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Malternatives, three Burgundians

Tres Vieux Marc de Bourgogne 7 yo (51%, SAB’S, Speyside bourbon cask, +/-2021)Tres Vieux Marc de Bourgogne 7 yo (51%, SAB’S, Peated Islay bourbon cask, +/-2021)Marc de Bourgogne 1995/2015 (45%, Domaine de la Romanee-Conti)

An umpteenth little trip around the world

Aikan 2017/2022 (63%, LMDW, Version Francaise, rhum cask)Tullamore D.E.W. ‘XO Caribbean Rum Cask Finish’ (43%, OB, Ireland, blend, +/-2021)Wave Distillery 3 yo ‘Race 1’ (46%, Bottles & Legends, Belgium, 400 bottles, +/-2021)Millstone 1996/2017 ‘America…

Back to the Isle of Jura

Jura ‘French Oak’ (42%, OB, Special Woods Series’, +/-2020)Jura 10 yo (40%, OB, +/-2021)Jura 12 yo ‘The Bay’ (44%, OB, 1l, +/-2020)Jura 30 yo 1990/2021 (47.2%, Artful Dodger, hogshead, cask #9005283)Jura 30 yo 1990/2020 (46.5%, Sansibar, 10th Anniversa…

Strolling around Japan

Shizuoka 2017/2021 (58.5%, OB for Whisky Concerto Hong Kong, ex-bourbon, cask #2017-128)Chichibu 2013/2020 (59%, OB/Ichiro’s Malt for Whisky Mew, Japan, bourbon barrel, cask #2463, 209 bottles)Karuizawa 1973/2008 (56%, OB, Martin’s Selection for Norway…

A trio of Kilkerran

Kilkerran 8 yo ‘Cask Strength Port Cask Matured’ (57.9%, OB, 2022)Kilkerran 8 yo ‘Cask Strength Sherry Cask Matured’ (58.1%, OB, 2022)Kilkerran 11 yo 2009/2021 (56.5%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 204 bottles)

Four Springbank and a wee rant

Springbank 10 yo ‘Local Barley’ (51.6%, OB, 15,000 bottles, 2022)Springbank 10 yo 2011/2021 (55%, Cadenhead, Authentic Collection, bourbon barrel, 204 bottles, autumn 2021)Springbank 28 yo 1992/2020 (42.8%, Sansibar for Japanwhisky, bourbon, 204 bottle…

Today Littlemill 1989

Littlemill 31 yo 1989/2021 (48.7%, Whisky Mew, Carsten Ehrlich & Hideo Yamaoka for Bar Barns & The Mash Tun Tokyo, hogshead, cask #171, 223 bottles)Littlemill 32 yo 1989/2022 (55.2%, The Whisky Agency, hogshead, 216 bottles)

Yet another bunch of very lovely armagnacs

Domaine de Martin 2007/2021 (49%, Darroze, Bas-armagnac, Unique Collection)Domaine Seailles 2006/2022 (57.5%, OB for armagnac.de, Tenareze, cask #100)Seailles 20 yo 2000/2021 (54%, Grape of the Art, Tenareze, cask #19, 195 bottles)Chateau Arton 2011/20…

Daftmill times six

Daftmill 2010/2021 ‘Summer Batch’ (46%, OB, 6250 bottles)Daftmill 2010/2021 (59.5%, OB for ‘The Daftmill Distillery (unofficial fans group)’, casks #046, 047, 050, 051 & 056)Daftmill 2008/2020 (59.6%, OB for The Ceres Inn, cask #008, bourbon barrel, 22…

Blair Athol four plus two

Blair Athol 12 yo 2008/2021 (56.7%, Isman Taichung, hogshead, cask #309320, 266 bottles)Blair Athol 12 yo 2009/2022 (52.5%, Chapter 7, bourbon hogshead, cask #301068, 299 bottles)Blair Athol 12 yo 2009/2022 (52.5%, Chapter 7, refill red wine cask, cask…

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