Highland Park 18yo, 43%
Highland Park is undoubtedly a renowned star in the whisky world, whose historical success relied on quality and marketing in that particular order. It’s fame started long ago: In the distillery … Continue reading
Lochside, 1981/2010, G&M cask 762, refill sherry hogshead.
Lochside was a distillery in the Eastern Highlands, some 22 km North East of Dundee. It’s a sad patch of North East Scotland as far as distilleries go: Hillside, North … Continue reading
Bunnahabhain 35yo, 1973/2008, The Whisky Agency edition 01/2009, 50.1%
Of all the Islay distilleries, Bunnahabhain is least well served by road. As I made the 25 minute northward drive from Caol Ila, I could not help but wonder at … Continue reading
Kininvie, 17 yo, 1996, Batch 1, 42.6%
Kininvie has got novelty value, just 2 Single Malt distillery bottlings under it’s own name. It was bottled under the Hazelwood name previously. The story of this young distillery is … Continue reading
Strathmill Carn Mor 1990/2009 cask 2400 46%
Strathmill is another blending workhorse, supplying Diageo blends, including famously J&B, with it’s 1.7 million litres a year output. from http://www.scotchwhisky.net Trawling about the internet, one finds very little of … Continue reading
Cragganmore, Friends of the Classic Malts 2013 bottling, 48%
Cragganmore circa August 2014 Not an obscure distillery – it’s original spot on the Classic Malts lineup as the Speysider should indicate <if nothing else!> the conviction Diageo has … Continue reading
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