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A review of the new-ish Springbank 17 Years Madeira wood. Plus, some comments on the peculiar cask make-up.
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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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It great to see that years after I last tasted this, the Old Pulteney 17yo holds up. I feel it is still one of the better distillery bottlings in its age/price bracket.
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This year's The Singleton entry in the Diageo Special Releases is The Singleton of Dufftown 17 Years.
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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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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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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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A closer look at some offerings from Glencadam, enjoyed during a Zoom-tasting with brand ambassador Claire Tesh.
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Sherried Macallan, from the 1980s, bottled by Cadenhead? That's a recipe that should work out really well.
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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 big chunk of Miltonduff's productions ends up in Ballantine's, but refill-bourbon cask #5012 was saved from oblivion, and has now been bottled as a single cask.
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Yes, it is called the Springbank 17yo Sherry Wood, but it is by no means a sherry bomb. Highly enjoyable!
