Why the OSWA’s are important – my 2 cents
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Saturday last the first ever OSWA’s were revealed. In case this means absolutely nothing to you, OSWA is the abbreviation for Online...
maltymission
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Looking for some hot stuff! 60+ % ABV whiskies to help keep you warm
Aberlour A’bunadh batch 57 – 60.7 % ABV, natural colour, UCF It seems as if there is some sort of weather changing button that gets...
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maltymission
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
Islay off the beaten track part IV of IV: the one to treat yourself
Laphroaig 25 yo , 2017 release, 48.9% ABV, UCF, natural colour).Bourbon and 2nd fill oloroso cask matured. (Drample Impressions 29) If...
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maltymission
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Review 55 – Islay off the beaten track part 3: the unusual one.
Caol Ila 9 year Old - Lady Of The Glen (2012 – 2021, caskn° 311196, Hogshead matured and finished in Xynisteri white Wine casks, 58.3%...
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maltymission
- Oct 14, 2021
- 5 min
Islay off the beaten track part 2: the one you might ignore otherwise.
Johnnie Walker 12 year old Black Label Islay Origins (42% ABV, coloured like there's no tomorrow and chill filtered) After last week’s...
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maltymission
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
Islay off the beaten track: Islay whiskies out of the spotlights
Of all the Scottish whiskyregions, Islay may well be the one that sparks the most imagination. The auras of Lagavulin, Ardbeg or ...
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maltymission
- Sep 30, 2021
- 13 min
The thing about the casks
In 2019, the SWA (Scotch Whisky Association) altered the rules and regulations about which casks are allowed to be used for the...
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maltymission
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
In Vino Veritas, part IV: the indie strikes back.
Blair Athol 10 yo Wine Barrique The Whisky Broker, 2020 release, 56.5% ABV, UCF, natural colour, 266 bottles. Let’s wrap this up with an...
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maltymission
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
In Vino Veritas III – wine hard with a vengeance: Longrow Red 10 yo Malbec 2020 release, 52.5% ABV
Part 3 of my series on wine cask matured/finished whisky takes me to Campbeltown. Indeed, it’s rather ‘not done’ to be doing a series on...
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maltymission
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
Review #53: Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or (46% ABV, UCF, might be coloured, 2020 release)
Part II in the wine cask series and from last week’s party in the southern Highlands at Deanston we take it rather up north, to the...
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