ralfy review 885 – Pike Creek 21yo @ 45%vol: (Speyside cask finish)

Singleton: what is one is actually three.

Welcome to a very expensive history lesson.

Dufftown, Dullan and Ord are three of the most important distilleries within the mammoth of Johnnie Walker. But, in their own rights, they have a huge amount of diversity within being ‘typical’ Speyside and Highland distilleries.

Cutting to the chase, we got to sample the most expensive and oldest single malt that Diageo have ever released, The Singleton 54YO.

The finale of The Paragon of Time series, the prior release being a 53YO, this is the most expensive whisky I’ve ever sampled…but is it worth the money? Not only is this an amazing opportunity for myself, but it’s also a history lesson in all sense. So do head to the video and have a listen!

Amongst this archaic sample of liquid history, there is also reviews of the 21YO, 25YO and a 38YO which is very, VERY different.

https://youtu.be/HvnCtmyjKy4

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 394: Eaglesburn 3 Year Old 2017 Double Wood

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, goes Dutch. Eaglesburn, the micro distillery run by the good natured Bart Joosten, has released a Double Wood. This whisky, distilled on 13th October 2017, matured on a ex-bourbon cask and was then finished in virgin oak. As Bart is wont to do, he bottled it at 47% in 20cl bottles – in this case on 27th April 2021.

https://youtu.be/Xt2JW0JFFpw

ralfy review 884 Extras – Two very different types of Indi-bottlings

ralfy review 884 – Mortlach 11yo @ 55.1% (Signatory Vintage)

I got to try a small sample of their Innaugral Release and was blown away by how good it was. As soon as I saw the first standard bottling available, click, bought, shipped, opened.

Utilising Bordeaux casks, Rye casks and Chinkapin Virgin Oak. Tbis first Raasay release is loaded with excitement from barrel influences and the fact it’s peated add even more depth to an already exciting new release.

Much like Ardnamurchan, this is a west coast, albeit, Island based distillery that we should all pay attention to. It reminds me of Ledaig…and that’s only a great thing. But it deserves to shine on its own merits, outside of comparison.

https://youtu.be/mhqSwo9ML9o

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be reviewing a selection of the latest releases in Hunter Laing’s Old Malt Cask range.

https://youtu.be/1irgvvN8fOE

ralfy review 883 Extras – Q. – How to smell and taste in detail ?

ralfy review 883 – Glenturret 8yo @47.5%vol: (Carn Mor)

https://youtu.be/YPefAN7h4H0

When something of this calibre is released, I like to try my hardest to get one. Second time was a charm with this one!

Cask strength Bowmore is a truly remarkable thing. Yeah, it’s just a liquid…I get that. But for whisky drinkers, admirers, just fans as a whole, cask strength Bowmore is the highest of the high. I’ve never been disappointed by any official or independent bottlings of the stuff.

Released for Feis Ile 2021, this 18YO is packed with chocolate orange, pine, soft smoke, a huge finish and many reminders of how remarkable Bowmore can be. It’s overshadowed by other Islay distilleries who may release bigger, more powerful versions of their whiskies on a regualr basis. But when Bowmore do it, they hit all of the right notes. Exceptional.