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In every new distillery’s history, there is a key moment: the Inaugural release. That first, often long-awaited moment when the public can finally sample the fruit of years of labour. And, more importantly, the moment when the distillery can start, hopefully, seeing some return from all those early years of…
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I needed a wee time to recover from the Glasgow Whisky Festival 2024. So, it is time to pick up where I left off and dive back into new Scottish distilleries. On today’s program, my review of the Torabhaig Cnoc Na Moine.
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After a row of lowland whiskies from Clydeside to Lagg, I needed to go to the complete opposite side of Scotland and what is currently the Northernmost distillery with whisky available for sale in the Scottish Mainland. Today I will review the Wolfburn Morven lightly peated single malt.
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While I continue my new distillery exploration, it’s time for a doubleheader with this review of the Lagg Kilmory and Corriecravie editions. We are still in the Lowlands technically, though many would argue that, at least geographically, this whisky is self-evidently an Island whisky.
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I continue my exploration of new distilleries with The Glasgow Distillery. I have three of their Glasgow 1770 Small Batch Series in review today: the 2024 Unepeated Tokaji finish, the 2023 “Unpeated” Manzanilla cask Finish and 2022’s Red Wine Peated and Ruby Port triple distilled vatting.
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All good things must come to an end, and so did my two whisky-laden weeks in Scotland. I couldn’t miss the chance to finish with a bang. My thinking is that good memories will foster future return trips to Islay. The final high point of the trip came with the Bruichladdich Experience.
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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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As I get close to the end of my look at Blended Malts, I am closing my mini-series on peated blended malts. After Douglas Laing’s Big Peat and Compass Box the Peat Moster, I review the Elements of Islay Cask Edit.
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Another Blended Malt review today, with one of the most famous peated options: Compass Box The Peat Monster. This blend has had a few iterations through that time. It’s one of the first Compass Box I tried about 15 years back. How much has it changed?
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With today’s review of the Big Peat, I am closing the mini-series of reviews dedicated to Douglas Laing’s Remarkable Regional Malts and starting one on Peated Blended Malts. The two previous reviews from the Remarkable Regional Malts, didn’t manage to represent the character of their respective regions. Will this be a lucky third time?
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