Ardnahoe Cask Strength, 60.1%

THE VIDEO

Ardnahoe have hit the ground running in the best way possible for any new distillery. Massive respect for their liquids and their pricing structures, extremely well flavoured liquids with high strengths and no additional processes, multiple award wins, and now we have a public released cask strength release.

Matured exclusively on first fill ex-bourbon casks, this is a tropical, creamy, smoky, classic cask strength Islay that showcases so many amazing features of what making typical whisky on this island is about. No frills or extra fancy additions, just a classic, wonderful, well flavoured, balanced expression of peat infused, high strength single malt with no need to do anything else around it.

I look forward to seeing what Ardbeg do when they release their 10 Year Old Cask Strength at some point in the next year, because this Ardnahoe is now a bar to aim for with any young, potent, peated product.

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Welcome to the festive episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at some fabulous bottlings both old and new. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 616 – The Festive Episode of the Show..! Filmed in The Study Nottingham.

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The Heart Cut x Barley English Blended Malt Whisky 46% theheartcut.com

St Bridget’s Kirk Blended Scotch Whisky Batch #2 1988 (35 year old) 41%

St Bridget’s Kirk Blended Scotch Malt Whisky Solera Batch #4 48.5% www.ladyoftheglen.com

Lochlea Grenache Cask 46% www.lochleadistillery.com

West Midland Distillery Second Release – Rowielia 51.6% www.westmidlandsdistillery.co.uk

Torabhaig Sound of Sleat Batch Strength 60.2% torabhaig.com

THREE ‘banger’ value single malt scotch whiskies for 2026

THE BANGERS

Ardnamurchan Madeira Cask & Wolfburn 10 – The Unbottling

THE VIDEO

Adam and Hart give their initial impressions on the new Ardnamurchan Madeira Cask & the first ever release of Wolfburn’s 10 Year Old. Two very interesting Highland single malts from new – but not that new – Scotch distilleries. Both are available to sample for free throughout December at The Strath Liquor Merchants in Victoria BC.

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SMWS Canada December 2025 Outturn At The Strath

THE VIDEO

Join Adam as he once again introduces us to another epic set of SMWS releases at The Strath. Check out the SMWS page on The Strath’s webstore, where you can buy bottles and tickets to upcoming events – http://strathliquor.com/smws

Speyside (M) Signatory Vintage 2009 Small Batch Edition #19 – Whisky Folk Review (Macallan)

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THE VIDEO

SPEY 12YO Brume Doree/Golden Mist, 57.6%

Brume Doree or The Golden Mist to those of us who struggle outside of English, is a somewhat revolutionary style of cask toasting using 400 litre, custom made French oak barrels. By utilising a fine mist of water and controlled heart, it allows the wood to open up more, enhancing the liquids interaction with these custom oak barrels.

Taking the classic SPEY 12 Year Old and finishing the whisky in these casks, then bottling at cask strength gives you one of the most dessert orientated single malts that I’ve ever come across. This is waves of crème Brule, honey, melted chocolate, crisp biscuits and wafers, along with a gently spicy finish that doesn’t even appear to be cask strength, so quite easy drinking as well. With a 120 hour fermentation process, SPEY is one of the most incredible distilleries to go with this process, as it opens up the whisky to so many more interesting flavours, and offers drinkers a cask style that they may not have experienced before.

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