Reviews

A Quick Dram: Tamdhu 25yo

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February 1, 2010 by Chris +

Tamdhu 25 years old Speyside (sadly mothballing) 43% ABV £80.71 from here Colour: Orange Dawn Nose: Apple pie dusted with brown and white sugar. Dash of hot Ribena weirdly. Estery notes, bananas and pineapples. Palate: Quite [...]

A Quick Dram: Bowmore Tempest

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January 19, 2010 by Lucas +

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Bowmore Tempest 10 years old Islay 55.3%ABV £40.61 from here Nose: Menthol and bread with a touch of leather and sweet pipe smoke… smells like an old man but in a good way. With water presents some quality sweet [...]

A Quick Dram: Murray McDavid Mortlach 1993

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January 18, 2010 by Chris +

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A Christmas gift dram from Paula (Islay blog posts) Mortlach 1993 (11yo) Bottled by: Murray McDavid Speyside Bourbon cask, finished in Graham’s Port casks 1800 bottles, 46% abv Mortlach means ‘duck massacre’ [...]

Penderyn: Sherrywood or Peated?

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January 4, 2010 by Lucas +

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Just before I went away for Christmas two very cute Welsh-looking bottles landed on my desk. Unfortunately none of my usual co-tasters was available at the time and then I got into the mad spin of all those horribly ordinary [...]

A Quick Dram: Jura Prophecy

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December 1, 2009 by Lucas +

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A weird name, an eyebrow-raising logo, a fabulously untrue backstory. It has to be the new Jura! Jura Prophecy Isle of Jura heavily peated, un-chillfiltered 46% ABV £56 Nose: Burning leaves and tires, lavender, liquorice, [...]