Dornoch 5 yo 2017 / 2023 #46 ‘Jasper Broers’ 57.9% vs Shizuoka ‘private cask’ 2017 / 2022 #2017-108 61%
Dornoch 5 yo 2017 / 2023 #46 ‘Jasper Broers’ 57.9% This is of course from the small first distillery and not the larger being planned. If you believe the proof … Continue reading
Clynelish 26 yo 1993 / 2020 Carn Mor #11215 52.7% vs Bowmore 17 yo 2004 /2021 SMWS 3.327 ‘Siren’s Song’ 57.1%
Clynelish 26 yo 1993 / 2020 Carn Mor #11215 52.7% Absolutely my sort of whisky. Its sharp as a blade, forged of blazing minerals, lime rind and steel, quenched in … Continue reading
Talisker 25 yo ‘Bottle TA25 3987’ 45.8% ~ bottle code L0296CM004 bottled 2020 vs Ledaig 11 yo 2008 / 2019 The Swan Song & 1BRD #700104 58.7%
Talisker 25 yo ‘Bottle TA25 3987’ 45.8% bottle code L0296CM004 bottled 2020From after when the 25s went from high proof batch releases to the generic 45.8%, but before the ugly … Continue reading
‘Single’ Port Ellen 12 yo Samaroli 57% ~ distilled 1970 vs Port Ellen 17 yo 1970 / 1987 Intertrade 62.4%
‘Single’ Port Ellen 12 yo Samaroli 57% ~ distilled 1970Knowing that the privilege of trying this whisky necessarily means the end of one of four known remaining bottles worldwide puts … Continue reading
Springbank 26 yo 1993 ‘Japonism’ Sansibar for Shinanoya 51.4% vs Springbank 14 yo 2002 / 2016 Cadenhead 47.7%
Springbank 26 yo 1993 ‘Japonism’ Sansibar for Shinanoya 51.4% A lean sort of Springbank, with less of that hot and dirty plus funky fruit character and instead more akin to … Continue reading
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