LIVING THE DRAM
There’s a good handful of distilleries in Scotland that have made their name from good sherry cask stocks. Tamdhu is one such name. Launched back in 2015, the Batch Strength series looks to celebrate the Sherry only maturation of its malts, but delivered without an express age statement and a significant alcohol strength - not... Continue Reading →
The 1960s are often heralded as a turning point in modern popular culture with many exponents still standing the test of time, which can also be said of the whisky distilleries built around then. Whilst not exactly a boom period for whisky, there were 8 scotch whisky distilleries built in that decade of which 7... Continue Reading →
Gordon & MacPhail has revealed the fifth and final release in the Mr George Legacy Series – an ultra-rare 70-Year-Old whisky celebrating ‘The father of single malt Scotch whisky’, Mr George Urquhart, and his lifelong quest in pursuit of the perfect dram. Only 130 bottles available worldwide, Mr George Legacy Series 1954 from Glen Grant... Continue Reading →
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve revisited some bottles that have long sat on the WU shelves and yet have somehow never posted about them properly. Whilst there are multiple variants of The Balvenie, their core range consists of four cask finish releases with these two have remained the two consistent stalwarts at reasonable... Continue Reading →
The Balvenie distillery was built and started running its stills in 1893, on a site just up the hill from the Glenfiddich. Built as a sister project to the world leaders, the site had been producing malt for 100 years until they released a game changer: The Balvenie 12 DoubleWood. The team had been producing... Continue Reading →
Here we have one of the mainstays of The Balvenie’s single malt offerings: the 14 years old Caribbean Cask. “This single malt spent many years maturing in traditional whisky oak casks before being transferred to casks that had previously held Caribbean rum for a final period of maturation” The whisky has spent thr majority of... Continue Reading →
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