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The second part of the Benromach tasting. This time with a twosome of great golden oldies.
9.3
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Diageo announced their Special Releases today, so I thought it time to review one from 2010: a great whisky from Brora.
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The Spirit of Freedom 30yo is a quality blend released to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn
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At the risk of sounding like Jim Murray: what's up with that damn sulphur?! Anyway, it doesn't ruin this Invergordon per se, but Ican't say I'm too fond of it either.
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This Glentauchers 1981 from Van Wees is an oldie alright, having matured for three decades in a wine treated butt. Want to know what that is?
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A flight of five incredible new expressions from Douglas Laing's XOP-range with an accumulative age of 176 years. Macallan, Littlemill, Laphroaig, Glen Garioch and North British.
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Last year North Star Spirits made a big splash when they gave us this extremely well-received Bunnahabhain.
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A few months ago, Gordon & MacPhail launched one of the more eye-popping Scapa whiskies in recent memory. At 30 years old, it has to be one of the oldest ever whisky's from this distillery.
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Much to my surprise, I just noticed this Highland Park has an average rating of over 92 points on Whiskybase, based on close to a hundred different ratings. That's insane!
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Wonderful complex and not entirely unlike that great Mortlach 1993 that Adelphi released a last year.
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The latest release in Bruichladdich's Rare Cask Series has matured in these so-called squat hogsheads (what?!), alongside regular re-fill hogsheads.
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Matured in a refill sherry butt for three decades, this Highland Park 1989 from Gordon & MacPhail promises to be a cracker.
