Do you like The Macallan “Fine Oak” bottlings?

A whisky enthusiast recently told me that the only people who like the Macallan Fine Oak bottlings are the whisky writers. Okay, I am a whisky writer, but like them. Particularly the 15 and 17 year old expressions, which I rated in the 90s. I have not tasted them since they first came out, so I can’t comment on recent releases. I assume (and hope) they are the same. What are your thoughts on the Fine Oak series? (For those of you who are unfamiliar with the history here, all Macallan bottlings were aged exclusively in sherry casks until a few years back when they came out with a new “Fine Oak” line which includes Macallan whisky aged in boubon casks. It produces a lighter whisky, with less sherry influence.) Check out the original article…

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Four recent Glenlivet

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A few 10/13yo Caol Ila

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WhiskyCast Episode 206: June 28, 2009

Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible named a hard-to-find rye whiskey as the Best Rye Whiskey in the World Under 10 Years Old. That whiskey is Templeton Rye, produced illegally for generations by farmers in Templeton, Iowa -- but now legally available in Iowa and Illino…

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Three young unusually peated malts

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WhiskyCast Episode 206: June 28, 2009

Jim Murray's 2009 Whisky Bible named a hard-to-find rye whiskey as the Best Rye Whiskey in the World Under 10 Years Old. That whiskey is Templeton Rye, produced illegally for generations by farmers in Templeton, Iowa -- but now legally available in Iowa and Illino…

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What was the last whisky that really wowed you?

When was the last time you had one of those whiskies where you thought to yourself, “This is amazing stuff!”? What was the whisky? And were you taken by surprise, or did you expect it to wow you? For me, I think it was the most recent release of Black Bowmor…

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Three new official Glenrothes

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Three Glen Scotia

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Don’t forget to go back

I’ve been blogging (and tweeting) quite a bit lately. This is partly because there’s been a lot to talk about. Some of the existing threads have continued to develop long after I posted up new topics. Don’t forget to go back and revisit them. Ch…

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