Glen Keith is one of those distilleries which is shrouded in obscurity, probably due to the fact that its primary function would be to supply Chivas Brothers (and by extension, Pernod Ricard) with bulk whisky for the company’s various blends. But Glen Keith’s obscurity is further underlined by the fact that it was actually mothballed […]
Read more "Whisky Review #62: Glen Keith 1970 40 Years Old (Silver Seal bottling)"It must be said that the Grants of Dufftown are a very impressive family. Over the last 130 years, they have built and operated no less than 1 grain (Girvan in 1963) and 5 malt (Glenfiddich in 1886, Balvenie in 1892, Ladyburn in 1966, Kininvie in 1990 and Ailsa Bay in 2007) distilleries with a […]
Read more "Whisky Review #61: Balvenie 15 Years Old Single Barrel Sherry Cask"Tomatin is a distillery which tends to go about its business in a quiet and unassuming way. It is a distillery which produces some rather exceptional whiskies and it definitely deserves far more credit and attention than it presently has. The distillery was founded in 1897 by a group of Inverness-based businessmen who owned the […]
Read more "Whisky Review #60: Tomatin 1966 45 Years Old (The Whisky Agency & The Nectar bottling)"This week’s review focuses on a distillery that would be rather well known by many people due to its expressions being readily available and widely enjoyed across a multitude of markets. It may also come as a surprise that this is the first time that I’ve actually reviewed a Glenmorangie since starting this blog, but […]
Read more "Whisky Review #59: Glenmorangie Signet"Balblair is one of those distilleries which tends to sit on the periphery of one’s sphere of knowledge in the sense that while you may have heard of the distillery, you would be hard pressed to describe the whiskies that it produced (unless you were a fan, of course). Having delved into some of the […]
Read more "Whisky Review #58: Balblair 2004 10 Years Old"This week’s review focuses on a whisky from a distillery that has been getting a fair bit of attention over the last few years. Glenrothes distillery may have been founded in 1878, but the whiskies which it has been producing has only been seen more frequently since the turn of the millennium. This should come […]
Read more "Whisky Review #57: Glenrothes Oldest Reserve"This week’s review focuses on Bowmore and an expression which encapsulates everything that is great about this particular distillery. Those who are familiar with the distillery would be aware that it is the 2nd oldest operating distillery in Scotland (after Glenturret) and that it is the oldest distillery on Islay, having been founded in 1779 […]
Read more "Whisky Review #56: Bowmore 15 Years Old Darkest"Glengoyne may not be a big distillery (their annual production capacity is approximately 1.1 million litres) and it may not be as well known as some of its peers, but what it lacks in terms of mainstream awareness it more than makes up in terms of the sheer quality of their product. The distillery was […]
Read more "Whisky Review #55: Glengoyne 25 Years Old"Auchroisk is one of those distilleries which people don’t talk about often, primarily because there isn’t much of it to go around by way of single malts. The distillery is designed to be a workhorse to provide whisky to be used in the various blends belonging to parent company Diageo and therefore there usually isn’t […]
Read more "Whisky Review #54: Auchroisk 1998 14 Years Old (Carn Mor “Strictly Limited” range)"In late April, I received a Facebook message from Mr Matt Bailey. At that time, I hadn’t previously interacted with him and so the message took me by surprise. Matt mentioned that he worked for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) of Australia and asked if I was keen to write an article regarding the […]
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