Comment on Bottle-Share 3: Buffalo Trace Antique Collection – The Results! by...
[…] done a bottle-share with these bottles a couple of years ago, but since then the prices have gone up even more to about € 140 per bottle. That, times five, […]
View ArticleComment on Sazerac 18 2010 by Sazerac 18, 45%, 2013 edition | Malt Fascination
[…] everything about this whiskey is great, I can’t shake the feeling that I liked the previous bottle of this that I had better. The nose on this one is stunning as ever but I think the palate has...
View ArticleComment on Glenfarclas 43yo, 1966-2009, Speyside’s Finest for The Whisky...
[…] with some ginger, cinnamon and oak. The wood is present, but far from powerful. Very different to the other Glenfarclas 1966 I […]
View ArticleComment on Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014 by Gal Granov [whisky] (@galg)
a great book indeed. finding myself returning to it time after time, to look up stuff or just to enjoy. if you can only buy one whisky book per year, i think this is the one. G
View ArticleComment on Malt Whisky Yearbook 2014 by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
I’d say buy one every two years and spend the rest on other books. There’s so many great books currently (Kings County Guide to Urban Moonshining, 101 Whiskies…, The Science and Commerce of Whisky, The...
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Comment on Karuizawa 1964, 57.7% – Number One Drinks by Karuizawa Noh,...
[…] course, Karuizawa is closed with prices ramping up quickly. This, back in the day set me back about € 85 or so, and according to Whiskybase it is worth […]
View ArticleComment on Karuizawa Noh, 1995-2008, 63%, Japanese Wine Cask by Jeroen
Dag Sjoerd, Great review! Keep up the great work! Jeroen (Please check your fb, I have sent you a message)
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Comment on Kilchoman Inaugural Release, 2009, 3yo, 46% by Sally
This is now in very short supply so you are lucky to taste it.
View ArticleComment on The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining by Shai
I too loved this book. And though Georgia Moon’s white dog is indeed the worst of the commercially available ones, their apple pie is fabulous. Pick some up!
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View ArticleComment on Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition, 1991-2007, 43% by Lagavulin...
[…] I’ve bought a bottle some years ago and finished that. I tried one recently at Hielander Whisky Festival, and now this one. I think […]
View ArticleComment on Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey by Speyside 60 years old, 42.2% –...
[…] surprise: The finish has HUGE notes of weed. I haven’t encountered this in many whiskies (exactly one, but then I didn’t recognize it), but here it’s huge. Very strange, but not […]
View ArticleComment on Stratheden, 46% – Lost Distillery by Auchnagie, 46% – Lost...
[…] of the three that are available now. It’s also the second of the three reviews of them. The first one, the Stratheden, was very Arran like. I liked it quite a […]
View ArticleComment on Auchnagie, 46% – Lost Distillery by Tom K.
Is the yeast now seen as not very influential because it’s similar from distillery to distillery? Because the influence of yeast decreases as the whisky matures? Because all the other components make...
View ArticleComment on Auchnagie, 46% – Lost Distillery by Sjoerd de Haan-Kramer
The focus is very much on yield from the barley. For that purpose there are two m-strain yeasts, which are highly used now. All distilleries in Scotland use those, and the effect on flavour is...
View ArticleComment on Auchnagie, 46% – Lost Distillery by Tom K.
Thanks. Patrick van Zuidam’s observation is certainly consistent with what you see from Four Roses, whose five yeast strains produce noticeably different aged bourbons. Some other American distilleries...
View ArticleComment on Stratheden, 46% – Lost Distillery by Gerston, 46% – Lost...
[…] I considered the Stratheden to be Arran like, this one is more Springbank style, with that dirtiness going on. I enjoy this […]
View ArticleComment on Auchnagie, 46% – Lost Distillery by Gerston, 46% – Lost Distillery...
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View ArticleComment on Bourbon Whiskey, our native spirit – Bernie Lubbers by shai
As someone who’s been to Kentucky a number of times, I can tell you that I’m glad I first went there before I went to Scotland. While the bars are excellent (especially the holes in the wall full of...
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