Another blended malt with a Cognac-style (no) age designation from another German bottler. The last one I looked at from Whisky-Fässle was very good, and I have had good experience with Maltbarn so am hoping this is a good ‘un too. Maltbarn Clandestine “Very Old” Blended Malt, 45.8% Nose: Very reticent. Something musty, but quite
Another blended malt with a Cognac-style (no) age designation from another German bottler. The last one I looked at from Whisky-Fässle was very good, and I have had good experience with Maltbarn so am hoping this is a good ‘un too. Maltbarn Clandestine “Very Old” Blended Malt, 45.8% Nose: Very reticent. Something musty, but quite
I’m not exactly sure if this is a ten or eleven year old Springbank, but it’s a 1998 vintage released in 2009 for the Australian market and matured in a selection of small casks (sherry mainly I’d think) before presumably being dumped into cask 08/2631- the cask number detailed on the bottle. An experimental precursor then,
A whisky from Tasmanian independent bottler Heartwood who, in my somewhat limited experience, have a very good track record with their bottlings. I tried a wee sip of this amongst some other Heartwoods at a tasting the other day but, knowing that I had a sample waiting at home, I thought I’d wait until I
A blended malt (that’s vatted malt to those of you reading this ten years ago) from German bottler Whisky-Fässle. No details as to the distilleries involved, and the age information is limited to the label’s simple “very old”. I’m not particularly fazed by the lack of age statement on blends like this, although the move to
As an international man of leisure now that my family are on holiday back home in Cornwall (please come back soon!), I attended a “whisky event” here in Melbourne yesterday. I don’t normally go to these type of things, not only due to family commitments and priorities though. It’s also not really my thing, I
In a previous Glenmorangie review I noted my partiality to the house style, in particular to the reliable 10 year old throughout the heat of summer. While we’re still a couple of months away from summer here, somebody forgot to tell The Weather this little fact and we’re enjoying the hottest October on record (so far) in these
A Springbank from what must be the most active refill bourbon cask in the history of history. And casks. Springbank 2000, 13 Year Old, SMWS 27.106 “A boiler suit in ballet shoes”, 50% Nose: Quince jam, peat smoke and a touch of ash, too, perhaps. Hint of something herbal in the background. Palate: Luscious, thick and
Forgive me Communist heathen Pope, it’s been some time since my last entry. Springbank 17 Sherry Wood (2015) 52.3% Nose: Leather, ginger ale, mild and sweet heathery peat, and chocolate. After a while some fruit emerges – papaya mainly, with perhaps a hint of peach too. Palate: Chocolate, papaya, salt, along with the ol’ Springbank
You (and by that I suppose I mean I) don’t tend to see a lot of Glen Ord around (although I note that Signatory have just recently released another single cask), the bulk of the 162 independent bottlings listed on whiskybase coming from Signatory and SMWS, with Cadenhead a distant third. [This, incidentally, will be the