Old Pulteney 15 yo 1974 / 1989 Intertrade 57.6%
Old Pulteney 15 yo 1974 / 1989 Intertrade 57.6% Certainly a tangy sea air and subtle mineral sharpness fills the nose, matching a crispness to a rising wet earthiness brought … Continue reading
Pulteney 13 yo 1967 / 1980 Cadenhead 46% vs Laphroaig 21 yo Cadenhead for Sestante 52.1% ‘White Label’
Pulteney 13 yo 1967 / 1980 Cadenhead 46% Might have said it before but Pulteney is great. Here we have dry earth, some hot coals and also an overripe fruitiness … Continue reading
Lagavulin 12yo Special Release 2019 56.5% vs Pulteney 12yo 2008 / 2020 Nectar 57.5%
In memory of those who went before their time. Pulteney 12yo 2008 / 2020 Nectar 57.5% I have questions on where the production of this unspeakably underrated malt goes, seeing … Continue reading
Islay Oct 1976 / Oct 1989 Society of Scotch Malt Connoisseurs #H2 59% vs Highland (Northern) Aug 1974 / Sept 1988 Society of Scotch Malt Connoisseurs #C13 63%
Islay Oct 1976 / Oct 1989 Society of Scotch Malt Connoisseurs #H2 59% I find pronounced coastal and peat driven characteristics, and a sharp saline edge. Not a muscular peat, … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 13yo 1990 /2003 Cadenhead 61.1% vs Old Pulteney 18 yo 1974 The Whisky Connoisseur #1132 57.8%
Old Pulteney 13 yo 1990 /2003 Cadenhead 61.1%Ah. An unassailable nose. Heavily buttered rye bread, whilst sitting on rattan chairs overlooking the sea, salt breeze stinging your face, dried grass … Continue reading
Pulteney 1971 The Piper’s Preferred by Scotchconnection 55.3% vs Old Pulteney 26 yo 1990 / 2017 Cadenhead 175th Anniversary 52.6%
Pulteney 1971 The Piper’s Preferred by Scotchconnection 55.3% A minor German bottler. Nice! Heavily buttered poached pear frangipane. Salt, slight smoke, some engine oil, dried up book glue and pine … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 1989 / 2015 Lightly Peated Limited Edition 46% vs Old Pulteney 15 yo 1982 Millennium Single Cask #1522 61.1%
Old Pulteney 1989 / 2015 Lightly Peated Limited Edition 46% Only half trying to be lame, but there’s really something old in Old Pulteney that lingers on, and this one … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 12yo 40%
This Northen part of the highlands have some very interesting distilleries, and also some of the best. Brora and Clynelish are what I have in mind, but travel even further north … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 8yo G&M 40%
Old Pulteney used to be the northernmost distillery on mainland Scotland, though that honour now belongs to Wolfburn, it is still one of only a select few distinctive Northern Highland distilleries. … Continue reading
Old Pulteney 17yo
One of the most strangely shaped bottles around, said to resemble the shape of the stills: Nose: Orange peel and beeswax. Wood polish. Mentholated, then sea water and fruit … Continue reading
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