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George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

December 19, 2013 by Gary Leave a Comment



George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

75cl / 45% – Recently awarded a massive 93 points from the Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago, fending off stiff competition to win a Gold Medal at their American Whiskey Tasting.

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Filed Under: American Tagged With: competition, medal, tasting, whiskey

George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

April 22, 2013 by Gary Leave a Comment



George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

George Dickel No:12 Tennessee Whiskey

75cl / 45% – Recently awarded a massive 93 points from the Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago, fending off stiff competition to win a Gold Medal at their American Whiskey Tasting.

Price: £ 36.95   BUY IT NOW from The Whisky Exchange

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Filed Under: American Tagged With: competition, medal, tasting, whiskey

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish Speyside Whisky

December 31, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish Speyside Whisky

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish Speyside Whisky

70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – One of a raft of wood-finished Benriachs introduced in Summer 2010, this 16 year old has been finished in claret barrels after an initial maturation in ex-bourbon casks and is described as tasting of ‘Spiced fruit scones, enrobed in a fig and date syrup.’.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 16 Year Old, Benriach, bottling, casks, distillery, fruit, maturation, Speyside, tasting

Auchentoshan Valinch / 2011 Release – Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

September 17, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Auchentoshan Valinch / 2011 Release - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Auchentoshan Valinch / 2011 Release - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 57.5% / Distillery Bottling – A fan pressure inspired bottling from Auchentoshan, taking their best selling Classic and then bottling at cask strength. The Valinch of the name is the ‘proper’ name for the tube used to extract whisky from the barrel for tasting, although year oldu may have heard its alternative title – The Whisky Thief..

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Auchentoshan, best, bottling, distillery, Lowland, tasting, whisky, year

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

September 6, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

Benriach 16 Year Old / Claret Wood Finish - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – One of a raft of wood-finished Benriachs introduced in Summer 2010, this 16yo has been finished in claret barrels after an initial maturation in ex-bourbon casks and is described as tasting of ‘Spiced fruit scones, enrobed in a fig and date syrup.’.

Price: £ 39.49  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 16 Year Old, Benriach, bottling, casks, distillery, fruit, maturation, Speyside, tasting

Highland Park 50 Year Old / 1960 – Island Single Malt Whisky

June 19, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Highland Park 50 Year Old / 1960 - Island Single Malt Whisky

Highland Park 50 Year Old / 1960 - Island Single Malt Whisky

70cl / 44.8% / Distillery Bottling – Another stunning packaging job for this limited release of fifty-year-old Highland Park 1960, featuring a sterling silver abstract ‘cage’ around the bottle by Scottish artist Maeve Gillies and a natural-look wooden box. The official tasting notes suggest a sherry influence on this, with tobacco, raisins and cooked fruit..

Price: £ 8,550.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1960, 50 Year Old, fruit, Highland, Island, notes, official, packaging, sherry, tasting

Smws 25.23 / 1990 / 11 Year Old – Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

May 27, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Smws 25.23 / 1990 / 11 Year Old - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Smws 25.23 / 1990 / 11 Year Old - Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 59.3% / SMWS – A young-ish cask strength Rosebank bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in the early Noughties. The tasting nickname for this was ‘Madeira cake glazed with lemon sugar’, which sounds pretty promising..

Price: £ 150.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 11 Year Old, 1990, bottled, cask, malt, Smws, strength, tasting, whisky

Glen Grant 1948 – Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

January 18, 2011 by Gary Leave a Comment

Glen Grant 1948 - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

Glen Grant 1948 - Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 40% / Gordon & Macphail – An ancient dram aged for nigh on sixty years. Thankfully, Glen Grant is one of those special Speysiders (like Glenfarclas and Macallan) that is capable of withstanding immense oak ageing without tasting like a pile of wet sawdust..

Price: £ 520.00  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1948, ageing, Glen, Glenfarclas, Macallan, oak, special, Speyside, tasting

Bowmore 1985 / 21 Year Old – Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

December 3, 2010 by Gary Leave a Comment

Bowmore 1985 / 21 Year Old - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

Bowmore 1985 / 21 Year Old - Single Islay Malt Scotch Whisky

70cl / 59% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – A Bowmore of strange beauty. Medium-bodied, with fresh peat and smoky cereal notes. See our tasting notes for more details..

Price: £ 61.95  BUY IT NOW

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: 1985, 21 Year Old, Bowmore, drinks, fresh, Islay, notes, peat, smoky, tasting

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