Content with the tag: Islay
Malt Mission 2009 #360
Just back from a week of whisky peddling in Florida. Yes, whisky. In Florida. In August. Amazing.I have done this before (Malt Mission #62, Malt Mission #308, North American Adventure #5) and I am going to do it again. I am going to taste two drams in …
Bowmore 12 Years
This is a new packaging of the islay’s ‘medium-peated’ malt. It has a clear iodine character with lots of pepper and yet the malt is balanced and smooth as well as smoky.
Ardbeg 10 Years
Ardbeg Ten Years Old is a very special bottling for the Ardbeg distillery as it is the first non-chill filtered whisky in the Ardbeg range. Chill filtering isn‘t a bad thing, in fact it created real consistency of product when…
Laphroaig 40 YO, 1960
Produced using distilling methods first established in 1815, Laphroaig 40 Year Old was laid down by the only lady distillers and distillery owners, Bessie Williamson. Known and respected for her vision and love of Laphroaig, Bessie used European oak to…
Laphroaig 25 YO
Here’s the new large batch Laphroaig, unexpectedly bottled at 40%. A bit strange when you know the difference that just 3 more percents can make to the regular 10yo. This is a very mellow taste with pretty delicate peat, some…
Laphroaig 15 YO
The distillers describe this whisky as “Mildly smoky, with sweet, warm undertones — and just a hint of the sea.” Always bottled in limited quantities and replaced by the 18 year old in March 2009. Faintly salty. Laphroaig 15yo is…
Caol Ila 25 Years
If you love peaty whisky from Islay, this whisky is real blast of real quality bottled at premium strength. Te whisky has been laying on a mix of American and European Oak refill casks, with concentrated peat and the characteristic.…
Bunnahabhain 1986, 21YO, Islay Fest 2008
A briny, sweet tang about the nose, like a seawater fountain. Well balanced on the tongue, a good swallow with lingering salt. This is Bunnahabhain’s bottling for the 2008 Islay Festival is a vatting of two Spanish oak sherry hogsheads…
Clear Creek Distillery
Steve McCarthy started Clear Creek Distillery about twenty-four years ago because he wanted to find the best use for the fruit from the McCarthy family’s orchard. During his travels in Europe he became acquainted with a number of traditional European…
Lagavulin 16 Years
Lagavulin takes its water from the Solum Lochs, contributing some of the whisky’s peatiness. Malt peated with 35ppm of phenolic flavour compounds passes this flavour into the spirit. The malt is ground, washed several times with hot water which is…