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A peated BenRiach, finished in ex-port casks. And 17 years of age too! Still I'm not completely convinced by it.
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A totally gorgeous Longrow 2002 17 Years bottled for the Netherlands, but a frustrating day of the Blind Tasting Competition.
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What a difference a day makes. Yesterday I was still in the lead, now I'm 'only' fourth on the leaderboard of the Blind Tasting Competition.
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A 17yo Bowmore usually means good things if its and independent bottlings. It would be great if the distillery was able to capture some of that Bowmore magic in an official release.
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Serge Valentin, Ruben Luyten and Johan van Samang, three (former) whisky bloggers I immensely respect, all gave this Bowmore 1996 from The Whisky Agency high scores and even higher praise. I hope it can live up to that.
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Cragganmore has something unique to it. Part of it is the lightly peated malt they use, which combined with long fermentation times, oddly shaped stills, and worm tubs, makes for a whisky with its own DNA.
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As you don't often encounter a genever of such a respectable age, reviewing the new 17yo and 21yo from Filliers in one post is actually quite decadent.
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Unlike some blend fillers (because that is what Glenburgie is), this distillery actually does make characterful whisky, as is evident by the high quality of this Glenburgie 1998 17 Years Old from Single Malts of Scotland.
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A closer look at some offerings from Glencadam, enjoyed during a Zoom-tasting with brand ambassador Claire Tesh.
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The Highland Park Fire and the Highland Park Ice. Turns out I like them both! Yes, I was surprised too.
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This Longmorn 1996 17 Years Old bottled by Van Wees is somewhat of a legendary whisky among us people from The Netherlands.
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Sherried Macallan, from the 1980s, bottled by Cadenhead? That's a recipe that should work out really well.
