Articles in the Islay Category
Headline, Islay, Laphroaig, Tasting Notes »
Quite a funny name to this one, if you’re a software engineer when you hear QA you immediately think about Quality assurance, and not about Quercus Alba (which is what Laphroaig had in mind ok?) . When i first saw the press release about this one, I really thought it was some kind of April fool’s day thing, but after …
Featured, Headline, Islay, Laphroaig, Malts Of Scotland, Single Cask, Tasting Notes »
It took me ages (but better later than never, right?) to get to those lovely MoS single casks from Sjoerd’s bottle share which was sent over almost 1.5 years ago (I have a big backlog , i know). I was feeling like a nice peaty malt, and this popped into mind, and It definitely didn’t let me down. A young …
Cask Strength, Headline, Islay, Tasting Notes, Twitter, bowmore »
Something good is going on at Bowmore, after a few years of releasing OK products, but nothing spectacular (not taking into consideration the very expensive older releases), recently (and i suspect much thanks to the work done by Rachel Barrie) they have been hard at work releasing good stuff (100 proof, Darkest 15 yo, etc) and of course the Bowmore …
Bruichladdich, Featured, Headline, Islay, Tasting Notes »
Been quite some time since I reviewed any OB Bruichladdich , and this young Laddie is something i have been meaning to try for some time. It’s basically quite young NAS (But should be something between 6 and 8 years old). This Organic started me thinking about the importance of Barley and variations of barley in the whisky making process: …
Abbey Whisky, Featured, Headline, Islay, Single Cask, Tasting Notes »
After the lovely 17 year old Caperdonich which was bottle #1 in the ‘Rare Casks’ series, comes the 2nd bottling of an older 23 year old Bunnahabhain. Unlike younger versions from the 1990’s which are heavily peated and smoky on the nose, this one is gentler and packs some punch but you will have to wait for the palate to …
Headline, Islay, Master Of Malt, Tasting Notes, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, bowmore »
Another of Boutique-y batch samples has arrived and as always, it’s good stuff. After a nice weekend without much whisky (but wine and beer) i decided to start checking those out with this Bowmore. I was not a Bowmore fan in recent years, but i have started liking this distillery more and more in recent months, and this sherried Bowmore …
Headline, Islay, Lagavulin, Master Of Malt, Tasting Notes »
Time for another H2H dramming session, this time i chose two staple drams (i guess no one would argue the Talisker 10, and Laga 16 are not essential whisky bar bottles eh?) that any whisky lover should have handy: Talisker 10 and Lagavulin 16. Let’s start with the Lagavulin.
Lagavulin 16, 43% abv , £42
Nose: Smoke. Pepper. BBQ. Salt and brine. …
Headline, Independent Bottling, Islay, Tasting Notes, The Maltman, bowmore »
Thrilled to feature a brand new Indie bottler today , The Maltman. This label is bottled by the Meadowside blending Co. located in Glasgow. I have to admit this is the first time I’ve tasted their single casks, and find them rather nice. One downside is that all of them are watered down to about 46% rather than CS, which …
Featured, Headline, Islay, Kilchoman, Single Cask, Single Cask Nation, Tasting Notes »
Single Cask Nation is a range of single cask bottlings by the Jewish Whisky Company , set up by Joshua Hatton, Jason J.Yellin and (two well known bloggers at Guid Scotch Drink and Jewmalt Whisky) and Seth who is a more silent member of the team and not a blogger. It’s not a secret that Josh and I are old …
Caol Ila, Headline, Islay, Peated, Single Cask, Tasting Notes »
one more single casks bottled for the “Archives” single casks collection by whisky base ,the younger brother of the 1982 vintage, I have yet to try but have heard great things about… let’s give this one a try, shall we?
Caol Ila 2000, 59.1 %, € 59.95 “Twin Peat”
so, a young CI, what can one expect? a lot of peat reek, …
