Belfast-based Kirker Greer Spirits has released Shamrock Irish whiskey – a blend of six whiskies from the four provinces of Ireland – in preparation for next week’s arrival of St. Patrick’s Day (March 17). Kirker Shamrock is comprised of whiskies from these distilleries: Great Northern Distillery from Leinster; West Cork Distillers from Munster; The Shed […]
Glenmorangie Signet is their ultra-premium core release. It uses a high amount of chocolate malt, is only distilled once a year and the cask management to create it is quite involved. The notes I have from a deeply nerdy tasting says it goes something like this. Like almost everything at Glenmo, they start by filling […]
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Glenmorangie 19 Years Finest Reserve comes from their best casks of ex-Bourbon whisky. No sherry, no wine, no port, nothing but extra-aged, giraffe/swan neck distilled spirit in its purest form. If you really want to get to know extra-aged Glenmo, this is the one. As you might be able to tell from the photo, the […]
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My favourite of the tasting, the perfect combination of sweet and peat. I’ve long had a fascination with Sauternes-cask finished whiskies and this one really hits the mark with youthful peaty exuberance and leathery, stone-fruit skin sweetness in perfe…
Glenmorangie 18 Years Extremely Rare is kind of like the intro to the Glenmo Prestige Expressions and for a long time it was one of the best deals in super-premium Scotch on the market. It was only 4 or 5 years ago I could still walk into K&L and pick it up for $100 ($110 […]
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This barrel select Glenmorangie 13 Years Cognac Finish is unlike most of the finished whiskies Glenmo puts out because it didn’t start life as the traditional Glenmo 10. Shocking I know, but this whisky only spent 8 years in ex-Bourbon casks before being transferred to ex-Cognac casks to finish it’s maturation. But not just any […]
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There are some who rave about any whisky matured in Port casks as being excellent, however in my experience some have been either a hit or a miss. Don’t let the colour fool you as the palate doesn’t always back it up. Here however Glasgow have matured …
Tasmania-based Lark Distillery – in collaboration with Australian wine estate, Seppeltsfield – is celebrating their 30th anniversary by releasing a single malt whisky for their Rare Cask Series. The Lark Distillery Rare Cask Para 92 single malt was finished in rare Seppeltsfield Para Liqueur (fortified wine) casks from 1992, bottled at 46.4% alcohol by volume […]
The original Glenmorangie Astar was released in 2008. This is the re-release from 2017 and you can, kinda, think of it as a cask strength version of The Original 10, but with a twist. That twist being the exact casks used. The wood used for the Astar comes from trees in the Ozark Mountains of […]
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Building on the light and floral Triple distilled base the Tokaji cask has added more stone fruit and rather a lot of tannin and oak wood spice. The addition of a little drop of water relaxed this one quite a lot and really adjusted the balance on the …
