For the next couple of weeks, I’ll be focusing on cask finishes to explore how different types of casks affect the flavour of whisky and how well (or not) these work. Today, I start with a review of whisky finished in Madeira casks, the Murray McDavid Inchgower, from the Cask Craft series.
Ask a group of self-declared whisky aficionados which distillery they want to see move into full integrity-presented core range. You can bet Benromach will be mentioned more than once. Luckily there is one core range bottling that elevates itself, the Benromach Cask Strength, the 2014 Batch 2 edition specifically I review today
Cask Strength whisky will be the focus for the first weeks of 2025. All those pesky new distilleries distracted me, but it’s time to get back on track in this “Don’t mess with my whisky” series. My first stop is today’s review of the Old Perth Cask Strength.
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.
After exploring some entry-level single malts hitting the classic flavour profiles, where to go next? I needed something different to avoid fatigue. So, I decided to go into the category captivating me the most right now, the so-called funky town starting revby reviewing the Benromach 10 year old.
This review of the Tamdhu 12 year old is part of the ongoing series on sherry cask entry-level single malts. Once an almost forgotten distillery, the current owners are investing to raise the profile of this brand. Aged exclusively in Sherry casks, I bought this 12-year-old expecting a Sherry-forward dram.
This review of the GlenAllachie 12 year old is the first of a series of five dedicated to entry-level original bottlings aged in ex-Sherry casks. It is also an opportunity to break a preconceived idea that all distilleries have a centenary tradition and an unbroken track in the whisky world.
This Altmore 12 year old review completes my exploration of entry-level single malts exclusively aged in ex-bourbon casks, but more importantly it made me discover how small the single malt market really is