Royal Lochnagar 16yo 1997/2013 cask 10021 Douglas Laing Old Particular 48.4%
The Lochnagar distillery that earned itself, and its successor, a royal prefix lies under the foundations of the modern Royal Lochnagar. It is a familiar story: the young Queen Victoria … Continue reading
Bunnahabhain 7yo 2006/2013 cask 800088 Berry Brothers 57.8%
The Bunnahabhain most would be familiar with is an unpeated nectar, big bone-d with honey and lots of sherry maturation, which is essentially the house style as we know it. … Continue reading
Kilchoman, Batch 1, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 55.5%
How is it that a man who counts Islay malts as his favourite, who has twice been to that storm lashed sentinel stalwart against the fury of the open Atlantic, the Queen … Continue reading
Linkwood 22yo 1991/2013 cask 11152 Duncan Taylor Dimensions 52.4%
What makes a whisky able to withstand decades in a cask? Linkwood along with Mortlach, Macallan, Strathisla and Glen Grant are good examples of whiskies capable of extraordinary aging, but … Continue reading
Clynelish, Batch 2, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, 50.6%
‘That Boutique-y Whisky Company’ is really the name of the bottler, a cutting edge modern name too, for a relatively conservative industry. It is owned and run by Masters of … Continue reading
Loch Lomond 12 yo, 2000/2012, Dà Mhìle 46%
Dà Mhìle, the Original Organic Whisky, since 1992. I am filled with a sense of dread. Loch Lomond is a distiller who are plainly not interested in the Single Malt … Continue reading
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