ralfy review 1104 – Glencadam 10yo @46%vol: (2025)

The Good Dram Show – Episode 613 ‘Integrity Malts’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the first releases from a new Independent bottling company called Integrity Malts. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum. Episode 613 – Bottling Whisky With Integrity..! Filmed in The Study Nottingham

Featuring

Integrity Malts Glen Moray 2013 (12 year old) 56.6%
Integrity Malts Highland Park 2003 (22 year old) 47.7%
Integrity Malts Bunnahbhain Staoisha 2020 (5 year old) 65.1%
Integrity Malts Ardmore 2015 (10 year old) Pedro Ximinez Quarter Cask Finish 55.9%
Integrity Malts Ardmore 2015 (10 year old) Ex-Laphroaig Quarter Cask Finish 55.9%

https://integritymalts.co.uk

https://youtu.be/URlSSSA8T8g

Scapa 10YO

Many of my questions have finally been answered about Scapa. Mainly, where is it? Is it gone? Why aren’t there any official public releases anymore?

Well, here they are. A 10, 16, and 21YO expression launched earlier this year by the folks at Pernod Ricard. We all remember the day of Scapa 16YO in its original format. A wonderful Speyside alternative from the Orkney islands – fruity, a little salty, but a very welcoming pour…and then, boom, it was gone. Prices skyrocketed and demand was still there, but the distillery, outside of some very old or limited single cask releases, not a peep.

Anyway, here was have the new 10 Year Old release. Fully matured in ex-American oak and bottled at a rather lovely 48% ABV – what could be the problem? Well, honestly, nothing so far.

I picked this up on sale for £44 a bottle, reduced from the usual £50RRP and it’s an absolute delight. It’s fruity, creamy, relatively exotic in it s flavour profiles and isn’t the craziest price for a standard release from a small distillery. Fair play, Scapa, everything is very good right now.

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ralfy review 1103 Extras – Advice on organic scotch whisky.

ralfy review 1103 – Benromach Contrasts Certified Organic @46%vol:

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 581: Bunnahabhain 28 Year Old 1987 Berry Bros & Rudd

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tastes an exceptional Bunna. Recently, he was a guest at a very impressive tasting in Ghent, where the range of Berry Bros & Rudd was presented. The apotheosis of the tasting was this 28-year-old Bunnahabhain which – rightly – was bottled in the Exceptional Casks series. The cask was laid to rest when Mark wasn’t even of legal age, imagine that. Liquid history.

https://youtu.be/dxa2WJLMbAw

THE VIDEO

Benromach 50YO

What were you doing in December, 1972?

Rested for just as long as needed, this stunning example of ancient Speyside whisky is to be truly marvelled at.

I got to try this for the first time at Benromach, as part of The Champions 2025 programme. Needless to say that the three of us were stunned when they rolled out that stunning looking decanter.

Matured for it’s entire life in a selection of sherry casks, this Speyside style delivers class, layers, subtlety and amazement upon every smell and taste.

There isn’t a lot of old Benromach kicking around, between the distillery and parent company, Gordon & MacPhail, old examples of this stuff are hard to find, even from source. That classic smokiness is still faintly there, but doesn’t show off as much as it does on more classic expressions.

What can I say, it’s a 50 Year Old single malt that I’ve been able to try twice, I am an incredibly lucky individual.

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ralfy review 1102 Extras – Two chips off the same block (Kilchomans)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 580: Ardnahoe 5 Year Old Inaugural Release

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an inaugural release from Islay. In the glass is the long-awaited first release from the youngest distillery on Islay: Ardnahoe. They certainly took their time, as they decided to bottle their first creation only after it had matured for five years (on a combination of ex-Bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks). The bottle itself looks very good too. After all, aesthetics matter. But the most important thing is, of course, what’s in the glass (and this might be even more applicable to an Islay whisky than any other, given the island’s cult status and its smoky whiskies).

https://youtu.be/FaE5LEBL9Sw