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Bowmore 12 Years

Jens Wedin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:27:05 +0000

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.

Rating: 7.0/10 (1 vote cast)

Laphroaig 25 YO, Cask Strength

Jens Wedin — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:29:58 +0000

This is a new cask-strength bottling of Laphroaig 25yo. The whisky is a very different beast to the old 25yo. It has a rich and smouldering taste, with a big coal hit and a lingering seaweed character. Lovely stuff

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Laphroaig 18 Year Old

Jens Wedin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:51:02 +0000

This 18 year old expression (which is replacing the much-loved 15yo) of Laphroaig is made in limited quantities each year and savoured by a fortunate few. A soft, sweet and spicy Islay peat smoke greets you when you first open the bottle. The immediate taste is an oak sweetness, from 18 years in the barrel. A faint hint of the sea can be detected, testimony to its time maturing on the remote island of Islay.

Bottled at 48% ABV and non-chill filtered for a depth of taste and texture.

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Royal Lochnagar 1996 Single Cask

Jens Wedin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:11:32 +0000

One of the least known distilleries in Scottland. The bottle have been laying on a dry “fino sherry” which is quite uncommon for single casks. The taste had a tight body. The aroma was lighter with lots of peat and sherry. The bottle was dated and numbered by hand. The bottle was signed by the legendary John McDougall.

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Glengoyne Distillery

Jens Wedin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:26:23 +0000

Glengoyne Distillery is situated at Dumgoyne, on the south-western edge of the Scottish Highlands, close to Loch Lomond, about three miles west of Strathblane and to the north of Glasgow. It is reputed to be the most beautiful distillery in Scotland. For over 150 years (1833) the distillery has produced Highland single malt whisky and the current distilling capacity is up to one million litres of alcohol per annum. The Glengoyne Visitor Centre attracts over 35,000 visitors per annum, as well as entertaining significant numbers of corporate parties.

The name Glengoyne comes from ‘Glenguin’ or ‘Glen of the Wild Geese’.

Unlike many other whiskies, the distillery does not use peat smoke. It is claimed that this produces a purer taste. The Glengoyne portfolio consists of the 10 year old, 12 year old Cask Strength, 17 year old, 21 year old and 28 year old, as well as limited special Vintage bottlings of Glengoyne.

The premium malt whisky market has shown substantial growth in recent years and is the strongest growing sector of the Scotch Whisky industry. The principal markets for the Glengoyne single malt are the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, France, Germany and the USA. Glengoyne 17 year old was voted World’s Best Single Highland Malt in the “Best of the Best” whisky tasting, organised by “Whisky Magazine”. 62 independent industry experts took part in this blind tasting.

In April 2003, Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd. acquired Glengoyne Distillery, and the Glengoyne Single Malt and Langs Blended Whisky brands. The acquisition of Glengoyne Distillery means Ian Macleod is now a fully integrated distiller, blender and bottler.

Ian Macleod is based in Broxburn, West Lothian and is an independent family-owned company with blending and bottling interests. The company was founded in 1939 by Leonard J Russell and the current Managing Director is his grandson Leonard Russell.

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Bowmore 17 Years

Jens Wedin — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:52:05 +0000

For many people, this is the best standard bottling Bowmore, with a well-rounded palate, great complexity, and citrus, chocolate and brine mingling with the peat.

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Clynelish 14 Years

Jens Wedin — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:52:05 +0000

A delightfully complex spicy and perfumed nose, with some floral and malty hints.

The palate is multi-layered too, with some slight citrus hints on a honey background with peat and delicious spices before a honey finish with a trace of brine.

The successor to the now-silent Brora, built opposite the original distillery and producing a top-quality rich, smoky dram. One of the best entry-level proprietary bottlings available from any distillery.

Rating: 7.0/10 (2 votes cast)

Caol Ila 18 Years

Jens Wedin — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:52:05 +0000

Extra ageing has calmed the impact of the phenols, with the peat arriving on the palate late, and tempered by smooth oak. A very mellow, mature Islay malt.

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Glenkinchie Distillery

Jens Wedin — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:22:33 +0000

Glenkinchie Distillery is located near Edinburgh. It is one of only three remaining Lowland malt whiskies in production.

History

Glenkinchie lies, as the name might suggest, in a glen of the Kinchie Burn near the village of Pencaitland, East Lothian. It is situated about 15 miles from Edinburgh. The distillery is set in farmland. The name ‘Kinchie’ is a corruption of ‘De Quincy’, the original owners of the land. Its origins date back to around 1825 when it was founded by brothers John and George Rate. The original name was Milton Distillery. The brothers probably renamed it in about 1837. In 1969 the distillery stopped malting its own grain and the malting floors were turned into a museum of malt whisky.

The Glenkinchie label was relatively little known until 1989, when United Distillers started marketing it under their Classic Malts brand.

The Whisky

The standard 10 year old Glenkinchie is a fairly typical lowland whisky in that it is fresh and light in character, with notes of lemon and cut grass. A sweet nose and a hint of peat make this a good introduction to the world of single malts.

The 14 year old Distiller’s Edition is double-matured in Amontillado sherry casks. The sherry flavour competes slightly with the freshness but does not overpower it.

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Lagavulin Distillery

Jens Wedin — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:53:31 +0000

Lagavulin Distillery is located on the island of Islay. It has a powerful, peat-smoke aroma. Described as being robustly full bodied, well-balanced and smooth with a slight sweetness on the palate.

The standard Lagavulin single malt is 16 years old (43%), though they regularly release a 12-year-old cask strength variety, Distiller’s edition, finished in Pedro Ximénez casks as well as 25 and 30 year-old varieties. A recent 21-year-old bottling, matured solely in first fill sherry casks has been extremely well received by enthusiasts.

Lagavulin is produced by White Horse Distillers which is owned by United Distillers & Vintners which in turn is owned by Diageo plc. It is marketed under their Classic Malts brand.

The name of Lagavulin is an anglicization of the Gaelic lag a’mhuilin, meaning “hollow by the mill”.

History

The distillery of Lagavulin officially dates from 1816, when John Jonston and Archibald Campbell constructed two distilleries on the site. One of them became Lagavulin, taking over the other — which one is not exactly known. Records show illicit distillation in a least ten illegal distilleries on the site as far back as 1742, however. In the 19th century several legal battles ensued with their neighbour Laphroaig, brought about after the distiller at Lagavulin, Sir Peter Mackie, leased the Laphroaig distillery. It is said that Mackie attempted to copy Laphroaig’s style. Since the water and peat at Lagavulin’s premises was different from that at Laphroaig’s, the result was different. The Lagavulin distillery is located in the town of the same name.

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