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Adelphi, one of the worlds more famous independent bottlers. Recently my local had a tasting hosted by none other than Mr Charles Mclean and Alex Bruce (Adelphi's sales and marketing director). A most…

Fascadale is on the north-west point of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. Not far from the location where Adelphi are hoping to set up their new distillery. This gives the whisky a nice coastal character.*…

This is an 18 year old expression of Bunnahabhain matured in ex sherry casks, on a large hill. Liddesdale is the large hill in question and is only a few miles from where Adelphi want to set up their…

Unfortunately this was a bit disappointing, i was really looking forward to a big old fruity Speysider. This was a good whisky but no way was it worth the price ($220 AUD)or the fuss* Nose: full bodied…

A cask strength beauty here. This bottling harnesses all of the quality of Coal Ila, sweetness, phenolic peatiness, that ever-present black olive. very nice* Nose: Islay, pungent, black pepper, peat,…

A 30 year old expression of a rarely seen distillery, fantastic stuff, only the independent bottlers can supply things like this in the Southern part of the world* Nose: marshmallow, very soft, ripe…

Single Grain can be really beautiful, we all know that. Therefore I collected a couple of samples to put next to each other. Let me start with this 24 Year Old from Cambus, a grain distillery in the…

This single grain by Scott’s Selection is one of the samples I scored at the Festival for Indepdent Bottlers on May 9th. It matured for 47 years on a bourbon cask. Girvan is a very young distillery,…

Scott’s Selection has bottled quite a few single grain from 1964 already. I’ve tried their Port Dundas, Caledonian and Girvan from that year. The single grain I am trying today was produced by Invergo…