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Wemyss Malts – sampling some single casks

January 30, 2012 by Chris +

“Who?!” I hear you cry. Just one of the hottest independent bottlers in town, that’s who. Wemyss Malts are so named after the Wemyss family whose historic residence is the imposing Wemyss Castle in Fife. The range of single [...]

Caol Ila and Lagavulin for Islay Festival 2010

May 17, 2010 by Lucas +

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Islay Festival 2010 is looming and it is now known what limited goodies two Diageo-owned Islay distilleries have in store for thirsty visitors. From Lagavulin there is a single European oak cask filled in August 1994, bottled [...]

BenRiach PX 1984: The best whisky I have tasted in the last 2 months!

November 17, 2009 by Chris +

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I have remained firmly out of recent discussions about Jim Murray and his Bible of Whisky. The main reason is I think Jim gets a fair few plaudits, so does not need my compliments and has pots of money/success so any [...]

GlenDronach Releases Single Cask Batch One

July 18, 2009 by Lucas +

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Press release from 17th July 2009: **** The new owners of GlenDronach Distillery have selected five vintages for their first series of single cask bottlings since taking over the distillery last year. In Batch One they have [...]