SMWS 125.26 – Liquid Desert – Glenmorangie
Distillery: Glenmorangie Cask: New toasted & seasoned (slow-grown, air-dried Oak, “Designer Cask”) Age: 16 years Strength: 57,2 % Abv APPEARANCE Golden, clear and relatively dark for a whisky...
View ArticleSMWS 125.29 – A garden breakfast dram
Distillery: Glenmorangie Cask: 2nd fill hogshead Age: 12 years Strength: 57,2 % Abv Bottle: 1 of 280 APPEARANCE The whisky is clear, yellow-golden with great reflexes. Small and fast tears with...
View ArticleSMWS 119.12 – Chewy and cheek sucking
Distillery: Yamazaki Cask: Japanese Oak Age: 16 years Strength: 54,0 % Abv APPEARANCE This dram is dark golden colored and very powerful in appearance. Oily and syrupy in the glass this dram looks like...
View ArticleSMWS 4.137 – Ooh! Ouch! Aaah!
Distillery: Highland Park Cask: refill butt Age: 12 years Strength: 55,6 % Abv APPEARANCE Golden amber colored and clear in appearance. NOSE Wow that’s a very intense and typical Highland Park. Sherry...
View ArticleSMWS 3.135 – Heaven and Hell
Distillery: Bowmore Cask: 1st fill Barrel Age: 7 years Strength: 58,0 % Abv APPEARANCE Very light and pale white wine color – clear NOSE First heavy peat smoke with an intense sweetness hits my nose....
View ArticleSMWS 25.52 – Fresh and juicy collides with spicy heat
Distillery: Rosebank Cask: refill barrel Age: 18 years Strength: 55,0 % Abv Bottles: 1 of 216 APPEARANCE The whisky appears clear, pale golden with green reflexes. Small and relatively fast legs...
View ArticleGlenmorangie – SMWS 125.45 “Complex and thought-provoking”
Distilery: Glenmorangie Whisky Region: Highland Age: 10 years Date Distilled: February 2000 Cask Type: Second-fill ex-bourbon hogshead Outturn: 312 bottles Abv.: 59.2% Colour: Pale Lothlorien gold...
View ArticleCompass Box – Great King Street
Type: Blend Abv.: 43% Colour:Pale gold Nose: My first impression reminds me of german apple cake with baked apple and cream. All this is supported by vanilla and brown sugar notes. After some time a...
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