The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Only to serious Scotch enthusiasts and completionists Availability: Auction ABV: 43% Presentation: Unspecified General information: Distilled 1991, bottled 2008, ~17 years old, matured in refill bourbon barrels Bottling type: Independent Character: Cereal, light fruit and herbal Score: 77/100 The details: Located in the East-Central Highland town of Montrose, Lochside …
Continue reading Lochside 1991 (Gordon & MacPhail/Connoisseur’s Choice)
Mostly gone Recommended, if you can find it for a halfway reasonable price For the details… Rosebank's fate has historically been closely linked to the Forth and Clyde Canal, which linked Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth in the east with Glasgow and the Firth of Clyde in the west. The canal was built in …
Rare and hard to find Highly recommended, but only if you can find/afford it For the details… Glenury was built in 1825 near the Eastern Highland town of Stonehaven by a local landowner, Captain James Barclay. Illegal distilling had been rife in the area prior to the Excise Act, and in an attempt to diminish …
Continue reading Glenury Royal 1970 36 year old (Diageo Special Release)
Hard to find Only for true enthusiasts and completionists For the details... Inverness, considered to be the capital of the Highlands, might be expected to be a thriving distilling hub. It is not. Even in the midst of the current whisky boom, not a single malt distillery operates in Inverness, nor–at least as of this …
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