It’s been over four years since we did our last young Laphroaig tasting. The last one was fun, a lot of fun, and so we decided it was time to revisit an Islay favorite. The rules for this tasting were pretty straightforward: Laphroaig aged 10 years or under and something we haven’t already tried in […]
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The Malt Nuts gathering to do a Ledaig tasting has become a yearly tradition. Though this year, unfortunately, I had to opt to do the second (digital) version because of a scheduling conflict. Luckily that option is still open, though who knows for how much longer. This is why the photos below don’t look like […]
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A week after our Peated Bruichladdich Part 1, we gathered for Part 2. And like last time we all arrived with our samples in tow and after the usual hi-hello pleasantries we got down to business. Just like we’re about to do with this recap. I mean it, no long preamble or anything. We all […]
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This tasting started life as a virtual event. I’d broken down all the bottles for this, and part 2, into sample bottles and we were all prepared to have these two epic tastings take place on Zoom. And then everyone started to get vaccinated. So we punted them a few months further out and did […]
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Over the course of two nights, the Malt Nuts and the SCWC joined forces with the Milk and Honey distillery to taste through a massive chunk of what they’ve released to-date. There are some indies, early releases and small releases we didn’t have, but on the whole, we covered a large chunk of what’s been […]
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Ah Bunnahabhain. One of the two distilleries on Islay that buck the peaty line and add to the variety of profiles that come from the little island – Bruichalddich being the other. And like Bruichladdich, it does make some peated expressions, which the Malt Nuts dug into a couple years ago. Though for this tasting […]
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This is the first in-person tasting the Malt Nuts have done since the pandemic started and we chose it carefully: it was the tasting we were supposed to do the week the world came to a halt. Glen Grant is a fan favorite amongst the group and we’d been talking about this tasting for years. […]
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I think it’s fair to say Clynelish is one of our club’s favorite distilleries. We love the waxy fruity delivery and there is no end to the number of indie releases available. This love of the dram + the endless supply means these are easy tastings to assemble and so it’s likely there are even […]
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Gaggle of Glenfarclas 3, the third time the Malt Nuts have gathered to sip indie drams from one of our favorite distilleries. Like all of our Glenfarclas tastings, the indies we sourced are only “highly believed to be” Glenfarclas since the name of the distillery cannot be used on any bottles not bottled by them. […]
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What’s that? You’ve never heard of Invergordon? Well strap in because we’re going deep on this Scottish grain distillery. That’s right, the Malt Nuts are diving into the column distilled pool that’s responsible for the bulk of the whisky produced in Scotland. Single malts get all the attention and praise, but the real workhorse of […]
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