Chichibu Heavily Peated 2014 / 2025 Chibidaru #3520 64%
This Chichibu opened my eyes. I am now paying attention to Ichiro-san’s whisky in a way I have never done so before. Obviously, due to climate, you won’t be able … Continue reading
Bowmore 1969 Fecchio & Frassa 6638 58%
This noses like the slam of a very precise hammer on a very special nail at a very exact spot. In that precious regard I say cut from the same … Continue reading
Glen Ord 23 yo 1973 / 1997 Rare Malts 59.8%
Glen Ord 23 yo 1973 / 1997 Rare Malts 59.8% Certainly old school – Old shops filled with old things, grease flecked with grime and soot. Fur coats, dirty candle … Continue reading
Laphroaig 1979 / 1997 Clydesdale #5963 53%
Several IBs have had 1979s and they’ve always been superb, so high expectations here. Expectations met, very similar to the Glenscoma – which I realize is still sitting in draft. … Continue reading
Glenlivet 1964 commercial sample George & John Gordon Smith
From an old commercial sample from George & John Gordon Smith, that is, the company of the founder of The Glenlivet and his son. It was John who famously took … Continue reading
Ardbeg 23yo 1965 / 1988 Mizuhashi Total Liquor Supply 55%
Revisiting this most esteemed but somehow criminally under-recognized Ardbeg. Best guess is that as a Japanese bottling, it never penetrated our European friends’ imaginations. The whisky? Much as I remember: … Continue reading
Caol Ila 21 yo 1974 / 1996 Signatory #12592 60.5%
Get ready for a ride, these always blow you away. And yes, it slams into you like a tsunami of shards of salt, punchy peat, sharp white smoke, grapefruit rind, … Continue reading
Clynelish 12yo ‘Edward square shoulders long cap’ 56.9%
Is this really my first time putting down notes for this alone? Some say this is the 71 rotation some says weren’t exact. Anyway… I am reminded why I love … Continue reading
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