Laphroaig Four Oak is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a blend of whisky matured in four different types of cask: ex-bourbon barrels, small quarter casks, virgin American oak barrels and European oak hogsh...
Celebrating Islay and Feis Ile from Whisky Fun Towers, with carefully selected whiskies from most distilleries, while we're all dreaming of 2022... Yeah, hold on, I just realised that there was a last category that we hadn't tackled yet: the secret ones! They're usually Laphroaig, Ardbeg...
Littlemill 21 yo 1991/2013 (50%, Douglas Laing, Old Malt Cask, refill hogshead, 262 bottles)Colour: straw. Nose: we're much closer to the Whisky Spirit than to Coopers' 1985. This one's even a little porridgy and yoghurty in comparison. Some paraffin and 'artificial' vanilla too. Mo...
Tchuk tchuk, there comes the slowest whisky blogger in the West, tasting Springbank’s latest Local Barley after just everyone else. Plus a few others for due comparison. Game? Springbank 11 yo ‘Local Barley’ (53.1%, OB, 2017) Not sure it’s reasonable to kick this session off with...
Right, that's the only comparison I could come up with, but it works with James Bond too. Comments: simply another fantastic one. SGP:551 - 89 points. Good, there's another vintage that I always loved, that's 1983. Clynelish 16 yo 1983/2000 (57.1%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #...
Pairing whiskies from the same distilleries as we usually do can be a little boring (although I still think that only comparison is reason in whisky or wine), so let’s go for another, possibly funnier set-up in summer: comparing a few whiskies from the same vintage. ...
and now whisky. As always, the clever dealers know how to whip the cream. Fair game! But sadly, newborn collectors will rarely make any extra-buck out of their new collections, just because the ‘collectability value’ was already in the price in the first place. And because it was ...
Comments: granted, when a skilled distiller 'patches' some very old whisky using wine casks it's never a very good sign but in this case - and as the price remains relatively moderate I think (doesn’t it?) it was most probably worth the hassle. SGP:461 - 86 points. Check the ...
I must say I find it less kitsch - or bling - than other recent efforts by other whisky people who are currently trying to trade up. Colour: gold (much paler than the 1953). Nose: makes the 1953 winey in comparison, it’s interesting that G&M chose one that was rather subtle and ...