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Chasing Unicorns, episode 3: Ben Nevis 10 year old cask strength batch 1
2018 release. 62.4% ABV, 1st fill bourbon, wine and sherry casks, natural colour, UCF. 9000 bottles Ok, let’s get straight down to it....
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May 12, 20224 min read
Unicorn whiskies - are they worth the chase? Chapter 2: Springbank 17 yo Madeira casks
2020 release, 47.8% ABV, NC, UCF, original retail price around £100, now ‘slightly’ more on secondary. After last week’s endeavour with...
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May 5, 20224 min read
Unicorn whiskies: are they worth the chase?
Or is the hunt better than the catch? “Unicorn whisky”. Most of us will immediately know what is meant by this: very hard to find,...
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Apr 28, 20224 min read
Currach Single Malt Irish Whiskey Wakame Seaweed Cask
Triple Distilled, NAS, UCF, Natural Colour, 57.2% ABV Single Cask Bottled for The Whisky Mercenary in September 2021 The final whiskey in...
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Apr 21, 20224 min read
Oddball whiskies part 2: Ondjaba Triple Grain
Namibian whiskey, 46% ABV, no information regarding colouring or chill filtration. Namibian whiskey: apparently, it’s a thing. As such,...
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Apr 14, 20224 min read
‘April is the cruellest month’ (T.S. Elliot)
Oddball whiskies, part 1: Corsair Oat Rage (single pot still whisky, 50% ABV, natural colour, UCF) Just before you start worrying I’m...
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Mar 31, 20223 min read
Irish whiskey month – part 5: Clonakilty Port cask finish
Triple distilled blended Irish whiskey, 43.6% ABV, Unchill filtered, might be coloured To conclude Irish whiskey month, let’s take it...
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Mar 24, 20223 min read
Irish whiskey month – part 4: Connacht 4 yo single malt, batch 1
47% ABV, natural colour, unchill filtered, matured in ex Kentucky bourbon and Oloroso casks When talking about the new wave of Irish...
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maltymission
Mar 17, 20224 min read
Irish whiskey month part 3: Teeling Riesling Cask
2021 release, 46% ABV, Natural colour, unchill filtered, Grand Cru Edition, Reichsrat Von Buhl, Riesling cask finish, 3000 bottles (app....
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maltymission
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Irish whiskey month – part II: The Whistler Bodega Cask
Boann Distillery - 5 yo Irish single malt, triple distilled, 46% ABV, Natural colour, unchillfiltered, 2020 release Seeing how my...
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Mar 3, 20224 min read
Riding the Saint Patrick’s Day wave: Irish whiskey month – part 1: The Busker single malt
(Royal Oak Distillery, 44.3% ABV, ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks, presumably coloured and chill filtered, 2021 release) The title says it...
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Feb 24, 20224 min read
Does Islay know best – looking for peated alternatives part V: Ledaig 18 yo
46.3% ABV, natural colour, UCF, bottled 2019. Matured in ex bourbon casks, finished in sherry casks (drample impressions #36) To end this...
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Feb 17, 20224 min read
Does Islay know best – part IV: Old Ballantruan (50% ABV, natural colour, UCF), ex-bourbon casks
On this journey through peated malts not originating from Islay, I’ve looked at 2 Highland whiskies and a Japanese so far. Nearing the...
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Feb 10, 20223 min read
Does Islay know best? Looking for peated alternatives, part 3 Yoichi Single Malt (45% ABV)
While there are easily dozens of peated, non-Islay Scotch whiskies to choose from to do a series on peated whisky not made in Islay, I’m...
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Feb 3, 20223 min read
Does Islay know best? Looking for peated alternatives – part 2
Glendronach Traditionally Peated (48% ABV, natural colour, likely chill filtered, 2020 bottling, matured in PX, oloroso and port casks)...
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Jan 31, 20227 min read
Why I’m missing out (a train of thought on why Diageo’s new price policy might impact us all)
Where do you set the price bar when buying bottles? This is not only a question that will get a different answer depending on who you...
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Jan 27, 20223 min read
Does Islay know best? Looking for peated alternatives – part 1
Loch Lomond Inchmoan 12 yo (46% ABV, UCF, recharred American oak and refill bourbon barrels, 2019 bottling) After what turned in to a...
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Jan 20, 20229 min read
It’s peat, Jim, but not as we know it!
There's more to peat than meets the eye... Peat: for many, it’s a love it or leave it affair. Tasting notes like ‘Burning Hospitals’,...
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Jan 13, 20225 min read
Dràm Mòr autumn 2021/winter 2022 release, part II: 3 Highlanders and a Single Grain
After visiting 4 Speyside distilleries in the first part of this series, I’m now paying my full and undivided attention to the other 4...
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Jan 12, 20225 min read
Dràm Mòr autumn 2021 / winter 2022 release (part 1)
Kicking off 2022 with 4 Speyside whisies I can’t help but wonder how much longer independent bottlers Dràm Mòr will remain one of the...
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