Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 425: IN2Spirit, a new Belgian bottler
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, discovers that a new Belgian bottler has risen: IN2Spirit. Behind the initiative are Steven Demarez & Tijs Denuwelare, two people from West Flanders. And it has to be said: it is daring to start a new company in these circumstances. And it can also be said: the packaging is spot on. Beautiful. And now let’s hope that the contents of the first two bottles are good as well. Mark is trying their Dalmunach 2015 on a PX Quarter cask and their Blair Athol 2009 on a refill hogshead.
Welcome to this weeks episode of the show, in which I’ll be taking a look at the Wolfburn range.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 424: Johnnie Walker Ghost & Rare Pittyvaich
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a special blend. He’s had to wait a long time for it, but he got the bottle as a gift from his wife for his birthday. Then patience is appropriate. This fourth Ghost & Rare edition (after the Brora, Port Ellen and Glenury Royal) has Pittyvaich as the fingerprint malt and that’s a good thing, because in 2021 there was no Pittyvaich in the Diageo Special Releases. Moreover, Mark was afraid that after the first three – which were followed by the Blue Label Legendary Eight (which is excellent) – no new Ghost & Rare would appear. So double relief. Anyway: this blend is composed with whisky from the following distilleries: Cragganmore, Royal Lochnagar, Strathmill, Mannochmore, Auchroisk, Carsebridge, Port Dundas and – of course – Pittyvaich. Like its predecessors, it is bottled at 43.8%.
Macallan. There you go, most of you may have already ignored this post.
Hopefully not though! As much as this whisky can annoy retailers and customers alike, it is a whisky with a flavour profile that matches the ‘new direction’ of Macallan. Years ago I fell in love with that chocolate orange depth charge that belonged to the old Macallan 10’s, 12’s, etc. But now we have this dark chocolate, milky coffee style of Macallan that I do enjoy…but comes with its heftier price tags.
The whisky itself is a collaborative between Jordi Roca and Polly Logan, teaming together a selection of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks, taking inspiration from Jordi’s expertise as a world renowned pastry chef and Polly’s professioanl whisky making approach. Utilising Macallan as the launch platform for another Roca Brother inspired release, a fair few have already seen the light of day, most notably, Macallan Edition 2 and Macallan Distil Your World: London Edition.
The box is made from recycled cacao husks which is a little different, always nice to see some greener elements filtering in to bigger releases. Anyway, check out the video and leave your own thoughts and feelings on this instant sell out bottle of Macallan.
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Welcome to another episode of the show. This is the first episode of the show entirely devoted to bottlings of Hazelburn, the triple distilled spirit produced by Springbank.
I’ve had my eye on this for ages and then Andy from Maltbox gave it a wonderful review so I bought it! It doesn’t disappoint when you see the stockpile of whiskies inside:
– Linkwood
– Benrinnes
– Clynelish
– Caol Ila
– CB’s own highland blend
– ”A distillery near Aberlour’
My only gripe with this product is the lack of big fruit on the finish. They are there, but after seeing that label and being wrapped around the sweet smells of spring and summer that this offers, I just wanted more of that on the end. However, it is still an excellent product.
Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the character of the spirit produced at Mortlach.
