Fall brings a lot of things, but if you’re a peat-freak, it means just one thing: Octomore. And we’re kicking off the season with a look at the new Octomore 12.1. Made from 100% Scottish Concerto barley, this 5-year-old whisky holds nothing back with its 130.8 PPM and 59.9% ABV. Aged entirely in first-fill ex-bourbon […]
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While the past year has been a strange one, there are some things that have rolled on barely affected. One of those is the yearly Diageo Special Releases. They popped up on time in 2020…
Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – Diageo Special Releases 2021 – Legends Untold
Whisky Show is almost upon us again. It’s our lucky 13th show – 12th in person – and the first year where we are combining our traditional weekend of whisky at Old Billingsgate with a…
Originally published on The Whisky Exchange Blog – Whisky Show Bottlings 2021 – Adventures in Flavour
Make sure your battery’s charged for this one, since we spent nearly two hours talking the other night with longtime Scotch Whisky and Bourbon ambassdors Steve Beal, David Blackmore, and Ewan Morgan, along with Stranahan’s head distiller Owen Martin. We covered everything from Steve’s ongoing fight against pancreatic cancer to life on the road and Owen’s latest distillery exclusive bottling for Stranahan’s. Join us each Friday night for our #HappyHourLive webcast at 5pm New York time on the WhiskyCast YouTube channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and Twitch. Links: Stranahan’s | Glenmorangie | Ardbeg | Classic Malts | Bulleit Bourbon
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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I’m not the biggest fan of Tomatin, so when this Tomatin 14 Years Port Casks was recommended to me I hesitated just a bit. But, in the end, since the people recommending it (Nate and Joel) know a thing or three about whisky, I decided to give it a go. Both have good taste and […]
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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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