Secret Islay 31 yo 1990 / 2022 Master of Malt release no. 112 52.6%
Secret Islay 31 yo 1990 / 2022 Master of Malt release no. 112 52.6%It’s what is becoming a classic style of well matured Islay where the sea and the peat … Continue reading
Islay 31 yo 1990 / 2021 Thompson Bros 49.3% vs Islay 32 yo 1990 / 2022 Thompson Bros 49.3%
Islay 31 yo 1990 / 2021 Thompson Bros 49.3% Lovely. Soft Laphroaig, worn smooth into a sphere of gentle iodine, glowing peatfire, soft medicinal ointments and rubs, ripe earthy loam … Continue reading
Nanyang Peninsula Collection: Orkney Single Malt 22 yo 1999 / 2022 Nanyang Whisky 52.6% vs Ben Nevis 23 yo 1998 / 2022 Nanyang Whisky 54.1% Islay Single Malt 30 yo 1990 / 2022 51.3%
Orkney Single Malt 22 yo 1999 / 2022 Nanyang Whisky 52.6% Quite a dominant malty-cereal chord despite the advanced wood. It smells like hulled grains and toasted oatcakes with plenty … 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
Caol Ila 12 yo OB
Caol Ila is a huge distillery, at 6 stills and 3.75 million litres of newmake a year. Most would know it as the blending beast feeding Diageo’s blends, but did … Continue reading
Bruichladdich 15 yo ‘Links’ series, Birkdale, England
A smokeless whisky from Islay? Yup. Those familiar with Bruichladdich would know the story of it’s convalescence and revival, and the stock of old whisky ‘rescued’ by wood finishing in … Continue reading
Laphroaig 15
Laphroaig 15yo OB Laphroaig, Laphroaig… How many time have you heard the phrase ‘love it or loathe it’ applied to this whisky? There is no middle ground with Laphroaig, though the … Continue reading
Popping the bottle
So begins my new blog – my first ever blog. Should I attempt to lay out the scope of the blog (whisky? whiskEy?), or set parameters and policy statement? Aha … Continue reading
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