Newish Whiskies In Pairs

Ben Nevis 14 yo 1996 (46%, Dram Mor, refill sherry) – Ben Nevis 23 yo 1996/2019 (52.2%, Thompson Bros. for The Amber Light, Royal Mile Whiskies, refill sherry, 497 bottles) – Ardmore 19 yo 1999/2019 (55.8%, Archives ?The Fishes Of Samoa?, cask #801661,…

A wandering Benriach session

Benriach 19 yo 1999/2019 (55.1%, Whisky Erlebnis, sherry) – Benriach 16 yo 1999/2016 (59.3%, OB, for Sun Favourite, Taiwan, oloroso sherry butt, cask #2102, 610 bottles) – Benriach 2011/2019 (43%, Jean Boyer, Gifted Stills, hogshead, 453 bottles) – Ben…

An Ode to J.W. Dant Bottled-In-Bond

J.W. Dant is the large plastic bottle you’ve ignored for years. It sits on the bottom shelf of liquor stores across the country. At $29 for a 1.75L it has to be trash, right? This…

Longrow OB vs quasi-OB

Longrow 21 yo 1994/2016 (46%, OB, refill bourbon hogshead, 230 bottles) – Longrow 11 yo 2007/2019 (57.8%, Cadenhead, Port Cask, refill Port pipe, 708 bottles)

The Time Warp Sessions, today Balvenie

Burnside 28 yo 1991/2019 (48.4%, The Taste of Whisky, Whisky Elements, refill bourbon, cask #7364, 204 bottles) – Balvenie 15 yo 1998/2013 ?Single Barrel? (47.8%, OB, cask #01620) – Balvenie 1969 (58%, R. Watson Aberdeen, +/-1980)

Stuff from Scotchland, part four aye

Cask Islay (46%, A.D. Rattray, bourbon casks, +/-2018) – Finlaggan 2007/2016 (53.8%, Vintage Malt Whisky Company, for Taiwan, Hot Malt Co., hogshead, cask #101, 300 bottles) – Peat Reek 10 yo 2006/2017 (58.6%, Blackadder, Raw Cask, refill sherry, cask …

Five more rums on a Sunday

Latino 5 yo (40%, Compagnie des Indes, blend, +/-2018) – Havana Club ?Anejo Especial? (40%, OB, Cuba, +/-2005) – O Reizinho ?Gold? (57%, Latitudes, Madeira, agricole, +/-2019) – Jamaican 12 yo 2007/2019 (46%, Cadenhead, Green Label, barrel, 2019) – Sec…

Liquid Brexit

Calvados Daron 1968 / 2001 (40%, OB) – The English Patient (51.9%, The Regensburger Whisky Wine Club) – Flower Of Scotland (40%, blended malt bottled 1998 for the 125th anniversary of Kirkcaldy football club) – Springbank 12 yo (53.2%, OB, bottled 201…

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