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The Bonding Dram has recently purchased some casks (split with colleagues). This young Bunnahabhain matured on a sherry cask and was bottled at cask strength by Signatory Vintage. That means it comes in…

Eilan Gillan is a French bottler with only a few releases to its name, including an Arran, two Bowmore, a Caol Ila, two Macallan, but also four Clynelish. This is one of them, a single cask that was…

Dim's Drams, Malt Whisky Corner and The Bonding Dram bought this cask together from Signatory from their Un-Chillfiltered Collection, meaning it is bottled at 46%. What is interesting, of course, is that…

If ever there was a perfect summer scotch then this is surely it. 15 Years in ex-bourbon caks with another 3 in ex-Oloroso sherry make this a perfectly balanced dram in my opinion.It's 'big', but not in…

I kinda expected more from this, though it was an okay dram. Yamazaki 18 yrs, though with a different kind of palate, had given a great introduction to Yamazaki, so 12YO was a bit disappointing.Suntory…

Well, my birthday was actually last week but I finally have a chance to try this wonderful and generous birthday present from Igor Kossov. It is a mini of Islay Mist 17 Year Old, but from the 1970s!…

Jack Daniel's Silver Select is high strength but surprisingly mellow. Balancing with sweetness and spices, it is nicely complex and subtle. Every barrel is aged in a different location in their warehouse…

Smouldering sherry and smoke. One usually expects a sherry cask dominated whisky to be sweet but this is dryer and perhaps more interesting in consequence. Nose: Dry sherry, nutty with some smoke Taste…

A tiny highland distillery which produces not a lot of whisky. It must have a dedicated cliental, and I have met people who like this stuff. I bought this bottle several years ago largely on a whim…

This bottle has been open a couple of years. According to some professional writers this malt/brand has taken a bit of nose dive in quality recently. I hope not as this bottle is running low! A very…