Corryvreckan may very well be what opened up Islay for me. I now regret not reviewing (this) whiskey(s) earlier. @Fiberfar commented: Thank you so much for your kind comment, @Robert99! I just read your review of the Corryvreckan, it is very well written. Glad I could inspire you...
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A Brown-Forman brand that's exported as 'bourbon', but sold as 'Kentucky whisky' in the US. Yes, not whiskey with an 'e'. Love this line on the label, 'a taste worth the wait'. Let's not wait any further... Colour: gold. Nose: more happening than in the Seagram’s, with m...
I find the 2022 a tad fruitier and slightly less mentholated, yet they’re as similar as the Kessler sisters (nothing to do with the American whiskey brand, I would suppose). Mouth: same whisky, to be honest. A little sawdust, green tea, banana skin, apple peel, grapefruit, chalk ...
Now trying Irish whiskey while typing on a Macintosh, then publishing these notes using some Adobe software, and then counting on Google and Facebook in some sort of way makes me feel a bit like I’m supporting quite a bunch of tax evaders today… OK, tax optimisers. Roe & Co (45%,...
Dunville's 'VR' (46%, OB, Echlinville Distillery, malt whiskey, PX cask, +/-2015) Pretty much like what’s happening in the US with sourced whiskies launched as pseudo-own distillates under ‘legendary old brands’, this is sourced Irish whiskey, most probably finished in PX. Now that...
(neat): very different, there’s perhaps a little too much spicy oak for me in the arrival. A little too much caraway, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves for Ardbeg, at times it feels like some two-year-old American craft whiskey, really. Not that it’s bad, quite the opposite, it’s ...
(although its no phenolic whiskey of course) and more waxy/paraffiny. So more complexity and ‘fullness’ and rather less, well, cough, cough, sexiness. Fresh walnuts, apple peelings… Mouth: oily, with a feeling of fullness, its certainly more polished and rounder than Yellow Spot on the...
I've found this series rather underwhelming but it's always pleasing to be able to taste near-newmake. Colour: almost white. Nose: apples, pears, porridge, beer and a little sunflower oil plus touches of barley water. It's not unpleasant, I have to say. After ten minutes, some ...
Other than that, I’ve found a nice new restaurant near Strasbourg, it’s called the… You say you don’t care? I understand… Finish: do you think Obama will win again? Comments: so there’s this chef who always cooks with whisky, and sometimes even adds it to the food… Oh no...