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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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After a Blended Malt start to this series of Cask Strength reviews, today I am looking at one of the whiskies which often gets mentioned as an easy and affordable gateway to Cask Strength single malts. For this second episode of “ Don’t Water My Whisky”, I will review the Arran Quarter cask “The Bothy”.
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Being on Arran with a cope days on my hand it would have been criminal only to visit the Lagg distillery, missing Lochranza distillery home of Arran whisky. Instead of the tour, I opted for the select tasting offering samples of Arran’s limited editions.
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After Glasgow, and Clydeside Distillery, my next Scotland stop was the Isle of Arran. Often referred to as Scotland in Miniature, it is also a great whisky destination with two distilleries easily reachable from the main port of Brodick. Today am taking you on the Lagg Distillery tour.
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TL:DR: Integrity presentation delivers the goods. Like a punchy, intense pineapple & yellow fruit bowl, dressed with lime, dark sugar and spice. Vote*: 7, Very good indeed *Votes are based on the scoring scale used by Dramface, slightly modified to allow half-points For my second Bourbon cask-influenced dram, I am…
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