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Unsung heroes or downright zeroes – episode 4: Paul John Brilliance
46% ABV, American Oak, possibly coloured, UCF, 2020 release Why not digress a bit from the beaten scotch whisky path and expand the...
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Sep 22, 20225 min read


Unsung Heroes or Downright zeroes, episode 3: Craigellachie 13 yo
46% ABV, natural colour, UCF, app. €45-55 / £40 - 50 “The times they are a changing”. Bawb knew it decades ago already. You see, when I...
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Sep 15, 20223 min read


Unsung heroes or Downright zeroes – episode II: Bunnahabhain Moine
46.3% ABV, natural colour, UCF, 2020 release, MSRP around £32 - 35 - €40 - €45 In my ongoing investigation into the realm of overlooked,...
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Sep 8, 20223 min read


Unsung Heroes or Downright Zeroes? Overlooked and readily available whiskies given a closer glance.
Last year I did a series called ‘unsung heroes or downright zeroes’ (shortly before switching website providers, so if you fancy...
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Sep 1, 20223 min read


Dràm Mòr Summer 2022 release, part 2
Glenglassaugh 6 yo, Ben Nevis 8 yo, Inchfad 15 yo. Last Week, I promised you more (mòr?) about the summer releases from Dràm Mòr. So...
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Aug 25, 20224 min read


Dràm Mòr Summer release, part 1: 2 siblings from Tullibardine
Summer break done and dusted, time to get back to business. And by business, I of course mean whisky. I’ll let you in on a ‘little...
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Aug 17, 20224 min read


Is Scotch still king – episode 4: Myken - 2 Norwegian Single malt whiskies from way up north
(If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!) This series started off with ‘Berg’, a whisky from the High Coast distillery in...
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Jun 23, 20226 min read


Is Scotch still king – episode 3: A German that doesn’t play by the rules, so very, uhm, un-German…
Glina 10 year German single malt whisky - 56.8% ABV, matured for 4 year in ex- Bordeaux casks, 4 years in ex Port casks, and 2 years in...
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Jun 16, 20223 min read


Is Scotch still king - Episode 2: Can the French lay claim to the Scottish throne?
Northmaen Cuvée 1110, batch 1/2021, NAS, 48% ABV, natural colour, UCF If there is one country in Europe where they know a thing or two...
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Jun 9, 20225 min read


Is Scotch still king? Which non- scotch whiskies might lay claim to the throne?
Episode 1: High Coast Berg, 50% ABV, UCF, natural colour, Bourbon & Pedro Ximenez Casks If you ‘re a regular visitor here (thank you; by...
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Jun 2, 20224 min read


Chasing Unicorns – episode 4: Port Ellen 35 yo
56.5% ABV. 14th Edition. Distilled in 1978, bottled in 2014. 2964 bottles For the fourth and final episode in this series, I figured...
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May 25, 20225 min read


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 19, 20223 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 12, 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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May 5, 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 28, 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 21, 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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Apr 14, 20224 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 31, 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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Mar 24, 20223 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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Mar 17, 20224 min read
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