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Whisky Reviews
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Ben Nevis 10 Year Old, Japanese label, 43% abv
The original...sort of, or more like the modern original!Nose: a young whisky, good body, mostly light bubblegum, some apple, light strawberri... -
Ben Nevis 18 Year Old, 1996-2015, Blackadder, Hogshead no. 1597, 194/261, 56.1% abv.
Of all the IBs, Blackadder is the one I fear the most. I think I've said this a billion times.Nose: oil on heated metal, mineral-ly, soft suga... -
Kilbride (Laphroaig) 30 Year Old, 1989-2019, The Whisky Find, Chen Uen's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mizunara cask finish, 1410 bottles, 46.8% abv
This bottling was all the rage, albeit briefly, a few years ago when it came out.... Laphroaig and Mizunara! I seriously wonder how long the M... -
Ben Nevis 4 Year Old, 2015-2019, Big Baby, Morrison & MacKay, Sherry hogshead no. 17, 326 bottles, 61.1% abv.
Big foot. Not a clue on this product line from this IB.Nose: sherry but with wood polish, the dark red fruits, raisins, figs are there, but th... -
Ben Nevis 18 Year Old, 1998-2016, The Whisky Agency and Three Rivers Tokyo, 50.9% abv.
Another famous one? Sort of?Nose: a sort of wet paper, minerals and then out of now..blue ranch-spicey cheese doritos.Palate: light body, su... -
Ben Nevis 27 Year Old, b.1991, MacArthur's, 54% abv.
This is a single grain. Nevis is one of those that does it all, single malt, single grain, Scotch, Japanese, etc.Nose: more well defined vanil... -
Glen Garioch 12 Year Old, 2009-2021, Hand-filled, First fill Sherry butt no. 1408, Bottle no. 240, 58.3% abv.
Poured from a sample of a Glen Garioch tasting in 2022.Nose: medium sherry notes, not so dry red fruits, wow getting quite nice with red fruit... -
Glen Garioch 9 Year Old, 2012-2021, Hand-filled, Minnesota oak first fill barrel no. 1355, Bottle no. 156, 61.1% abv.
This is part of the American Trilogy collection, where Garioch distillate was aged in casks made from Kentucky, Missouri, and Minnesota oak. P... -
Glen Garioch 7 Year Old, 2012-2019, Hand-filled, Missouri oak first fill barrel no. 1363, Bottle no. 74, 61.6% abv.
This is part of the American Trilogy collection, where Garioch distillate was aged in casks made from Kentucky, Missouri, and Minnesota oak. P... -
Glen Garioch 7 Year Old, 2012-2019, Hand-filled, Kentucky oak first fill barrel no. 1359, Bottle no. 171, 61.8% abv.
This is part of the American Trilogy collection, where Garioch distillate was aged in casks made from Kentucky, Missouri, and Minnesota oak. P... -
Glen Garioch 41 Year Old, 1978-2021, Hand-filled, Refill bourbon barrel no. 11002, Bottle no. 98, 55.1% abv.
Wow, 1978! Hope it's a good one! Heard only good things about this old Garioch.Nose: complex, sweet and full of incense at the Buddhist temple... -
Glen Garioch 10 Year Old, 2010-2020, Provenance, Douglas Laing, Refill barrel no. DL13899, 283 bottles, 46% abv.
Nose: dusty grape juice, syrup, old wood, some old grape juice popsicle sticks, lemons, some weird cough syrup.Palate: medium body, initial ...
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