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The Convalmore distillery, on the outskirts of Dufftown, has been closed since 1985. The warehouses are currently being used by Grants to mature their famous Glenfiddich and Balvenie. Of course, there…

I haven't tasted much of Convalmore yet, but I do remember that I thought the 24-year-old Rare Malts from 1974 was excellent, but that the 28-year-old from 1977 that appeared in the Diageo Special…

Port Dundas is an industrial estate about 2km north of Glasgow, named after Sir Lawrence Dundas, where the Port Dundas distillery was founded in 1811. On July 1, 2009, two years before its 200th anni…

Coleburn was a stone's throw from Longmorn and BenRiach, so in the heart of Speyside just outside the town of Elgin. The vast majority of what was distilled at the time went into Johnnie Walker Red Label…

Caperdonich always appeals to the imagination, doesn't it? Founded in 1897 as Glen Grant No 2, it became one of the victims of the Pattinson Crash and closed in 1902 only to reopen under her new name in…

I can hardly believe that I missed this one at the time of release, but it is true. A bottling of a closed distillery – Imperial – bottled in 2014 for none other than Crazy Bert and his company Asta…

I was at an “unofficial” tasting event at my favorite local shop where some “enthusiasts” brought some bottles to share and the store owner let us all sample the newest store picks. One of the store…

For some reason, the name of this whiskey struck me as hilarious. I laughed out loud when I saw it in the LCBO listing. "Who would buy that?" Me, apparently, once I discovered it is a bottled-in-bond…

Sometimes I skip over bottles simply because they are too familiar, Highland Park being a good example. Not that I've even had it that many times, but it is a common brand to see on the shelves and I'm…

As always, I'm a sucker for new-to-me whiskies. I've had some good Glenfiddichs and figured I would give this one a shot.On the nose, it is quite restrained. Fresh citrus and wood shavings. Not as aro…