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Kilchoman Loch Gorm 2018 & Port Cask Matured

May 2, 2018 by Chris +

A new month, and some new whisky. Two new whiskies, actually. Kilchoman’s annual release of Loch Gorm is usually accompanied with a 100% Islay expression, but that has been shifted to an autumn launch and has made way for the [...]

Kilchoman 2009 Vintage & Red Wine Cask

November 23, 2017 by Chris +

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Kilchoman have released two new whiskies in the past couple of months, both peated to 50ppm; one is their oldest whisky to date, and one has spent its entire life in ex-red wine casks. A rather interesting duo, I’m sure [...]

Port Ellen 37yo – Diageo Special Releases 2017

October 20, 2017 by Chris +

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Well done. You’ve made it. Today marks the tenth, and final, review of this year’s Diageo Special Releases. We started last Monday with Lagavulin 12yo, and worked our way through Caol Ila 18yo, Collectivum XXVIII, Teaninich [...]

Caol Ila 18yo – Diageo Special Releases 2017

October 10, 2017 by Chris +

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Well, thanks very much Diageo. Trying to torpedo my nicely constructed fortnight of reviews of your 2017 Special Releases by announcing you’re going to reopen Brora and Port Ellen?! Jerks. In all seriousness, [...]

Port Ellen & Brora to be resurrected… and a Lagavulin 12yo review.

October 9, 2017 by Chris +

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So, this article was supposed to begin at the point below the dashes. And then I received the following press release at 9am this morning: “Port Ellen and Brora, two of the most revered ‘lost’ distilleries [...]