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Kilchoman 2010 Vintage

October 29, 2019 by Chris +

As mentioned last week when I reviewed Kilchoman’s 100% Islay 9th Edition, today sees me sample the other brand new release from this Islay-based farm distillery; the 2010 Vintage. These vintage releases do exactly what they [...]

Kilchoman 100% Islay 9th Edition

October 21, 2019 by Chris +

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This is the first of two new Kilchoman releases I’ll be featuring on the blog over the next week or so, the other being their brand new 2010 Vintage. Today we have the 9th Edition of their 100% Islay expression, a whisky [...]

It’s Octomore, Jim, but not as we know it

October 16, 2019 by Chris +

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I might just be getting old and becoming more sensitive to the cold, but the weather has taken a definite turn for the worse in Edinburgh. Early mornings now come with a dusting of light frost, my ‘big coat’ has been looked [...]

Ardbeg Traigh Bhan 19yo

September 3, 2019 by Chris +

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Some very exciting news came out of Ardbeg a couple of weeks ago when they announced that, for the first time in 20 years, a new age statement expression will be joining the distillery’s core range. Ardbeg Traigh Bhan [...]

Bruichladdich – Barley Exploration Series 2019

August 29, 2019 by Chris +

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It’s well documented that Bruichladdich have an obsession with, well, pretty much everything when it comes to whisky making; peating levels, terroir, transparency, additional cask evolution-ing (‘finishing’, to you and I), [...]