Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 435: Clonakilty 9 Year Old 2010 Single Grain Bordeaux Finish

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a new Irish whiskey. The whiskies of Clonakilty, founded in 2016, are still quietly maturing. But in order to be able to pay the bills in the meantime, they also bought some whiskey that they finish and market themselves. This is a good example. This Clonakilty is a single grain that they finished on Bordeaux wine barrels before being bottled at cask strength. Only 180 bottles of this whiskey have been filled.

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ralfy review 918 Extras – Consumers v customers (big difference)

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be re-visiting the Bimber distillery and taking a look at a selection of their bottlings along with their new new blended malt, Apogee XII.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 434: Teeling Brabazon 1 through 4 Head-to-Head

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries four Irish malts. The Brabazon series from Teeling consists of four interesting releases. The series is named after the 17^th Century politician that ruled the Liberties, the area where the distillery can be found. It also refers to the Brabazon House, the building behind the distillery in which Teeling now have their corporate offices. Let’s put these four whiskeys head-to-head.

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Talisker is a brand that I overlooked in the early steps of my whisky adventure; I don’t regret that. But it is a brand that has much more of my attention now, specifically the stalwart bottling of their 10YO.

The lack of indulgent sweetness in this is a huge allure to me. Comprising mostly of bourbon casks, I imagine, there is no caramel or toffee note, just a raw and driven coastal influence of salt and herbaceous tang. Delicious.

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ralfy review 918 – Bowmore 15yo @ 43%vol (2022)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 433: Nc’nean Quiet Rebels Annabel

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries another Nc’nean. I think you can safely say that Mark is a fan of Nc’nean. He’s tasted the first ten batches and it’s become a bit of a daily sipper for him. So accessible and pleasantly priced that he can drink it daily without any problems. But they recently launched the so-called Quiet Rebels series – an ode to the distillery’s employees, each time vatting something special – and start with the distillery’s leading lady: Annabel Thomas. In addition to the classic bourbon and STR casks, she now also chose  Tokaji and sherry casks. Tokaji is the oldest type of wine made in Hungary. Mark was very excited to try this.

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Welcome to this weeks episode of the show, in which I’ll be looking at a selection of bottlings sent by viewer Neil Wright.

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ralfy review 917 Extras – Whyte & Mackay Spirit Drink @ 21.5%vol:

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You know when you find out you’re wrong but it’s okay because the whisky is still great? Had that with Rittenhouse.

Been telling people for years that it’s 65%+ rye mashbill. Turns out it’s just 51%. More Kentucky than it’s Pennsylvania roots would assume. Anyway! At four years old, 50% ABV and £40 per bottle…seriously folks, if your whisky preferences lean stateside, all you really need is a bottle of this, Wild Turkey 101 and Makers 46. Bold statement but I’m sticking by it.

Rye is a devisive style, can be too dry for some, but this is full of quite exotic fruits and warm honey notes. So don’t be too put off by the word ‘rye’. Embrace it for it’s full flavoured style and rather affordable price point.

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