Flavour tag: Spices | Tasting Notes

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Lagavulin Distillery Exclusive Bottling 2017

The Lagavulin Distillery, easily recognized by It’s tall red smokestack is not a complete stranger to us. Our collection contains the 8yo 12yo CS, 16yo, the Distillers Edition and some indie bottlings which don’t bear their name, but obviously come from this distiller. So we thought Lagavulin couldn’t surprise...

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Ardbeg Kelpie

When you think Islay, you think Ardbeg. One of the most renowned distillers on the island. For some it’s too bold, for some it’s heaven.

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Kilchoman Madeira Cask Matured

A Kilchoman with a Madeira twist. A great cask experiment from Kilchoman, but how does it taste?

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Craigellachie 8yo by Douglas of Drumlanrig

An untamed bottle of Craigellachie finished on a red wine barrel!

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Bowmore Warehousemen’s Selection 2017 – Distillery Exclusive

We made love to Bowmore, we visited her distillery and the final result: tasting notes of the 17yo Distillery Exclusive from 2017.

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Laphroaig Cairdeas 15yo

About our first moments on Islay, visiting Laphroaig and the Cairdeas 15yo tasting notes.

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Tamdhu Batch Strength Batch 002

Tamdhu, often overlooked, even by us. But we heard some good stories about their Batch Strength Series, so why not try one?

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Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask #S100205011A

A few weeks ago, we bought two different bottles of Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask. At opening the first one, it was love at first sip.

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Glen Moray Elgin Classic Port Cask Finish

What a view, this Glen Moray Port Cask Finish. But is it also good on the inside?

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Laphroaig Triple Wood

Spotlights on, theatrical smoke filling the room, give a round of applause, here is Laphroaig Triple Wood!

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Slyrs 2011 (Virgin Oak)

Allow us to introduce this well-designed bottle from our friends and neighbors from the Slyrs Bavarian Malt distillery! It’s the Slyrs 2011 Virgin Oak (3yo).

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Caol Ila 12yo

An all-time favourite, this beautiful Caol Ila 12. This was one of our first discoveries from Islay, a long time ago, and we have never forgotten it.

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Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured

Let’s review another wine matured whisky. Most of you have seen this one passing by, it’s the limited edition Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured.

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Tomatin Single Cask 2002-2016 bottled for Bresser & Timmer

A beautiful 14yo cask strength single cask bottling, being matured on a re-charred American oak, ex-red wine hogshead.

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Laphroaig Quarter Cask

The Laphroaig Quarter Cask, a highly affordable dram from our friends of Laphroaig.

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Highland Park 12yo

Another well-known classic, the Highland Park 12yo.

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Deanston 10yo – Pedro Ximénez Finish

Deanston 10yo PX finish is one of our recent discoveries that made a huge impression.

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The Ileach Cask Strength

The Ileach Cask Strength scores well with the critics, Jim Murray awarded this single malt from an unnamed distillery a mindblowing 97 points.

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Gordon & Macphail Speymalt Macallan 2007-2016

Let’s have something that tastes like Easter Breakfast. This is a young Macallan from Gordon & Macphail’s Speymalt range.

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Redbreast 12yo Cask Strength

Easter Sunday, a perfect occasion for this Redbreast 12 year old Cask Strength

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Lagavulin 12yo Cask Strength 2012

If you have tried Lagavulin 16yo, 8yo and distillers edition already, this could be your next step.

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Glendronach 1990 25yo Single Cask 1375

The is a single cask (1375) from one of our favourite distilleries: GlenDronach. It was distilled 4 days after I was born and bottled in the same month that I went 25.

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GlenDronach 8yo “The Hielan”

The 2015 addition to GlenDronach’s core range: this 8 year old ‘The Hielan’, aged in Bourbon and Sherry casks.

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BenRiach 12yo Arumaticus Fumosus

Let’s stay in Caribbean vibes for International Whisky Day, here’s the Arumaticus Fumosus!

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Bunnahabhain 12yo

Sweet floral aromas and a touch by the almighty sea, here’s a classic: Bunnahabhain 12yo

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The Arran 11yo 2008-2017 Trebbiano Casks

We own mostly red wine maturations, but then we came across this beauty, I had to buy it. This is a special release from Arran, bottled for the Netherlands.

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Scapa 16yo

Ahoy lads and ladies! This is the 16 year old Scapa ‘The Orcadian’.

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Ardbeg Uigeadail

Ardbeg Uigeadail, do we need to say more? As far as the Ardbeg core range is concerned, this one became a staple in our collection, for a long time already.

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