You all know that i have a warm spot in my heart for the AnCnocs. The 12 year old is a house favourite here, so […]
Tasting the AnCnoc 1997 vintage
Month: October 2011
Tasting the ‘New’ Laddie 10 year old (Batch 1)
So, here comes the post about the much awaited Laddie 10. The first bottling of a 10 year old distilled after the distillery was “resurrected” […]
Wemyss Round 6 : Ginger Compote Single Cask,Speyside Vintage 1996
So We’ve reached the final tasting note in this series (3 more to come next month), and to conclude it, we’ll be tasting another single […]
Whisky Bible 2012 winners are announced!
It’s this time of the year again, and Jim Murray’s whisky bible award winners are announced. While I do not rely on the bible as […]
More Wemyss : Red Berry Cream Single Cask vintage 1990
After the glorious “Whispering smoke” arrive at out 2nd single cask tasting note, this time a Highland single cask, distilled 1990. I’ve seen some sites […]
A few hours in Macau where The Macallan shines bright
Richard Barr is a member of the Whisky Israel tasting society , a blog correspondent at times, and a good whisky friend and big whisky […]
Wemyss Malts Take IV : Whispering Smoke 1981, Single Cask (Islay)
Time for the big guns: the Wemyss malts single cask bottlings, selected by Charlie Mclean. I’ve chosen to start with a peated cask, and IMHO […]
Tasting Old Pulteney ‘Row to the Pole’ edition
Today We will be tasting a new Old Pulteney expression : “Row to the pole” edition. this bottling is commemorating the first ever successful row […]
Wemyss Malts Take III : Tasting the ‘Spice King’ 8yo
We come to the third and last Wemyss blended malts aged 8 years (the next ones i will be tasting will be single cask malts). […]
Wemyss Malts Take II : Tasting the ‘Smooth Gentleman’ 8 yo
Another Wemyss blended malt, this time we move on from the Islay emphasis of the peat chimney, to this 8 year old with an emphasis […]