Author name: Whiskyfun

Once more unto the Highland Park

Highland Park 12 yo ‘Viking Honour’ (OB, 40%, -/+ 2023)Highland Park 18 yo 1987/2005 (40%, El Vino, sherry)An Orkney Distillery 9 yo 2012/2022 (57.1%, Watt Whisky, two hogsheads, 733 bottles)An Orkney Distillery 11 yo 2012/2023 ‘Reserve Casks’ (48%, El…

Sailing the seas again

Armorik 21 yo 2002/2023 (59.9%, OB, France, oloroso, cask #3268, vente solidaire, Whisky Live Paris 2023, 1 2-l demijohn)Mangkorn Thong (35%, OB, SangSom Co., Ltd., Thailand, blended spirit, +/-2005)Tovuz 13 yo ‘Caucasus Original Whisky’ (40%, OB, Azer…

A couple of indie Octomore

Octomore 12 yo 2010/2023 (55.6%, A Few Barrels Company, Uniqueness of The Cask collection, bourbon barrel, cask #4524, 229 bottles)Octomore 10 yo 2013/2024 (62.4%, Dramfool’s Jim McEwan Signature Collection 8.3, first fill bourbon barrel, cask #1871, 2…

Secret Smokes, Part Two

Islay Single Malt 2013/2022 (53,0%, Or Sileis, bourbon hogshead, cask #WG771, 200 bottles)Islay Trilogy III 21 yo 2001/2022 (49.7%, Murray McDavid, Mission Gold, blended malt, PX sherry hogshead finish, 170 bottles) Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire & S…

First class malt whiskies of the world

Scarlett 2019/2023 (51.9%, Version Francaise by LMDW, for Whisky Live Paris 2023, 249 bottles)Macardo ‘Chapter II’ (54%, OB, Switzerland, The Life Cycle of a Cask, finished in Port, 980 bottles, 2022)MaltAge 2019/2023 (51.5%, OB, Switzerland, vin jaune…

Only hi-flying French brandies

Prunier ‘VSOP’ (40%, OB, +/-2023)Domaine de Jouatmanou 34 yo 1989/2023 (41.5%, ROW Spirits, bas-armagnac, fut #43, 571 bottles)Vallein Tercinier 53 yo 1967/2021 (47%, Gourmet Pool, grande champagne, 235 bottles)Domaine Del Cassou 35 yo 1987/2022 (48.6%…

Three Glen Grant for Diego

Glen Grant 1965/2004 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail)Glen Grant 20 yo ‘Director’s Reserve’ (75 proof, OB, Giovinetti Import, 1970s)Glen Grant 67 yo 1955/2022 (49.8%, Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection for LMDW, Collection Antipodes, 1st fill sherry butt, cas…

The first new Port Ellen and the two Geminis

Port Ellen New Make first run (69.6%, OB, 2024)Ellen 44 yo 1978/2023 ‘Gemini Original Cask’ (OB, European oak butts, 274 bottles, 2024)Port Ellen 44 yo 1978/2023 ‘Gemini Remnant Cask’ (53.6%, OB, Remnant cask finish, 274 bottles, 2024)

A few more Secret Smokes

Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire 10 yo (40%, Master of Malt, Islay Single Malt, +/-2022)Peatside 6 yo 2015/2022 (50%, Murray McDavid, The Vatting, blended malt, Madeira + Ex Islay Cask finish, 1867 bottles)Kilnaughton ‘Secret Islay’ (48.5%, The Cooper’…

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