Continuing my series on Blended Malts, today I look at another of Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts. It’s time to review the Scallywag 10-year-old. This Speyside blend, aged exclusively in Oloroso and PX Sherry casks, is inspired by the Laing family’s Fox Terriers, as the not-so-subtle hints on the label give away.
After a couple of whisky geek blended malts favourites, SRV5 and Orchard House, it’s time to continue exploring this category with a few reviews of one of the most ubiquitous brands in this space: Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Mark. Starting today with a review of the Timorous Beastie 10-year-old.
After the Thompson Bro.s SRV5, today I review another fruit-forward blended malt, Compass Box Orchard House. A whisky geek favourite, this Clyneliesh and Linkwood heavy blend won an OSWA in 2022. That bodes well for another great quality/price ratio.
Blended Malts are a minor category, but one where great value can be found. After a little blending experiment of my own, it is time to look at Blended Malt Scotch Whiskies. Starting with a review of the Thompson Bro.s SRV5.
I started writing this article a while back struggling to find the motivation to stick to my plan for this blog. I quickly realised fatigue can hit anyone. Sharing how I overcome fatigue is also an excuse to write about something I am enjoying a lot – home blending
If you have been following this series on funky whisky, you will not be surprised to see that the final chapter in the series is dedicated to the distillery at the top of most whisky lover’s list. Today is finally the time to review the Springbank 10 year old.
As I get closer to the end of this leg of the whisky journey focusing on funky malts, the hulking reputation of everything Campbeltown and Springbank-related looms large. Before getting to the obvious concluding highlight, today I review the Kilkerran 12, a whisky that has become one of my favourites.
After a couple of days break it’s time to dive back into funk. In my next three reviews, I will sample the entry-level original bottlings of Campbeltown’s famous distilleries. We start with today’s review of the Glen Scotia Double Cask.
Today marks a Road to Dram first. Not the blind tasting part. I have used blind tastings to close each section of my whisky journey a few times, the last… Read More »Peated blind & first pancakes: 8 entry-level whiskies compared
Ask the average whisky fan what flavour profile they associate with Speyside, and funk is very unlikely to make the list. And yet I am reviewing the Craigellachie 13, another funky Speysider. A popular malt with the OSWA’s voters, I might have found my Goldilocks daily sipper.