For the next stop in this little, completely casual, dip into world whisky, I am off to Japan. Today, I will review Nikka’s Miyagikyo Single Malt, the flagship non-age stated expression from the distillery. It also gives me a chance to reflect on why many whisky drinkers are avoiding Japan.
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If you have followed this blog for a while, you know I like to take a break from Scottish whisky, my main focus, from time to time. So, before moving on to the next chapter of my Scottish whisky exploration, I will take a very short break. Previously, I peeked…
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It’s review 100 for Road to Dram so t is time to celebrate this small but proud landmark with a look at WM Cadenhead’s February 2025 Releases. From fruit bomb to maritime peat gem, there is something for everyone.
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And finally, we come to the end of this series of reviews dedicated to cask finishes. I will review the Ledaig Sinclair series Rioja cask to close things off. And while I am at it, I am going to try it side by side with the Ledaig 10
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With this penultimate instalment of my look at cask finishes in whisky, I am about to review the Glenglassaugh Portsoy. Potentially, this could be an interesting look at a different take to finish. Rather than a single malt where cask finish is the main component of the whisky’s character, like…
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Writing a series of reviews on Cask finished whiskies in 2025, I cannot skip the one distillery that arguably gives us some of the most interesting uses of non-traditional casks. And does so at an incredible value point (at least in the UK). A distillery that just released its first…
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This next chapter on my cask finish series was supposed to go online a few days ago, but between Easter vacations and a rogue bout of flu, things got delayed somewhat. But here we are. Today’s review of the Craigellachie 13 Bas Armagnac is a bit of an outlier from…
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Another stop in this series about cask-finished whiskies and another wine, this time Sauternes. Sauternes cask finishes have been around since the early 2000s (at least as far as I can tell). But rather than pick one of the distilleries carrying this kind of finish as a lineup stable, I…
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Continuing my series on cask finishes, today I shift to red wine casks. For today’s review, I’ll taste the Arran Amarone Cask Finish, an annual special release from Lochranza Distillery. As with my previous Murray McDavid Inchgower Madeira cask finish review, I am also taking the opportunity to provide a…
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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.
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