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30 Nov: As you probably know, we can expect the results of this year’s Malt Maniacs Awards any moment now.
There are 7 gold, 64 silver and almost a hundred bronze medals. The gold medals are 3 Japanese whiskies (well well), 3 old Speysiders and one...
The second cask of Port Ellen 1982/2009 by Old Bothwell. It’s funny how Old Bothwell labels often say “cask type: oak”. What a surprise!
Port Ellen 26 yo 1982 (55,7%, Old Bothwell 2009, cask #2473)
Nose: a bit dirty I’m afraid. Maybe not...
Nowadays most of the Port Ellen releases are from 1978/1979 (e.g. official annual releases) or 1982/1983 (e.g. recent Signatory or Douglas Laing releases). Both periods share lots of common features but a few characteristic differences as well. Would...
Old Bothwell is a rather young company in Scotland specializing in personalised spirits gifts and exclusively labeled malt whisky. Not exactly a source for high quality whisky, I hear you say, but they’re very interesting because they own a very...
La Maison du Whisky selected this Strathisla cask in 2007. In fact, this 1967 vintage is still well available from a large range of bottlers.
Strathisla 40yo 1967
(50%, Gordon & MacPhail for La Maison du Whisky 2007, cask #6112, 400...
