It’s pretty rare that I get to taste a whisky that’s older than me – a problem that, I suppose, only gets worse as I get older. Girvan is a large distillery largely dedicated to pumping out grain whisky destined for blends but, as is often the case, the occasional cask escapes and turns up… Read more »
The Cambus distillery closed down in 1993, which means that this 24 year old represents some of the last spirit made there. As is often the way with grain whisky, most of their production ended up in blends but a few independent bottlers still manage to find casks to bottle for us! Cambus 24 Year… Read more »
I’ve enjoyed a few whiskies from Aberlour in the past, including a Twitter Tasting back in 2013 (one of the most sociable ways to try new whiskies while sat at home!) I’m not sure I’ve tried quite such an old whisky from them though, so this should be interesting. Aberlour 23 Year Old Batch 4… Read more »
I have to be honest here; when I first saw the ‘Speyside’ label, I assumed that this was either a blend of Speyside whiskies, or perhaps a single malt bottling from an anonymous distillery that I’d have to try and deduce from clues on the label or the description. But no, it turns out that… Read more »
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