Highland Park 18 yo 1960 / 1978 Ferraretto 43% ~ dark vatting
Highland Park 18 yo 1960 / 1978 Ferraretto 43% ~ dark vatting An astounding sherry nose, exactly what you are after when looking at these old sherried Highland Parks. Sweet … Continue reading
Fettercairn 26yo 1995 / 2022 for The Highlander Inn #2826 60.2%
Fettercairn 26yo 1995 / 2022 for The Highlander Inn #2826 60.2% Quite a quiet kick this one. Plenty of barley sugar, butter and malt character, and something like burnt mint … Continue reading
Craigellachie 19 yo 1983 / 2002 Samaroli #2606 45%
Craigellachie 19 yo 1983 / 2002 Samaroli #2606 45% Great one! Sunny, honeyed, yellow-fruity and yet quite some brawn beneath. There is no doubt in my mind that Craigellachie is … Continue reading
Rosebank 30 yo 1975 / 2005 Silver Seal 54.8%
Rosebank 30 yo 1975 / 2005 Silver Seal 54.8% A Rosebank after the older style, not a direct lemon filled freshie, but one look at the vintage and it makes … Continue reading
Benrinnes 17 yo 1985 / 2003 The Bottlers #1852 60.2%
Benrinnes 17 yo 1985 / 2003 The Bottlers #1852 60.2%Big whisky. Totally old school sherry here with more than a teaspoon of that famous meatiness a la bullion cubes, broth … Continue reading
Auchroisk 1993 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice 43% ~ bottled 2008 vs Cadenhead’s Speyside (Auchroisk) 8 yo Cadenhead 61.4% ~ bottled late 90s
Two humble malts with much to be humble for. Auchroisk 1993 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice 43% ~ bottled 2008 Unfortunately time and wood hasn’t dealt with the feints at … Continue reading
Highland Park 26 yo 1986 / 2012 Malts of Scotland #12052 54.1% vs Glencraig 38 yo 1976 / 2014 Signatory #4254 44.3%
Highland Park 26 yo 1986 / 2012 Malts of Scotland #12052 54.1% Earthy! But its all clean earth plus associated phenols. Clean, ozonic and mineralic. With petrichor, violet leaf, gentian … Continue reading
Rosebank 15 yo ceramic Zenith Italia 50%
Rosebank 15 yo ceramic Zenith Italia 50% Tasted at Limburg but I’ve neglected to take a photo. No surprises, its a lemony and oily Rosebank, full of cereals, cold butter … Continue reading
Springbank 28 yo 1965 / 1993 Adelphi 50.6%
Springbank 28 yo 1965 / 1993 Adelphi 50.6% Ancient wood deeply polished with teak oil so that it’s bronzed and gleaming, but dry and aromatic. Let us place lumps of … Continue reading
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