An easy going blog for easy going malts
Ok so back to a review of some whisky I have bought after a few non review articles. The last article was on the disappointments so hopefully this will be more cheery. These late teen official bottles can be a mixed bag. Some like the Highland Park 18 are expensive and poor and others are […]
Talisker doesn’t get much airtime here and there is a simple reason for that. I am not drinking or buying much of the stuff so can’t write any material on it. Talisker is still for me one of those brands which others rave about but I simply can’t see what holds the interest of the […]
We are now on the third and last post of the Talisker bottle from October last year. To see the first post from opening the bottle you can go to Part 1: Talisker 2003 (Bottled 2014) Amoroso Finish Distillers Edition and then see how the flavours developed over the course of the first half of the contents […]
In this series we are looking to review the same bottle over the course of its life in the cupboard. In part 1 we tried the first measure from the bottle and wrote up some notes. To go back and read that first you can do it at Part 1: Talisker 2003 (Bottled 2014) Amoroso Finish […]
I have said more than once on this blog that I am sceptical about the quality of the casks used in the Provenance series. I always think that they are cheap for a reason and was bitten by a more than a little rough Auchentoshan. Perhaps things will be different this time with a very well […]
One of the previous articles on here looked at why wine can mature in the bottle but whisky does not. The article can be found at Why does wine mature in the bottle but whisky does not? and at the end, I mention that once a bottle of whisky is opened the flavours can change […]
After the lovely young islay peater yesterday we have a Skye peater called…skye. This is the one you will find heavily discounted to £25 in one supermarket in the UK somewhere. The Distillery The Diageo owned distillery on the Isle of Skye is much loved by whisky drinkers worldwide. The distillery has a lot of […]
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