The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Definitely, if you can find any! Availability: Limited (UK/EU specialty retail and possibly auction) ABV: 54.0% Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: Peated spirit, matured in American oak and finished in marsala casks Bottling type: Independent Character: Fruity, nutty and smoky. Score: 95/100 The details: To honor the …
Continue reading InchDairnie 2021 (Cooper’s Choice – “Finglassie” Lowland Smoke)
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: I do! Availability: UK/EU specialty retail. ABV: 58.2% (cask strength) Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: Lightly peated malt. Bottling type: Proprietary. Character: Fruity, and slightly smoky. Score: 92/100 The details: An earlier Wolfburn distillery operated in the wind-swept Caithness town of Thurso, on Scotland’s rugged and remote …
Continue reading Wolfburn 7 year old (Cask Strength – 2022 Father’s Day Special Release)
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes, highly recommended. Availability: UK specialty retail ABV: 46% Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: Peated Bottling type: Proprietary Character: Smoky, fruity, and herbal. Score: 93/100 The details: Anyone following the Scottish whisky scene over the past decade or so is sure to have been struck by the …
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: If you can find it, yes! Availability: Scarce, perhaps altogether gone. ABV: 46% Presentation: Unchillfiltered and natural color General information: Distilled Spring 1983, bottled 2010, 27 years old Bottling type: Independent Character: Smoky, briney and oily. Score: 97/100 The details: Of all the distilleries that fell victim to the …
Continue reading Port Ellen (Douglas McGibbon’s Provenance) 1983 27 year old
The Basics: Do I recommend it?: Yes and no. Stunning whisky, but good luck finding any, and prepare to pay a steep price if you can. Availability: Scarce. It was a limited release when it hit shelves 11 years ago, and time and a mostly positive buzz have not made it more plentiful. ABV: 58% …
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