An easy going blog for easy going malts
Following on from my last piece on buying whisky at auction I thought I would review one of the latest bottles I bought at auction. This Laphroaig PX Cask is exactly the kind of bottle I look for at auction. It is a product I was interested in buying because I enjoy the bottles which […]
Bruichladdich really push the concept of terroir. The term comes from french wine production and refers to the location of where the produce comes from and how vital that is to the success of the product. To prove their point they developed the Micro Provenience series of single cask bottlings. The concept was very much […]
With a traditional bitter west of Scotland January weather starting to set in I was time to finish off an Islay bargain. The Distillery Bowmore distillery is on the Isle of Islay at coast in the village of Bowmore. It was the first distillery on the island being founded in 1779. As with so many […]
A sample of whisky from my brother over Christmas means another sample based review before the end of the year. The Distillery Longrow is the heavily peated double distilled whisky produced at the Springbank distillery in Campbeltown. The address of the distillery is 85 Longrow (get it) Campbeltown. Two other types of whisky are produced […]
Another day and another Vintage Malt Company brand. Variety is the spice of life as they say, unless you have an advent calendar it would seem. The Brand The Ileach is another brand of independantly bottled single malt from the Vintage Malt Whisky Company. That must mean the source distillery is different to the Finlaggan […]
Back to the independent bottlers today with the Finlaggan series of Islay single malts. The Brand The Finlaggan brand is owned by the Vintage Malt Whisky Company of Milngarvie. The company has a number of different brands covering scotch whisky. The Finlaggan brand though is named after the historic ruined castle on Islay called Finlaggan […]
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