Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 392: Springbank 23 Year Old 1996 Private Bottling

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an outstanding Springbank. He was fortunate to try this Private Bottling a few weeks ago in a fabulous tasting with Michiel Wigman and Jeroen Koetsier. So once it became available to the public, Mark hurried to secure a bottle. Brace yourself, for it’s a belter as the logo – reminiscent of the son of Krypton – suggests. ‘Nuff said.

https://youtu.be/cPwkTuop_eI

ralfy review 880 Extras – All about sherry casks in 2021 (whisky)

ralfy review 880 – Ben Nevis 10yo @ 62.4%vol: (Batch 1)

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the sample pack that was sent out recently for the Springbank Online Tasting Week.

https://youtu.be/8-0YT7FgwmI

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 391: Passionate about Pittyvaich

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, puts no less than 6 whisky’s head-to-head! He recently hosted a unique online masterclass in which all six of the official releases from this closed distillery were presented, from the 12 years old in the Fauna & Flora series to all five Diageo Special Releases: 20 years old, 25 years old, 28 years old, 29 years old and 30 years old. This 25 years old was definitely grand, bottled at cask strength. So sit back and relax and pour yourself something tasty. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/mYZSrv1vmjs

https://youtu.be/ajC79V1CGoM

A rather cool video this week, courtesy of friend of the show, Mark Littler!

He’s sent us this bottle of 1980’s Yamazaki 12 Pure Malt to examine, quite a contrast to the current bottle that’s on sale. Big on exotic fruits, this could honestly be one of my favourite noses ever on a whisky. But how does it taste? How has living in a bottle for nearly four decades impacted it?

Mark’s investment video – https://youtu.be/2wjr9fUlueA

Current Yamazaki 12 Review – https://youtu.be/8lKKglIPu4k

The Malt Cask’s Blog Post –

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 390: Caol Ila 3 Year Old 2018 ‘One Day Old’ The Whisky Jury

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a whisky that is one day old! The Whisky Jury – a Belgian independent bottler – has spoiled us in the past with lovely single casks. For the 14th release he selected a first fill quarter cask that was filled with Coal Ila spirit on the 9^th February 2018 and bottled on the 10^th February 2021. Hence the funny tagline ‘one day old’. Only 152 bottles were available at the very fair price of 49 EUR and hence they flew off the shelves. Mark feels lucky that he was able to get a bottle.

https://youtu.be/cs8t8M9GMh0

ralfy review 879 Extras – Comments on GlenScotia ‘Victoriana’ single malt.

ralfy review 879 – AnCnoc 18yo @ 46%vol: (2021)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 389: Glenrothes 24 Year Old 1996 The Barrel Barron

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, enjoys a stunning Glenrothes. The new Dutch independent bottler The Barrel Baron has just released his second bottling. ‘I’m proud to say that I was asked to taste it before the cask selection was made and like to think my appraisal had something to do with it’ Mark boasts. The label is also a nice sequel to the previous release’s, which I also enjoyed a lot. This was is equally good! It’s a single cask – a sherry butt – on which the spirit of Glenrothes has slept for just over a quarter century.

https://youtu.be/PNkfZRrykKQ