It’s difficult to pin down precisely when whisky cask finishes started, but there is little doubt that since the early 2000s, this practice has become mre and more common as a way to impart different notes to whisky. No journey in modern whisky would be complete without a look at cask finishes.
Below, you will find the posts which make up this chapter.
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
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… Read More »Finishing School: Glenglassaugh Portsoy Review
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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… Read More »Finishing School: Craigellachie 13 year old Bas Armagnac Review
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… Read More »Finishing School: Ardnamurchan AD/ Sauternes Cask Release Review
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.… Read More »Finishing School: Arran Amarone Cask Finish Review
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.