Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 411: Wild Weasel 2014 White Port Cask Finish

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes Wild Weasel, a Belgian single malt and he tastes three single casks from 2014 in a row: Sherry Cask Finish, White Port Cask Finish and Red Port Cask Finish. In the glass is barrel 35 – white port – that yielded 590 bottles of 50cl.

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A complete one-off!

Originating from the SYN Syndicate in the south of England, this 23YO vintage is one of the finest and most wonderful examples of Springbank that I’ve ever had the privilege to taste. These bottles are now fully sold out…sorry. But, the story behind it, both the happy and the sad parts have meant it now gets its place in the fuller world of whisky history.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 410: Wild Weasel 2014 Sherry Cask Finish

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes Wild Weasel, a Belgian single malt and he tastes three single casks from 2014 in a row: Sherry Cask Finish, White Port Cask Finish and Red Port Cask Finish. Let’s start with barrel 32 – sherry – that yielded 705 bottles of 50cl.

https://youtu.be/Stuqsg_GxMg

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 409: Lambertus 5 Year Old Single Malt

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries another Belgian malt, albeit somewhat reluctantly: Lambertus… Mark is immediately wary. In 2011 and 2015 he tasted their single grain and then called it – somewhat irreverently, admittedly – Aqua Vitae Horribilis. But it was also really not drinkable in his opinion. When offered this bottle to taste, Mark was not immediately very enthusiastic.

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Welcome to another episode of the show dedicated to grain whisky. This week I’ll be taking a look at a selection of independent bottlings of Cambus.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 408: Gouden Carolus Sherry Oak

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a Belgian single malt. The Sherry Oak from distillery De Molenberg is a standard expression, which means always available. It concerns the Gouden Carolus single malt that – as always – is distilled from their Tripel, but after the regular maturation in bourbon barrels got a finish on oloroso sherry casks. It gives it a nice, warm glow.

https://youtu.be/Aj1EST-iSLY

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 407: Gouden Carolus Rabelo

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a Belgian single malt. Every year, an Anniversary Edition of the De Molenberg whisky is released. This is the one from 2020, called Rabelo after the boats that were used in the Douro Valley to transport port barrels. It literally means ‘little tail’, a reference to the small rudder on the boat. After 36 months of maturation on a classic bourbon cask, this malt was given a finish of 28 months on a barrel that – you guessed it – previously contained port. White port, mind you. And the whisky is therefore just over 5 years old.

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Well, I never thought I’d have the opportunity to try this holy whisky grail! Mark has been kind enough to send me a sample of this literal gem in the eyes of Macallan collectors, and I can’t thank him enough for it, truly.

Released in 1996 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Private Eye Magazine at a wonderful sum of £36 per bottle. Macallan Private Eye has become one of thee must have bottles for whisky collectors all across the planet. I, luckily, am one of the few folks that have been privileged to try it, let alone score it. So here we go. https://youtu.be/d0yELUkx0-0 

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A distillery that I’ve loved since the first sip. Not only do Ardnamurchan produce some of the freshest and newest whisky on the west coast of Scotland, but they also do it with a very unique flair. From the box to the bottle, the ABV to the mascot, there is something ever reaching and special about what is coming out of those stills and barrels.

This release has a wonderful lemony approach, surrounded by malty biscuits, dry, subtle smoke and a bitterness that is complex and very adult in how it tells its tale.

Another must have expression from the west coast new kids.

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show. This week I fancied doing some American stuff, so I grabbed 6 random samples and this is the end result!

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