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Today’s title about NAS whisky did not emerge by chance. It was actually something brought to mind by last week’s review of the Springbank 100 Proof. Proudly aged “only” 5 years. And yet, the very same distillery has another 100 Proof whisky, the Longrow, which does not have an age…
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It’s a few days after the Independent Spirits Festival. I am sitting in Cadenhead’s blending lab in Campbeltown, taking part in their eponymous workshop. In front of me, a syringe doubling as a pipette, a measuring cylinder, and 8 blind whisky samples in test tubes. I have just finished sampling…
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The beauty of Independently Bottled whisky often is that it is a fleeting experience. A single cask bottled: gone forever once sold out. Yet, from time to time, there are larger outputs made from larger batches of vatted casks, like the Signatory 100 series – check out my review of…
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In this part 3 (of 4, in case you were wondering) on alternatives to popular entry-level malts, I am turning to Sherry-cask influence. Rather than leaning gently into it, like I did last week with the Aberlour 12 alternatives, I am going full throttle. Specifically, I’ll be exploring five alternatives…
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For the next four weeks, I will take a break from whisky reviews and my personal exploration of whisky. Instead, I am casting my eyes back to the early days of this blog. There are a few reviews that keep receiving significant traffic month after month. Understandably so: they cover…
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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
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I started this series of reviews on Blended Whiskies by asking if they might be a better option to many popular entry-level Single Malts. In this post, I round up this brief exploration of Blends providing reasons for why the answer is a resounding yes. Why Blends The reason I…
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Today’s review is the Cutty Sark Prohibition, an affordable and popular blend owned by La Martiniquaise, France’s second-largest liquor brand and owners of Glen Moray. TL:DR: Not a dram I’d meditate over, but one I thoroughly enjoy. Vote*: 7 Very good stuff One of the advantages of writing these reviews…
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Today I continue my foray with something very different from anything I tried before. Forget categories and forget country of origin – if you want to try a whisky breaking away from conventions, look no further than the Woven Superblend I am reviewing today. TL:DR: Doesn’t get more “blended“ than…
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It would be pretty much impossible to talk and test the next generation of Scotch blends, without a review of Adelphi’s Maclean’s Nose. It is a blend which already has made waves in less than a year since its launch. In this short time-lapse it was a strong candidate for…
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