ralfy review 915 Extras – The Best malt Brands

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 431: Torabhaig Allt Gleann

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes a new release from Skye. After the successful launch of their Inaugural Release, the Torabhaig distillery founded on Skye in 2017 came up a few months ago with this second release in their so-called Legacy Series. The young malt, composed from around 300 bourbon barrels from 2017 and 2018, listens to the name Allt Gleann, which means as much as Old Valley. Like its predecessor, it is bottled at 46%.

https://youtu.be/2nukD6lHJcc

ralfy review 915 – Tomatin 13yo @46%vol (2006 fino sherry)

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I have absolutely no idea what I am tasting! What am I on about? You had better watch and find out. There are some Westland samples though!

https://youtu.be/5r-_FaCJvHA

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 430: Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old 2009 Klubb23 for Buds & Barrels

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an independently bottled Bunnahabhain. Mark says: ‘Bunna 2009 on sherry? I have good memories of that. There’s good reason for having bottled such a cask with Mark & Manny’s malts. But our friends from Klubb23 also could get their hands on such a cask and bottled it for the shop Buds & Barrels, run by our good friend Tom Haseldonckx.’ It’s the first of a series of four single casks in the series ‘L’Histoire  d’Alixe’, so we have something to look forward to. Nice label, by the way, by the hand of Annie Mation (see what she did there?).

https://youtu.be/Js5ENOJvO_8

Dingle Small Batch No.6, 46.5%

https://youtu.be/5U5YNRb5uDQ

Not really a man who enjoys port matured whiskies…there have been some big exceptions, but this is a little mind blowing!

Dingle have only been distilling since 2012, approaching that decade marker at some point this year. But after having released their first standard single malt in late 2021, this small batch release genuinely stopped me in my tracks after it smacked me in the face with beautifully contrasting bitter and sweet flavours.

I haven’t tried releases one through five, but if they’re anywhere near as good as this then we all need to sit up and pay attention to what’s going on in County Kerry.

ralfy review 914 Extras – When malt-marks become historic archive.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 429: AnCnoc 2005 Single Cask Exclusive for Premium Spirits

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a peaty AnCnoc. He changed jobs not so long ago. After more than 12 years as Teamleader at the ING Business Credit Center, it was time to broaden his horizons once again. He started working as a Customer Journey  Expert – what a great-but-utterly-unrevealing title, right? – and he’s really enjoying myself in that position. His BCC colleagues offered him this bottle as a parting gift. They know his love for whisky all too well, of course.

https://youtu.be/kr_Sygo0GkM

Welcome to the 10th Anniversary episode of the show. Today I’ll be going back to where it all began with peated and unpeated Bruichladdich. Many thanks for all your support over the years!

https://youtu.be/XJORBNoVGP0

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 428: Isle of Islay 10 Year Old 2007 Creative Whisky Company

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an incognito Lagavulin. The Creative Whisky Company was founded by David Stirk,  raised and then… Sold. Yes, that’s how it often goes. This is still a cask that Stirk bought, but at the time of bottling he was no longer the owner. This Isle of Islay is indeed Lagavulin – no secret is made of it  – and was bottled for the online shop The Whisky Barrel. The cask yielded 285 bottles at 100 Proof or 57.1% ABV. Nice and pale, which suggests that this is spirit-driven.

https://youtu.be/rJEgND2RwPo