Sherry – Page 5 – Whisky Israel

Tasting Caperdonich 1969 by G&M

August 13, 2012August 15, 2012Gal Granov 0

So, Demolished distillery bottling, are they tastier? or are we just missing those distilleries which will never operate again? That is a good question I […]

Tasting the new Balblair 1975 vintage (batch 2)

July 17, 2012July 19, 2012Gal Granov 1

Last week Balblair distillery has released a 2nd batch of their 1975 vintage. The new expression has been matured in American Ex-Sherry casks (rather than […]

SMWS 33.109 (Ardbeg 11 yo) – Delightful intensity of sherry and smoke

July 3, 2012July 5, 2012Gal Granov 0

Well, time to kick start some SMWS bottling tasting notes. All those are part of the SMWS bottle share organized earlier this year by my […]

Springbank Sherry cask 1997 / Potstill Austria

June 26, 2012June 27, 2012Gal Granov 0

Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles […]

Tasting Fredericia Golf & Whisky Club Springbank Sherry cask 332 vintage 1999

May 15, 2012May 17, 2012Gal Granov 0

It’s always nice meeting a good whisky friend, especially Jorn who’s a real whisky lover and a good friend. Last time he visited Israel, we […]

Clan Speyburn Cask–1975 Vintage

May 3, 2012May 7, 2012Gal Granov 3

Speyburn Casks in Warehouse (Photo: Tommy Deile) Good things are happening at Speyburn. Last year when we visited the distillery (thanks tommy for providing me […]

Quick Dram : Whisky Barrel Exclusive Macduff 11 Year Old Sherry Cask

April 12, 2012April 16, 2012Gal Granov 0

Another wee dram which is exclusive to the Whisky Barrel online shop. After very nice Bunnahabhain and Caol Ila, this time we’re talking Macduff here… […]

Tasting Bunnahabhain 21 yo , 1990 ‘Burns Malt’

March 14, 2012March 14, 2012Gal Granov 1

Another Exclusive for the whisky barrel. Another Islay, but from Bunna’ this time. this Burns Islay Malt was matured in a single fresh sherry butt […]