With 52,000 casks of whisky maturing in 29 different warehouses, Glenfarclas doesn’t have a shortage of older whiskies like many other distilleries I visited in Speyside whose whiskies have been largely allocated to go into blends. In fact, Glenfarclas decided to prove this point, loud and clear, by introducing “The Family Casks” this past September. […]
Until recently, Diageo was reluctant to release special whiskies during the Islay Whisky Festival, which occurs annually at the end of May. That has all changed.
This year, they will be releasing two single cask bottlings, including a rare 1981 vintage Port Ellen of which there will be only about 200 bottles. It is the first […]
I was just at the Macallan distillery a few years ago and toured the distillery at that time. So, when I showed up this time, I asked if there have been any changes to the distillery operations. They told me “no”, so I asked if I could just go to the blending lab and spend […]
I was priviledged to have Ronnie Cox, Director for The Glenrothes, show me around the distillery and taste me on some whiskies. Ronnie is a very engaging person, well traveled, and knows a thing or two about whisky too!
After an interesting tour of the distillery (details in the 4th Quarter 2008 issue of Malt Advocate), we worked […]
I have already posted tasting reports on three of my seven Speyside distillery visits two weeks ago. A few diversions have delayed my posting on the other four (namely my reviews of Highland Park 40, Bruichladdich PC6 and my posting of the new Forty Creek whisky).
But, no worries. I have already written about my tasting […]
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 […]
When Beam Global took over Teacher’s Blended Scotch in 2005, they also got the distillery whose single malt is the heart of Teacher’s: Ardmore.
Prior to Beam, Ardmore was produced primarily for blending. There were only two commercially available distillery bottlings, a 12 and 21 year old, both released in limited quantities for the distillery’s Centenary […]
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, […]
Good news. I was going to be out of the office the next few days and would not be able to blog about my trip. (I bought a boat. I was going to drive to the Jersey Shore today to the marina where the boat is and take the boat to the slip that I rented.) […]
I just returned back from a tour of seven Speyside distilleries. Over the next few weeks, I’ll provide a brief overview of some of the interesting whiskies I tasted, along with some general thoughts on each distillery. A feature on Speyside will appear in the 4th Quarter 2008 issue of Malt Advocate magazine. The first […]
