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Barrel 828 Warehouse H Rick #29 Bottle 86 Batch marking: B1426709:38J Dumped Sept. 19, 2014 51.5%This is my first Blanton’s expression. It carries no age statement but online research suggests it may be…

It has been a long time since I sampled the fruits of Dufftown’s labour, by which I do not in any way refer to the Dufftown Distillery. You see, Rome was built on seven hills, Dufftown on seven stills…

The 7 yo Baker's is part of the Jim Beam family but I read that they use a different yeast to create this one and it shows.The nose: This has nothing in common with the other high ABV 7 yo from JB,…

The St-Julien French wine was one of my favorite before its price became stratospheric. It is famous for the second round of notes of prunes, leather, tobacco and earth. For me, some of them were like…

I seem to writing only about Islay whiskies of late. Thing is I have a pocket book full of tasting notes after my trip to the Feis Ile that I have to commit to the site. So you're going to have to bear…

Another day. Another Islay whisky reviewed. This time it's the 2016 Feis Ile hand-fill from Bowmore.Matured for 17 years in a single Pedro Ximenez cask this was scooped out of the barrel and served to…

I think by now everyone's read about my trip to Islay for the Feis Ile so I won't bore you with the details.What is pertinent, though, is our annual pilgrimage to the Kildalton Cross, a few miles ahead…

The following is an honest account of my experience at a recent Berry Brothers & Rudd tasting.We were greeted with a sweet cherry cocktail as we walked into the clubhouse of the Jumeirah Golf Estates,…

Ah, the 90’s a simpler time when Knockdhu was released bottles under its own name. It was only when the naming confusion with that other distillery Knockando put them on a collision course that they…

Glenrothes distillery is located in Rothes in Speyside and was founded in 1878 by James Stuart (the then holder of the licence to the Macallan distillery), John Cruickshank (a banker) and William Grant…