the Tribe Series, Jurgen Robyns designed another great label: the fierce Celts. And as with the Picts, our prevous release, it is again a secret Speyside scotch,…

Talisker… it’s always something to look out for, I must say. This is the classic Talisker 10, but it has been sitting in the bottle for over two decades. It’s the old, so-called ‘map label’ release from…

Last year I hosted a Talisker Masterclass in my neck of the woods. What we tasted was top notch, but this Talisker Neist Point was not in the line-up then. I had not even tasted this Travel Retail Exc…

Last year the Scottish bottler Whisky Broker released this Tobermory. It matured for 22 long years on a hogshead that yielded 283 bottles at cask strength.On the very sweet nose – that shows little of…

I’ve had quite a few releases from the Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan in the past, from many distilleries, but this is the first Tobermory from them that I’ll try. Ouch… stinky winky! What a weird nose…

Tobermory Distillery is set to reopen this year, after two years of refurbishments. Next to their very peaty Iona (only available at the distillery) and their mildly peaty Ledaig, they also have an…