An easy going blog for easy going malts
The last dram was a powerful and imposing one from the Isle of Mull. The peated spirit from the Tobermory distillery is known as Ledaig. The name Ledaig was the original name for the distillery which dates from 1798 until the name change in 1918 to Tobermory. The Distillery The distillery was built in 1798 […]
The Dumbarton 32 year old was the fourth whisky in the flight of five we tasted on the night. It was kind of weird to have it in the flight at all and certainly almost at the end after quite a few very strongly flavoured whiskies. In terms of the story though it works out […]
Bruichladdich is a welcome home and one distillery I know well over the first two drams in this flight. Wither its the unpeated Bruichladdich, the heavily peated Port Charlotte or the big brand premium brand Octomore I know them all well and have never been disappointed by a release yet. The Dram This is my […]
Some distilleries have quite a cult following and people buy up the releases without even thinking about it. If you don’t get the same experience from the whisky you are “meant” to get you can feel like quite the outsider. Springbank has always been that kind of distillery to me. In my only other Springbank […]
I was recently invited to sample five of the new whiskies which make up the winter 2018 outturn for Claxton’s independent bottlers in Yorkshire. I have had the pleasure of trying a number of their single casks over the years and have bought a spectrum of bottles in the past. The first sample in the […]
I have always really liked Bruichladdich which I know is one of those brands you either love or hate. I was brought into it by the trademark aqua coloured bottled although I must admit I was concerned I would pay a bottle which was fairly expensive and find out they were all marketing and no […]
Another sample I am very grateful to get from the Yorkshire based Claxton’s. I really like the Arran distillery and this is the oldest expression I have tried so I am hoping for something interesting. The Distillery The Arran distillery started production in 1995 as an independent business by Harold Currie who recently passed away. […]
I was very grateful to receive in the post two samples from the latest outturn from Claxton’s. I already have three single casks bottles from them which I bought last year so I am excited to see what they bottle in 2017. My last review from this bottler was an 8 year old Ardmore which […]
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