ralfy review 948 – Springbank 10yo @46%vol: (2019/2022)

Welcome to this week’s American episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at two new releases from Jack Daniels and some other assorted Bourbon’s.

https://youtu.be/eCAfgudA9YA

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 466: Trip to Scotland Part 4 of 4

In September Mark took Dearly Beloved and his good friend Manny on a trip across the Scottish Highlands. In this final part of a four part series they visit the cozy Balblair distillery before standing in awe in front of the huge Glen Ord Maltings. Next door is the renovated Singleton distillery with an amazing visitor center. Lastly they enjoy a wee dram on their final night at Fort George near Inverness. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/pVNEJGnXvNU

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 465: Trip to Scotland Part 3 of 4

In September Mark took Dearly Beloved and his good friend Manny on a trip across the Scottish Highlands. In this third part of a four part series they enjoy the beauty of Orkney, are hosted to a fantastic private tour of the Highland Park distillery, return to the mainland to visit Wolfburn in Thurso and then trek across the mighty Highlands. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/PC35jXPfARs

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 464: Trip to Scotland Part 2 of 4

In September Mark took Dearly Beloved and his good friend Manny on a trip across the Scottish Highlands. In this second part of a four part series they visit Clynelish and the recently re-opened Brora before driving all the way up to Wick for a quick stop at Old Pulteney. The next day they are happily surprised to find the brand new 8 Doors Distillery in John O’Groats before taking the ferry to Orkney to visit Scapa. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/IrxkPIGx4ks

https://youtu.be/H6NRn0rqrK0

Haven’t got my hands in an innaugral release for a while!

Lagg Distillery is part two in the realm of Arran. A distillery designed for heavily peated spirit, sourcing said peat from north eastern Scotland, it allows for a still very smoky but lighter, lemony, honey’d style of west coast peated whisky. Peated to 50PPM, 50% ABV, natural colour and non-chill filtered, this is an exemplary style of young Scottish whisky that Limited to 10,000 bottle in the first release, this has become much more difficult to get ahold of, but for those of you that have opened it, what a treat it is!

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 463: Trip to Scotland Part 1 of 4

In September Mark took Dearly Beloved and his good friend Manny on a trip across the Scottish Highlands. They visited no less than 14 distilleries and enjoyed some sightseeing as well. After all, Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world. In this first part of a four part series they visit Teaninich, Dalmore, Invergordon, Glenmorangie and Dornoch. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/3jFnN5DPIG0

ralfy review 947 Extras. – Online Scotch Whisky Awards 2022

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 462 : Balblair 16 Year Old 2006 Hand Bottled at the Distillery

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a distillery exclusive. His buddy Marcel from the Netherlands visited the Balblair distillery some time ago and asked Mark if he could do him a favor with an exclusive hand-bottled malt. Of course Mark immediately agreed and let him bring such a bottle. And then to think that in September 2022 Mark will visit Balblair himself… Perhaps by that time it will be a different cask and he can return the favor. The label does not mention a cask type, but judging by the color, this may have been a bourbon barrel.

https://youtu.be/F5NAk1uVaLw

ralfy review 947 – Edradour 12yo single cask 100 @57.4%vol: