Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 418: Auchentoshan 14 Year Old 2002 Provenance

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a teenage Toshan. Provenance is a series by Douglas Laing and I already tasted 3 Auchentoshan bottled under this label, an 11-year-old from 2000, a 12-year-old from 2001 and a 13-year-old from 2002. Douglas Laing released a 14-year-old in 2016 and that now sits in Mark’s glass.

https://youtu.be/v580KI-M64U

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 417: Auchentoshan 17 Year Old Bordeaux Wine Finish

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes an older release of Auchentoshan. A finish on wine casks is always a bit tricky, but Auchentoshan usually gets it right. And while Mark has tasted many of these, this 17 years old bottled in 2002 was one of the first that was finished on these Saint Julien Bordeaux wine casks and one he had not yet tried before!

https://youtu.be/pTBueX0lCyE

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 416: Auchentoshan 22 Year Old 1998 Klubb23

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes yet another Auchentoshan. His friends from Klubb23 got their hands on a cask of Auchentoshan, bottled especially for the Dram Brothers Whisky Society of Luxembourg. Mark had to hurry to get his hands on one as there are only 70 bottles available. It’s a belter!

https://youtu.be/k63KjJUJ1Bo

ralfy review 908 Extras – Wine with a ‘whisky cask’ finish

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 415: Linkwood 33 Year Old 1988 The Whisky Jury

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a very old Linkwood. ‘In remembrance of Mr Peter Cowell’ is written in small print on the label. The Scotsman Cowell recently died and had this cask of Linkwood in his possession. The children sold the cask and that’s how it ended up with Joeri from The Whisky Jury. They couldn’t have found of a better bottler, Mark thinks. Joeri even gave them a few bottles to pay tribute to their father. It is a refill hogshead that has been sleeping for no less than 33 years since March 1988. ‘I didn’t even have my driver’s license yet’, Mark quips. After just over three decades, the cask still yielded 176 bottles. You can find pictures of the actual barrel on the Facebook account of The Whisky Jury.

https://youtu.be/oiNBg9pCgXg

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 414: Crown 3 Year Old 2018 Belgian Single Grain Cask #136

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a new Belgian grain whisky. In September 2021 Mark was introduced to the Belgian bottler Crown Spirits from Bruges for the first time. He then tasted 4 of their previous releases and look: number 5 has just been launched. It is a Belgian single grain – distilled at Braeckman Distillers on 4 January 2018 – and matured on a first  fill oloroso hogshead. Bottled on 26 October 2021. ‘Aged  45  months’ is mentioned on the label, making it an almost-4-year old.

https://youtu.be/CDe-xprOTRo

https://youtu.be/NAXDteoxVOU

‘Tis the awards season for all of us YouTuber’s! But I wanna know what your favourite whisky of the year is. There have been some big releases towards the end of this year, as well as some decent surprises. Most importantly, what stood out for you! I’d also like to know what your biggest surprise of the year was, along with biggest disappointment. The latter seems harsh, but I think it’s important for recognition amongst the group.

Cheers!

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