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Another basket of blends and unknown malts

Blended Scotch Whisky 5 yo 2017/2023 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, blended Scotch, 2023)MacNairs 10 yo ‘Lum Reek Cask Strength Batch 2’ (55.8%, OB, blended malt, sherry casks, +/-2023)NAS 17 yo (53%, Decadent Drinks, blended malt, sherry, 2023)Blended Malt 1996…

Today sherried Aberlour

Aberlour 9 yo 2013/2022 (47.5%, Carn Mor, Strictly Limited, oloroso sherry, 1798 bottles)Aberlour ‘100 proof’ (57.1%, OB, sherry, +/-1997)

Eight Amrut on the tasting table

Amrut ‘Master Distiller’s Reserve’ (50%, OB, single cask, limited edition 2023)Amrut ‘Kurinji’ (46%, OB, limited edition, 16,000 bottles, 2023)Amrut 5 yo 2017/2022 ‘Ex Madeira Cask’ (60%, OB, La Maison du Whisky, cask #8844, 200 bottles)Amrut 7 yo 2015…

Rums on Sunday

Sodade ‘Botanic Joao’ (40.8%, OB, Cabo Verde, grogue, 700 bottles, +/-2023)G. Hardy ‘Rhum Vieux XO’ (43%, OB, Martinique, agricole, +/-2023)Chateau Depaz ‘Les 100 Ans’ (45%, OB, Martinique, agricole, 1,400 bottles, 2022) Renegade ‘Etudes ? New Bacolet’…

Mixed Pairs for Saturday

Glenburgie 27 yo 1995/2022 (57.7%, Signatory Vintage for Wu Dram Clan 3rd Anniversary, cask #6668, hogshead, 193 bottles)Glenburgie 27 yo 1995/2022 (58.4%, Lady Of The Glen, cask #6721, hogshead, 218 bottles)Glendronach 12 yo (43%, OB, sherry, 1980s)Gl…

More peated Japan

Akashi White Oak 3 yo ‘Beer Cask Finish’ (50%, OB, 900 bottles)Shizuoka 2018/2022 ‘Jwhisky Goldfish’ (52.4%, OB, peated, bourbon, cask #2018-2084, 46 bottles)Yamazaki 2010/2021 ‘The Essence of Suntory Whisky’ (54%, OB, Volume 5, Islay Peated Malt)Nagah…

Another little tour of Japan

Mars ‘The Y.A. #1’ (52%, OB, Japanese blended malt, Yakushima ageing cellar, 12,000 bottles, 2023)Nagahama ‘The First Batch’ (50%, OB, single malt, 2022)Yamazaki 2009/2021 ‘The Essence of Suntory Whisky’ (53%, OB, Volume 5, Golden Promise)Akashi White …

More young Mannochmore

Mannochmore 11 yo 2010/2022 (46%, James Eadie, UK, small batch, The Rising Sun, recharred hogsheads)Mannochmore 12 yo 2009/2022 (55%, The Red Cask Co., sherry hogshead, cask #9320, 250 bottles)Mensa 10 yo 2012/2022 ‘1 122 U.3.1 1971.2’ (55.6%, Scotch U…

Eight American whiskies for Independence Day

Catoctin Creek ‘Roundstone Single Barrel Virginia Rye’ (40%, OB, USA, +/-2022)Evan Williams 2014/2022 ‘Single Barrel’ (43.3%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey)Evan Williams ‘Bottled-in-Bond’ (50%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, +/-2022)Eag…

A trio of unpairable malts

Glen Mhor 38 yo 1965/2000 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, licensed bottling, screw cap) Glen Lochy 15 yo 1967/1982 (92 U.S. proof, Cadenhead, black dumpy, 75cl)Ladyburn 45 yo 1973/2018 (45.5%, OB, William Grant’s Rare Cask Reserves, Velier 70th Anniversary, c…

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