ABV: 43 %
Origin: Japan
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 5/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
The Yamazaki 12 YO was first released in 1984. It’s primarily aged in american ex-Bourbon barrels, but spanish ex-Oloroso sherry casks and Japanese Mizunara oak casks are also used.
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ABV: 43 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 5/5
Tasting notes
Nose: This is a big bowl of assorted fruits with a baseline of tobacco, leather and smoke from a hot, burning campfire. There’s tropical fruits, red berries and darker notes with ripe plums and raisins. The sweetness comes as white chocolate and vanilla surrounding the fruits. This is extremely pleasant and well balanced on the nose.
Mouth: Lemon sour approach with the leather and tobacco notes up front. It comes with some spicyness and a tiny amount of coffee bitterness. The ripe plums together with the tropical fruits are pushing forwards together with a speck of dust tagging along. It’s not as sweet as the nose would suggest. The oak can be noticed in the background. It’s not dry nor astringent, but brings the bitter tone to the mix. There’s also a salty caramel note laying as a thin layer on top of everything.
Finish: The darker sherry notes move forward together with the now refined tobacco notes. The tropical fruitiness comes as a wave rolling through together with some spicyness just before the oak finish takes over. The oak comes with espresso and the chocolate has now switched from white to dark. It’s a long finish which rewards the flavour seeker. All the fruitiness can be found over and over again all the way to the end.
Additional information
This Bowmore is matured for 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels and finished for 3 years in Oloroso sherry casks. It’s discontinued and has been replaced by a whisky only called ”Bowmore 15 YO” as part of the core range. It’s supposedly the same whisky.
ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highland
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
The 15 YO Distiller’s Gold was released as a travel retail exclusive in 2011. It’s aged in mostly ex-sherry casks but also in american ex-bourbon barrels. It has natural colour.
ABV: 46 %
Origin: Wales
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No taste notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
This is the Penderyn ”house style” expression. It’s aged in american ex-bourbon barrels and finished in ex-Madeira wine casks.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No taste notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
This independent bottling of Port Ellen was distilled in 1977 and bottled in 1992. The cask type isn’t disclosed. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
ABV: 50.2 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single grain
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: At first, there’s a whiff of nail polish remover which soon changes into a mix of tutti frutti and menthol. It’s creamy with honey and vanilla notes. Altogether it creates the image of a sponge cake. There’s also notes of breakfast cereals coming through.
Mouth: It’s very ”bitey” and there are hints of an entire breakfast with cereals with honey, and cream. The oak comes through and brings some coffee to the table. It’s very bitter. It matches the nose pretty well.
Finish: The finish is very oak forward and the age really comes through. There’s grey wooden planks and espresso. It comes with walnuts and hazelnuts and it’s quite bitter. The sweet grainy notes resides in the background, but the oak completely takes over.
Additional information
This grain whisky from the closed distillery Dumbarton is unchillfiltered and has natural colour. It’s from a single cask (HL 14327) filled in 1987 and there was with 135 bottles produced.
ABV: 47 %
Origin: Kentucky, USA
Type: Straight Bourbon
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
Even though Willet now produced its on bourbon this small batch release is sourced from other Kentucky distilleries. The mash bill consists of 72 % corn, 13 % rye and 15 % malted barley.
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ABV: 45 %
Origin: Sweden
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
No taste notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
Alioth is the fifth release in the ”Seven stars” series. 3167 bottles were released. It consists of 3 types of malt (chocolate, peated and lager malts) and was matured in combination of french quercus petraea (10.8 %), french quercus robur (25.6 %) and american Muehlenbergii 63,6 %). Finally it’s been married spanish ex-Oloroso sherry casks. The peat level is 34 PPM.
ABV: 46.1 %
Origin: Sweden
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 5/5
Tasting notes
No taste notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
Gruvguld is aged in a mine 50m below ground. Three different cask sizes are used, 30L, 100L and 128L. The cask types are ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks and a small part of the distillate used is peated. It contains whiskies aged 5-16 years.
ABV: 46.1 %
Origin: Sweden
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting. Only the impression of a quite nice whisky but not the best of Mackmyra’s seasonal releases.
Additional information
Skördetid was aged in a mine 50m below ground. First it was aged between 2008-2012 in ex-bourbon casks and then finished in ex-Masi Amarone red wine casks for another 6 months.
ABV: 40 %
Origin: Scotland unspecified
Type: Blended Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 2
Impression: 2/5
Tasting notes
Not a full review made. Here’s some pointer notes taken:
Nose: Feint fruitiness, hint of seaweed, oak, vanilla and a mild peat smoke.
Mouth: Mild with vanilla, peat smoke, oak, malt and honey.
Finish: Oak, Peat smoke, some honey sweetness and vanilla.
Additional information
The Anchor 10 YO is exclusively made for the swedish market by the Edrington Group. It’s aged in refill ex-sherry casks.
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ABV: 48 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
Nose: Vanilla, alcoholic notes, iodine, fresh fruits, sherry notes.
Mouth: Hot chilipepper, alcoholic note, fruits, citrus.
Finish: Soft oak taste, Citrus fruits, spices.
Additional information
This version of Longmorn 16 YO was launched in 2017. It’s aged in first fill american ex-bourbon barrels, ex-sherry casks and european oak casks. The new version has a higher proportion of the first-fill ex-bourbon aged component.
ABV: 43 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
The Glengoyne 12 YO is Matured in a combination of european ex-sherry casks and first fill american ex-bourbon casks. It has natural colour.
ABV: 40 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
The 10 YO is the entry level expression in the Glengoyne core range. It’a aged in a combination of european and american oak casks seasoned with sherry from Jerez in Spain. There are both first fill and refill casks used.
ABV: 40 %
Origin: Ireland
Type: Blended
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 1/5
Tasting notes
Nose: Mild, mint, bread, feint fruit, a metallic note.
Mouth: Mild, water, butter, oak, bread, spicy with a drop of water.
Finish: Spicy on the tip of the toungue, dust, tropical fruits, almonds, bitter oak.
Additional information
This is a blend between grain whiskey aged in american ex-bourbon oak barrels and triple distilled single malt aged in ex-Oloroso sherry casks.
ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 3/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting, so just the impression was noted as a 3 out of 5.
Additional information
This is a travel exclusive release from the Knockdhu distillery. It’s matured in a mix of new american oak barrels and american ex-bourbon barrels. It has natural colour.
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ABV: 40 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 1
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
Sample in queue. Tasting notes pending.
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Additional information
This expression is made with peated barley. The peat level is 55 ppm. It’s aged in american ex-bourbon barrels. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
ABV: 46 %
Origin: Highlands
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collect.: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No tasting notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
This is the first release of the 1997 vintage. It’s aged in first fill american ex-bourbon oak barrels for 10 years. It’s unchillfiltered and has natural colour.
ABV: 43 %
Origin: Islay
Type: Single malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 0
Impression: 4/5
Tasting notes
No taste notes were recorded during the tasting.
Additional information
All the expressions in Diageo’s ”The classic malts of Scotland” series have their own distiller’s edition. This is aged in american ex-bourbon barrels and then finished (with a double maturation) in european ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry casks.
ABV: 40 %
Origin: Scotland unspecified
Type: Blended Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 1/5
Tasting notes
Nose: Mild, hints of vanilla, sherry and licorice, chalk.
Mouth: Tasteless, tiny amount of bitter oak, some sweetness.
Finish: Long finish of bitter oak.
Additional information
Glen Orchy is a brand sold at Lidl and is supplied by Clydesdale, which is owned by Whyte & Mackay. The content isn’t disclosed.
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