Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 268: Miltonduff 7 Year Old 2011 Asta Morris

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an independently bottled Miltonduff. Milltonduff from Elgin is another one of those noble unknowns. Like Glenburgie, it is one of the more important malts in the famous blend Ballentine’s. And like Glenburgie, it really is worth getting to know it as a malt. This single cask – a sherry butt – was shared between Europe and Maltoyama in Japan. It’s the very first Miltonduff bottled by Asta Morris.

https://youtu.be/wlYsEOJm5Ps

ralfy.com has a wobbly barrel !

ralfy review 786 – Longrow 18yo

https://youtu.be/fEustoiG0lw

….We’re waiting for the details…update…it looks like due to technical issues Phil will not publish this week.

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show. Finally after 300 odd episodes of the show I have done one on the legendary Islay distillery, Lagavulin.

https://youtu.be/t3W01y28uDg

ralfy tastes rye and barley as a ‘fusion’ flavour !

https://youtu.be/9D4uW_o3Wek

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 267: Kilchoman 7 Year Old 2011 Madeira Finish for Belgium

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an Kilchoman Twin Cask Release! Prima Vinum – a Belgian whisky shop – was looking for a single cask release of Kilchoman. But the owner was faced with a dilemma, for the two samples he received were both very much to his liking. He could not choose and in a flurry of bewilderment decided to mix both samples. Eureka! The vatting of both casks yielded his favourite expression and the Twin Cask Release was born.

https://youtu.be/Qi35u0suQZk

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 266: Ardbeg Grooves

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an Ardbeg! This Grooves was the limited release for Ardbeg Day 2018. Mark admits that he was a bit Ardbeg-tired as he felt the special releases did not live up to the standard range. So his expectations for this Grooves were not that high. By the way: Grooves refers to the… err… grooves that appear when charring the red wine casks that were used for this release. But despite his misgivings, this turned out to be a fun and interesting expression!

https://youtu.be/pI5bqTPCq9Y

Welcome to another alcohol fueled episode of the show. This week I’ll be looking at seven single cask, cask strength bottlings from theses two iconic distilleries!

https://youtu.be/4rYBk9DTZLc

ralfy.com has a quality moment with Springbank !

https://youtu.be/6zFzDaFhDjc

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 265: Smoky Scot

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries the Smoky Scot! While there is no mention of the distillery on the label anywhere, it is clear that this is an Islay whisky. In fact, this is a 5 year old Caol Ila that matured on bourbon casks, before being bottled at 46% by Aceo Ltd. And guess what? It’s a stunner and absolute bang for your buck!

https://youtu.be/PVAjwr3iQ5Y