Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 353: Caol Ila 13 Year Old 2007 The Octave for Wine4You

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries another Ileach. An Octave is a smaller type of cask that enables the spirit to have more contact with the wood and hence mature a lot faster. This Caol Ila from 2007 had the pleasure of kissing wood from a sherry octave. It was bottled by Duncan Taylor in their famous The Octave series, exclusively for the Belgian shop Wine4You. And it’s a stunner!

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I DON’T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AIRPORT TO GET THIS ANYMORE!! THE JOY!

I’ve waited for a solid opportunity to talk about this whisky when it wasn’t disappearing onto planes, literally. Finally avaliable for purchase from all specialist retailers, Makers Mark Cask Strength is an abundance of brown sugar and tobacco. Providing all of the elegant Makers style with some Kentucky power, which is very welcome here in Manchester! Cheers!

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 352: Peat’s Beast 25 Year Old

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries an undisclosed Ileach. Peat’s Beast is not the most famous whisky around, yet worth seeking out. After all, it is an Islay single malt – albeit undisclosed. The Peat’s Beast 25 years old is a limited edition and if Mark were a betting man… he claims this might be a Bowmore. Don’t take his word for it, though.

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ralfy review 854 Extras – Discovering Irish Whiskey

ralfy review 854 – Yellow Spot Irish Whiskey @ 46%vol:

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I never thought I’d have the luck to try, let alone give samples of this stuff away, but here we are. Daftmill. This single cask exclusive for The W Club was gifted to me by the company I work for, quite the surprise in the post! A 2006 vintage, ex-Heaven Hill cask at cask strength! Thank you very much for that! Teeming with classic Lowland flavour but also pushing through with its unbridled power, this single cask is something quite special.

The Important Bit – We’ve also hit 8,000 subscribers as this video launches and it’s been a privilege to interact with you all and share views on these amazing liquids. To thank you, or at least some of you. I’m giving away the rest of this bottle in sample form. All you have to do is message me on Instagram (pdwyer92) or leave a YouTube comment about why you got into whisky and how you found the channel.

Shipping to the US and Canada is going to be very difficult, unfortunately this rules alot of my cross-Atlantic friends. Good luck with the giveaway and again, thanks to all of you! Cheers.

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be looking at a selection of new releases from the Independent bottler The Sipping Shed.

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An apology to malt-mates.

ralfy review 848 – Three great single malts for 2020

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You asked, we did. Glenallachie 15.

Festooned with Virgin Oak, Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez sherry, at 46%, natural colour and non-chill filtered. Well, what else do you say? Billy Walker. Speyside. Loads of sherry.

However, with the interplay between the three cask types, typical notes of ‘Christmas cake’ and ‘rasins’ are put to one side for thick butterscotch and toffee. Sweet tobacco and dark chocolate carrying a bitter and pleasant contrast to that lusciously indulgent nose. Wonderful!