Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be reviewing a selection of Lidl own brand bottlings. Are they good value for money?
I haven’t been able to try this whisky for a long time, thankfully it’s now available and I can lay my bearded hands on it! Matured in bourbon and sherry casks for most of its life and then finished in the finest of port casks, Bushmilld 16YO has this wonderfully coca-cola, syrupy, cherry notes strewn throughout. A truly delightful whisky to drink. Cheers!
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 299: Clynelish 10 Year Old 2009 Highland Whisky Festival 2019
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes another celebratory Clynelish. For the very first time in history you could score a hand-filled bottle at Clynelish during the Highland Whisky Festival 2019. That had everything to do with the fact that the distillery celebrates its 200th Anniversary. The original Clynelish was founded in 1819. Hence it sold out pretty quickly too, but a friend of Mark’s was there and thus able to get him a bottle. ‘Hurray! I love this whisky community’, says Mark.
This weeks episode of the show features some new-ish releases from the St Georges distillery.
A walk through and brief history of two of the more obscure distilleries in Japan. Kirin/Fuji-Gotemba, opening in 1972 and still producing today – their offering is a 50% blended whisky made from stock all of their own. Mars Shinshu on the other hand, this is a 52%, peated Japanese whisky with a troublesome history. Based on the flavours though, the future is bright. The future is Mars…but it’ll cost you.
ralfy.com has a squeeky cork !
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 298: Clynelish 20 Year Old 1996 200th Anniversary Release
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes a celebratory Clynelish! In honor of the 200th Anniversary of the distillery, Clynelish released this exclusive bottling, composed with a very small amount of sherry casks that were especially put aside for the occasion in 1996. We don’t need to tell you these sold like sweets – even though it was only available at the distillery and despite the hefty price tag of 350 pounds. Today you’ll pay double or triple that amount. Oh, well. Luckily Mark was able to score a bottle at the original price through a friend.
It’s experimenting time on this weeks episode of the GoodDramShow youtu.be/gGUPoW_EQUw featuring Tobermory Distillery.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 297: Port Dundas 23 Year Old 1995 Cask Strength The Ultimate
Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky vlogger, tries a grain whisky. Did you know that the Port Dundas Distillery was founded in 1811 by Daniel MacFarlane but that in 1813 Brown, Goulier & Co built a second distillery in the same industrial area north of Glasgow and actually called it… Port Dundas Distillery as well? That would be quite impossible today, of course. In 1865 they merged and in 2009 the distillery closed. Mark tries a grain from 1995 at cask strength bottled by the Dutch company van Wees under their The Ultimate label.
