Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be looking at some of the latest releases in the new presentation of Hunter Laing Hepburn’s Choice range.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 340: Royal Brackla 12 Year Old 2006 for Taiwan
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries a Royal Brackla. Close to Cawdor Castle – famous from Shakespeare’s Macbeth – lies the Brackla distillery, founded by Captain William Fraser of Brackla in 1812. Since 1835 she calls herself Royal Brackla after receiving a royal warrant from King William IV. This single cask from 2006 was selected by Mark’s Taiwanese friend Joseph Wang and sports the very lovely WeiWei Fong on the label – if you do not know her, she is a Taiwanese top model and Instagram sensation. Not that this means anything for the quality of the liquid of course.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 339: Waterford Bannow Island Edition 1.1
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries the new releases from the Irish Waterford distillery. After Bruichladdich was sold Mark Reynier moved to Ireland and founded the new Waterford Distillery there. His search for terroir goes one. The first releases sold out immediately, but new bottlings are underway already. This Bannow Island was produced from barely from the eponymous farm and matured in a mix of casks: American oak, American virgin oak, French oak and French Vin Doux Naturel casks. It was cut to 50%.
With all of this talk of non-chill filtering and natural colour going around, I’d like to talk about Dalmore 12. Which despite being chill filtered and coloured is still a great whisky. Aged in ex-American Oak for nine years and finished in Matusalem Oloroso Sherry for the last three. Dalmore 12YO is a consistent best seller around the world and has, from experience, one of the best runs of consistency in the sherries single malt world.
Just because something is NCF and natural colour, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll like it? Does it?
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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 338: Waterford Ballykilcavan Edition 1.1
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries the new releases from the Irish Waterford distillery. Waterford is the new Irish distillery from Mark Reynier, which we all remember from his years at Bruichladdich. His search for terroir – or Tèireoir as he very cleverly put on the label – continues undiminished for his new bottlings, of which the very first releases sold out in a flash. This Ballykicavan matured on a combination of American oak, French oak and French Vin Doux Natural casks. The barley, as the name suggests, comes from one single farm: Ballykilcavan. Hence the moniker Single Farm Origin.
Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the lakes distillery One blend, Steel Bonnets Blended Malt and the newly released Whisky Maker’s Edition.
