Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 257: Kavalan Vinho Barrique 2013 ‘Vina’ for Taiwan

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, enjoys another Kavalan. This is a limited edition that was released by Kavalan especially for the Taiwanese WhiskyClub.co, presided by Mark’s good friend Joseph Wang. He has Joseph to thank for the bottle. It got a very special label and is dubbed ‘Vina’, which is the goddess of vineyards. Must have been one sexy lady, judging by the back label.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 256: Kavalan Distillery Reserve Peaty Cask

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a Kavalan distillery exclusive. One of the nicest souvenirs one can bring from a distillery visit is without a doubt a bottle that you can only buy there. So Mark brought himself Distillery Reserve from Kavalan. They come in 300ml bottles from different cask types. When he was there in January, they had a rum cask and a peaty cask. He chose the Peaty Cask. Funny detail: Mark has bottle 002 of 301. Bottle 001 was not available as it went into the distillery archive.

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ralfy.com is self-indulgent with this one !

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Due to popular demand here is an episode of the show devoted to Independently bottled Bunnah. Part 1 looks at young-ish bottlings and the following episode will look at some older bottlings.

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I normally like to give a little info in here…but i don’t know much about this one. It’s originally from Bruichladdich. It’s bog on sherry and it’s 58.5%. Enjoy

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Welcome to a special mid week episode of the show in which I’ll be reviewing the Ardbeg core range along with a couple of recent limited editions.

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 255: Wagging Finger New Make Spirit

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a Dutch new make spirit. You know he has a weak spot for new make, we’re sure. He has been able to try quite a few. The Dutch distillery Wagging Finger is best known for their lovely gin and they’ve recently also launched an Old Geneva, but Mark tries their spirit that has just been put to sleep to become whisky. The spirit in front of him was distilled on 6th February of this year and cut to 50%. It is lightly peated: 20 to 25 ppm. Mark predicts it will become a lovely whisky.

https://youtu.be/wagsY9qmfho

ralfy.com like this Mortlach !

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thanks Lawrence !

https://youtu.be/YtB5JQkpZzw

Sadly going away, but replaced by something that’s even stronger! Benromach, you can do no wrong. Bought from auction, this thing is a 2014 bottling and has some of the biggest oak notes i’ve ever got form any whisky, let alone being only 10 years old. No punches pulled, nothing hiding behind anything un-natural. A true superstar! Cheers!

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ralfy.com likes tall stills!  ralfy review 777 – Glenmorangie 10yo @ 40%vol: 2019)

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