All of the Jolly Toper’s whisky tastings take place on Thursday nights from 7:30pm until approximately 10pm at the Tollbooth Tavern, 167 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh.  For more details on the tastings themselves, please click here.

December 3rd normal 6 dram tasting: SOLD OUT

Signatory Cambus single grain 27.7.9 – 10.9.9 18yo refill butt 664 bottles 51.9%- another rare grain.

Longrow 7yo 55.8% 1 1/2 years in Gaja Barolo Italian red wine cask- youth, wine and peat might sound a difficult combo but this is a best selling dram.

Cadenheads Highland Park 1992 – 06/09 17yo 64.0% butt 512 bottles- bit of a wildcard but I’ve faith some will go for it in a big way.

Highland Park 25yo 50.7%- a classy drop from a quarter century of maturation

Ballantines 17yo 43%- voted best blend by Jim Murray.

+ a mystery dram

December 10th £20/17

Cadenheads Royal Brackla 1976 – 11/06 30yo 53.6% Sherry hogshead 126 bottles

Springbank 06/97 – 01/09 11yo Madiera wood expression 55.1% 2090 bottles (Loch Fyne Whiskies’ whisky of the year)

Cadenheads Ardbeg 1994 – 06/09 15yo Bourbon hogshead 284 bottles 58.1%

Something unusual

Something rare

+ a mystery dram

December 17th: Blind tasting of 6 drams: SOLD OUT

January 7th: For Peat’s sake:

Ardbeg Supernova 58.9% 100+ ppm

Jura Prophecy

PC8 60.5%

Octomore 2 62.5% 5yo 140 ppm

Kilchoman

St. George Chapter 4 new make spirit 46%

January 21st: ‘usual suspects’: something old, rare, unusual, peaty and sherried £tbc:

50yo 1937 – 1987 speyside single malt

Dalmore 21yo 43%

Clynelish distiller’s edition seco 46%

Highland Park 21yo

Sheep Dip ‘Old Hebridean’ 19yo 40%

+ a mystery dram

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