Our friends at the Premium Bottlers have two new products; an 18yo Braeval bottled at 57.6% from Cask # 1022 with a total out turn of 229 bottles.
The second bottling is a 16yo Littlemill bottled at 57.3% from Cask # 1021 with a total outturn of 280 bottles.
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May 1-10: Spirit of Speyside Festival, Dufftown, Scotland
May 1: “New Spirit to Glenfarclas 105”, Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
May 1-2: Whisky Live, Taipei, Taiwan
May 2: Glenfarclas Tasting with George Grant, The Mash Tun, Aberlour, Scotland
May 3: Glenfarclas Dinner, Craggan Mill Restaurant, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
May 4: Glenfarclas Lottery Tour and Tasting, Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
May 5 & 7 Glenfarclas Tour & Tasting, Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
May 7: SMWS US Single Malt & Scotch Extravaganza, New York City
May 8: Glenfarclas “Walk to the Water Source”, Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
May 8: Glenfarclas Charity Race Night with The Whisky Shop, Dufftown, Scotland
May 8: Spirit of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 9: Newcastle Whisky Festival, Newcastle, England
May 8-9: Whisky Live, Shanghai, China
May 9-10: Kieler Whiskymesse, Kiel, Germany
May 13: The Whisky Guild Whisky Dinner Cruise, Boston, Massachusetts
May 15: “Influence of Wood Finishes on Balvenie” with Sam Simmons, Astor Center, New York
May 15-17: Glenlivet Whisky School, Glenlivet Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
May 16-17: Spirit of the West, Inveraray Castle, Argyllshire, Scotland
May 21: Whisky Live, Madrid, Spain
May 21: Glengyle Distillery Open House, Campbelltown, Scotland
May 23: Whisky an’ A’ That VI, Ayr, Scotland
May 23-31: Islay Festival of Malt and Music, Islay, Scotland
June 6: Whisky Live, Sydney, Australia
June 6-7: Wild West Whisky Fest, Kortrijk, Belgium
June 6-7: Whisky Live at the Texas Highland Games & Scottish Festival, Arlington, Texas
June 13: Kentucky Bourbon Festival Sampler, Frankfort, Kentucky
June 20: Woodford Reserve Bourbon Academy, Versailles, Kentucky
June 24: The Whisky Guild Whisky Dinner Cruise, Washington, DC
July 11-25: Classic Malts Cruise, Scotland
August 3-5: Glenlivet Whisky School, Glenlivet Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
September 4-6: Maltstock, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
September 6-7: Whisky Live at the San Francisco Highland Games, Pleasanton, CA
September 10: The Whisky Guild Whisky Dinner Cruise, New York City
September 12: Whisky Live, Glasgow, Scotland (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
September 15-20: Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Bardstown, Kentucky
September 17: Whisky Live on the Docks, Newport, Rhode Island
September 17-19: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
September 18-20: Whisky Galore Festival, Isle of Barra, Scotland
September 24-28: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
September 25-29: Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival, Dufftown, Scotland
September 26-28: Whisky Live, Paris, France
October 5-7: Glenlivet Whisky School, Glenlivet Distillery, Ballindalloch, Scotland
October 15: Whisky Live on the Docks, Annapolis, Maryland
October 16: Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest, San Francisco
October 20: Whisky Live, Los Angeles, California
October 23: Whisky Live, Toronto, Ontario
October 28: Whisky Live, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
November 7: Whiskies of the World Expo, Washington, DC
November 10: Malt Advocate’s WhiskyFest, New York City
November 12-14: Whisky Live, Cape Town, South Africa (Tentative)
November 13-15: International Whisky Festival/Whisky Live, Leiden, The Netherlands
January 22-24, 2010: Victoria Whisky Festival, Victoria, British Columbia
(Official Bottling)
A new bottling from Deanston and I suspect it will be replacing the older version of the 12yo which was bottled at a lower ABV of 40% and sported a cream card board tube with green banding etcetera. A good nose with some spirit and sweetness, very delicate fruit and floral back ground notes. Additionally some spice, something bark like; cinnamon? Actually quite pleasant but simple. Not a bad thing however. On the taste we have some complexity with a very pleasant start that quickly reveals some varnish and tobacco with great warmth in the month; this actually tastes quite strong however it is not over whelming. Later moments of cereal. The finish starts off quite strong and then fades with some grace with the sweetness once again. Butter notes?
All in all a very pleasant single malt that is a significant improvement over the older version of the 12yo 40%. Extremely well priced at £27.50
Score: 76 Points
