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Tasting Note
Nose: sweet mirin and chicken, green apples, coconut, orange oil, white pepper, apricots
Palate: Juicy texture, no astringency, pe...
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Said to be an Allt-á-Bhainne, this older Speyside was aged in a refill Oloroso sherry hogshead. It was bottled by the Japanese owner of the Hig...
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I have been trying to taste how the distillate of distilleries with crappy commercialised OBs would taste if treated with respect. Among these ...
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Craigellachie is a cult favourite and sleeper hit But rarely does it touch more esoteric casks, like rum. This was finished for 21 months in a...
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Tasting Notes
Nose: beeswax, vanilla, wool
Palate: candle wax, watermelon rind, green apple skin, red bean paste
Finish: candle wax, black pepper...
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Scotch Review #39: Glen Scotia 19yo 2000 Cadenhead's Warehouse Tasting
I won this at auction for a very affordable price as far as older sing...
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Scotch Review #38: Laphroaig 12yo 2006/2019 Hunter Laing Distiller's Art for HNWS (Taiwan)
A friend kindly invited me to take a couple of dram...
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Scotch Review #37: TWE Black Friday 2020 22yo (Ardmore)
An undisclosed 22yo understood to be Ardmore bottled by The Whisky Exchange for 2020...
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Scotch Review #36: Arran 1996 22yo TWA "Blackwater" bottled for Taiwan
I saw an unopened bottle of this at a local bar priced decently per po...
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Scotch Review #35: Glenallachie 25yo 1992 56.0% (Cadenhead Small Batch)
An ex-bourbon Glenallachie single cask laid down in the same year and...
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Scotch Review #34: Glenfarclas 15
After a long streak of single casks and fringe OBs reviewed by me, we finally get to a staple age-stated OB:...
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Scotch Review #33: Tamnavulin 2009 10yo Bottled for The Writing Club
This is my last review of a good flight I had of single casks at The Wri...
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