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Ardbeg Wee Beastie 5 year old
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes! Availability: Widespread ABV: 47.4% Presentation: Unchillfiltered General information: Heavily peated Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Smoky, maritime and surprisingly…Mexican? Score: 94/100 The details: I try to mix it up with my reviews; review some obscure stuff that you’ll only be able to dig up at auction, if even there,
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Craigellachie 13
Widely available Recommended For the details… Although Craigellachie was built in 1890–relatively recently, given that many of its Speyside peers date back another 40-60 years before that–it is widely considered to produce an “old style” Speyside malt, with a heavier, more sulphurous character thanks to the use of worm tubs. Oddly enough, like many of
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Holyrood Arrival
Specialty retail, maybe. Recommended For the details… One of the surprising things about the Scotch whisky industry is that, until quite recently, neither of Scotland’s two major cities had a malt distillery. With the recent boom in the industry, all that has changed, of course, but Holyrood, founded in 2019, was the first distillery to
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