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This has been my Christmas Staple whisky for the last few years so I know it well. Hence, it has been sat in the glass for an hour before I've even gone near it - Bowmore needs to breathe more than most…

Warm slow earthy peaty smokey arrival develops a long slow consistent balanced earthy sweet herbal vegetable finish.

Warm slow steady balanced thick arrival develops a vegetable/herbal finish.

In my short time as a whisky freak, no malt has grown on me as much as Highland Park 18YO. I first had this at a bar, and was not impressed. I suppose compared to some of the peatier malts I had, it just…

Some friends and I briefly visited Bowmore in May of this year. We didn't have time to tour the distillery, but browsed the visitor centre, where they had many rare deluxe bottlings on display. The fully…

Whiskywarehouse Belgium is run by Eric Vermeire, whisky ambassador of the year 2012. This 12 Year Old Caol Ila, from a sherry cask, was bottled for them.Lovely greasy nose with typical ashes and soot,…

This cask strength bottling under the Old Master’s label was released in 2012 by the independent bottler James MacArthur. It is very, very pale.The nose is typical Caol Ila. And that is always a good…

This Caol Ila from Silver Seal came from a cask that yielded no less than 757 bottles. Surely, that must have been a sherry butt? The color does suggest this. I got this sample from the Festival of…

For the 25th anniversary of the German company Dieter Kirsch Import, Signatory bottled this Caol Ila from 1976. Put to sleep on 29 September 1976 and bottled on 23rd January 2001, it is a 24 Year Old.Ho…

Another Coal Ila by Signatory Vintage, this time distilled on 20 January 1975, bottled in a classic dumpy on 14 May 2001, making this a 26 Year Old. The nose is all wet grass, but soon turns sweet on…