The Isle of Jura (both the island the distillery) has fascinated me for quite a while and with good reason. It is traditionally in the shadow of its far more celebrated brethren, Islay, but that is probably due to Islay having 8 (soon to be 9) distilleries and Jura only having the one. Now, I […]
Read more "Whisky Review #21: Isle of Jura 1993 Sherry ‘Ji’ Cask"In early August, I registered for The Macallan Rare Cask Experience in Singapore, which was an event hosted by Edrington in order to publicise their latest release, The Macallan Rare Cask. As places were limited, I knew that such an event would be rapidly filled up so I roped in one of my mates and […]
Read more "Whisky Review #20: The Macallan Rare Cask"When one thinks of Islay, the first two things that manifest in their mind would be WHISKY and PEAT. And if they were to delve deeper into the first aspect, the first two names on their mind would be Ardbeg and Laphroaig. Both these distilleries are world-renowned for their distinctive and characterful whiskies of both […]
Read more "Whisky Review #19: Battle of the Anniversary Malts – Ardbeg Perpetuum vs Laphroaig 15 Years Old 200th Anniversary Bottling"Caperdonich is one of those distilleries that I have heard of in passing when I was reading up on certain distilleries. I knew that it, along with the Imperial distillery, was once part of the Chivas Brothers (and by extension Pernod Ricard) stable of distilleries which produced whiskies for the various Chivas blends. As with […]
Read more "Whisky Review #18: Caperdonich 16 Years Old (Refill Sherry Cask, The Whisky Agency)"So.. I created a monster. Not a real monster of course, but a monster of a blended malt. And as with every creation, the first incarnation is somewhat rough around the edges, just as this experimental blended malt was. You must be wondering, why did I bother creating a blended malt in the first place? […]
Read more "Whisky Review #17: The Great Blended Malt Experiment"This review is a bit of a departure from the usual fare as instead of reviewing just one whisky, I will be reviewing THREE. The reason for this lies in the fact that I had the chance to sample all three at the same time during a tasting session at a bar. But first, a […]
Read more "Whisky Review #16: Triple Threat (Arran vs Bruichladdich vs Glenkinchie)"Glenfarclas is one of those distilleries that is consistent in terms of the whisky expressions that they offer. It is this consistency that plays a fundamental part in what makes them brilliant. As a family owned distillery in a business that is dominated by sometimes faceless spirits conglomerates, it is refreshing to see that some […]
Read more "Whisky Review #15: Glenfarclas 25 Years Old"I have to admit that even though I have spent a fair bit of the last decade in Melbourne, it was only recently that I began shifting my focus onto the whiskies that were being produced by various distilleries across the country (and in Tasmania in particular). I consider this to be one of my […]
Read more "Whisky Review #14: Bakery Hill Peated Malt"I have a soft spot for Ardbeg. It was one of the first single malt whiskies that I tried during my personal journey of discovery and while it was a world away from the Macallan, Highland Park, Glenlivet and Glenfiddich, I felt that I could relate to it on some level. It was also rather […]
Read more "Whisky Review #13: Ardbeg 10 Years Old (Current bottling vs Old Bottling)"Benrinnes is a distillery that doesn’t usually produce bottlings of its own, primarily due to it being part of the great Diageo stable of workhorse distilleries whose first priority would be to produce whiskies that go into the company’s vast blended whisky portfolio. The whisky has been a component of blends such as J&B, Crawford’s […]
Read more "Whisky Review #12: Benrinnes 21 Years (Diageo Special Releases 2014)"
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