Kilchoman Machir Bay 2013 edition
Time for some more Kilchoman fun this time the 2013 edition of the Machir Bay. It’s a bit different than the 100% Islay (it’s not 100% Islay duh!) in cask composition : bine a vatting of five year old...
View ArticleTasting Kilchoman 2007 , 6 yo–oldest Kilchoman yet
Kilchoman has been releasing young and younger expressions in recent years, and patience does pay : they are now releasing a regular (non single cask) bottling of their oldest stock to date : 2007...
View ArticleOld Pulteney 1990 peated cask
When I saw the PR regarding this new 1990 peated OP I was rather excited, as I remember how good was the 1990 Balblair peated cask ( a sister distillery in the same InterBen group). OP has been making...
View ArticleKilchoman’s first foray into the Travel Retail market : The ‘Coull Point’
It was only a matter of time until this happened, and does not really come at a surprise to anyone who’s been monitoring the whisky scene, A NAS for the travel retail. There you have it, Kilchoman also...
View ArticleanCnoc peated trio : Rutter,Fluaghter, Tushkar–#LightOnDark
You’ve read it here on the blog and probably on many other booze sites/blogs. anCnoc released a trio of peated malts recently (more about it here), Two of which will be sold all around and the third...
View ArticleGlenglassaugh Torfa
Just a few weeks ago I’ve written about this new expression from GG called the Torfa when it was released. Young, peated GG (not that there are any old GG made by the new owners), but what’s unique is...
View ArticleTomatin Cù Bòcan vintage 1989
the original Cù Bòcan was released quite a few months ago and enjoyed quite a bit of success, with its peated profile and crispy youthfulness. This time around Tomatin released a vintage 1989 malt...
View ArticleTasting Kilchoman Loch Gorm batch #2
It’s Feis Ile week, and I know Kilchoman day is not until Thursday, but I feel like posting this review today, so that’s that. For some reason never tasted the first batch of Loch Gorm, so I can’t...
View ArticleMackmyra Svensk Rök
This is a peaty expression from Mackmyra, which is said to use Juniper oak for the smoky seasoning. Bottled at 48,1% it does not bare an age statement, so i guess it’s fairly young, but it does not...
View Article7 Year Old Quadruple-Distilled Octomore – Feis Ile 2014
This year’s funky Feis Ile bottling prize has to go to Bruichladdich, who have always been the quirky guy on the block when it comes to crazy finishes, and unique bottlings. Octomore is ridiculously...
View ArticleKilchoman 5 Year Old 2009 Original Cask Strength – Review
Another new expression released recently from the farm distillery of Kilchoman, this time no cask finishes or wine casks at all, ex-bourbon only. This batch is bottled from a vatting of 35 such casks...
View ArticleThe Arran Machrie Moor Cask Strength
It’s the Fifth edition of the Peated Machrie Moor by Arran, and this time they have gone one step beyond, and released two versions a regular 46% ABV and a CS one, which I am trying today. I have not...
View ArticleOctomore 6.3 Islay Barley – Review
Time for another Peat monster, and the latest offering from Bruichladdich in their line of Super-Uber Peated malts: The Octomore. Die hard peat lovers, will swear by the Octomore. I’ve been Following...
View ArticleA new Octomore for Travel Retail – 7.2 – Review
Lately Bruichladdich are releasing quite a few Travel Retail only editions of their Octomores and Port Charlottes and this one is the second wave of such releases. The Octomore “.2” usually stands out...
View ArticleThe new Port Charlotte PC 12 (Travel Retail) – Review
I can’t believe Port Charlotte 12 is out, It seems like yesterday when the baby PC5 came out, and it was HUGE. This toddler is now a teenager, and I am loving the way it developed over the years. This...
View ArticleSmögen Sherry project 1:1 and 1:2 – Review
Young whisky can rock, and what a better example than those two lovely expressions combining very young whisky (peated) and then finished in sherry from Smogen distillery. Smogen is a young Swedish...
View ArticleSMWS 127.40[Port Charlotte] – Mango chicken vindaloo
This is not a new SMWS edition, it’s from the Feb batch or so. I am quite a fan of Port Charlotte, when it comes to peaty whiskies. It’s not a secret I drink less and less heavily peated drams on a...
View ArticleGlenturret–The Peated Edition – Review
Ending this mini Glenturret series of reviews, with the peated edition, which is (unsurprisingly) peated. This is not a peat bomb, but the peat is an interest addition to the Glenturret-y DNA, and...
View ArticleSMWS 127.39 ‘Intensely Tasty’ (Port Charlotte 11 year old)
Not long ago I reviewed two other SMWS PCs – 127.37 ‘Dinosaurs dancing to Stravinsky (which was EPIC) and 127.40 – Mango chicken vindaloo, which again was excellent. It’s quite clear I am fond of...
View ArticleEnglish Whisky Co.–Peated–TWE Exclusive
St George’s Distillery in Norfolk is showing the world that good whisky can flow from the stills in Norfolk, England and not only from Scotland. They also produce peated whisky, and this round TWE...
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