Yesterday I sat down and reviewed Bruichladdich’s peated whisky, PC6. I also compared it to last year’s expression, PC5. An interesting comparison of the two whiskies. You’ll find my tasting notes, and rating, below.
Bruichladdich, PC6, 61.6%, $150
This is six year old 40ppm phenol (very smoky) whisky distilled at Bruichladdich, bottled at cask strength and enhanced […]
I have a sample of the new Highland Park 40 year old. My review is below, which will appear in the upcoming issue of Malt Advocate magazine.
93 Highland Park, 40 year old, 48.3%, $1,900
Antique copper color, with some streaks of gold. A complex array of dried fruit on the nose, peppered with dried spice, orange marmalade, […]
This is the second of the two new limited release Tomintoul whiskies. I liked the Sherry Cask Finish 12 year old which I posted up here last Friday. This peaty one, however, tastes a little green. It is yet another example of younger whiskies lacking an age statement being released. Expect a lot more of this […]
Two new limited-edition Tomintoul whiskies are going into distribution in the U.S. I posted my review of one of them below. I’ll post the other one next Friday. The Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, reviewed below, really surprised me with how mature and richly flavored it was for being only 12 years old.
Tomintoul, Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish, 12 year old, […]
Yes, I know. March is over, and with it, “Friday’s Pans”. But I have one more pan before moving on to a happier review next Friday.
Duncan Taylor (distilled at Cameronbridge), Cask #3583, 28 year old, 54.4%, $125
Its best attributes are vanilla, toasted coconut, and tropical fruit. But the rest of this grain whisky is a […]
Signatory (distilled at Bunnahabhain), cask #5279, 1997 vintage, 9 year old, 59.9%, $45
The owners of Bunnahabhain are making a peated version of this normally unpeated Islay whisky to put in their peated blend, Black Bottle. But they have not yet put out, as a regular item, a peated expression of Bunnahabhain single malt for purchase. […]
Glenmorangie Lasanta, 46%, $65
Finished in sherry casks. The sherry adds a nutty toffee sweetness, bramble, and other assorted red fruit and raisin, with the tell-tale Glenmorangie complexity tucked underneath. A bit heavy on the sherry, too, for such a subtle spirit. This is the only whisky from the new like of Glenmorangie that I’m not very […]
Benromach Organic, 43%, $75
Huge oak impact for such a young whisky. Fresh oak shavings, dry vanilla, and subtle toasted coconut throughout. Some dried fruit, sultana and toffee too up front, but this is quickly consumed by the oak. Dry, hot, resinous finish. Not an old whisky, but already showing too much oak.
Advanced Malt Advocate magazine […]
Several of you have asked me about this whisky in the past week, so I thought I would post it up now given that it will not appear in Malt Advocate until the 3rd Quarter issue later this year.
Murray McDavid “Mission” (distilled at Glenglassaugh), 1986 vintage, 20 year old, 55.3%, $175
The ruby/antique amber color suggests […]
I got the samples on Friday, tasted them yesterday and wrote up the notes. My review of each is below.
I am seeing a pattern here with these younger vs. older whiskeys in Experimental Collection series. The younger expressions have generally been pretty good, while most of the older ones have been ages too long.
Buffalo Trace […]
