Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 579: Ledaig 27 Year Old 1995 Berry Bros & Rudd

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a rather old Ledaig. Recently, he attended a tasting by Care for Craft Spirits in Ghent, in the coziest tapas bar in the city, Bar Terroir, where none other than Mike Harrison, Sales Development Director of independent bottler Berry Brothers & Rudd, presented some bottles. One of the highlights of the evening for Mark was this 27-year-old Ledaig. Distilled in 1995 and aged for almost three decades in a hogshead, the cask yielded 224 bottles.

https://youtu.be/ozCwepmB7ps

THE REVIEW

I’m back from holiday and it’s time to get opening all of the new stocks! I managed to secure a really fun bottle from a much loved release from the folks at The Thompson Brothers, I’ve also renewed my membership with a particularly excellent and well established indie bottler.

Outside of all of this, we’ve been sent loads of great bottles from the folks at The Whiskey Wash who I do some other work for. You can check out the written reviews at the link below, or you can wait for me to get them on here. Either way, whatever in this video you really want to see, do let me know below. That’s what this is all about.

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The Good Dram Show – Episode 609 ‘Retribution Distilling’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of bottlings including new make spirit from Retribution Distilling in Somerset.

The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum

Episode 609 – Now That’s Intriguing New Make..!

Filmed in The Study ~ Nottingham

Featuring
Retribution Distilling Standard New Make 63%
Retribution Distilling Alternate New Make 65%
Retribution Distilling Peated New Make 65%
Retribution Distilling English Single Malt Batch PR002 53.3%
Retribution Distilling English Single Malt Batch PR003 53%
Retribution Distilling Work In Progress Tawny Port Cask 60%
www.retributiondistilling.co.uk

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 578: Arran 8 Year Old 2015 SMWS 121.111 Tempura Tincture

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a Society bottling. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society certainly enjoys Arran, as evidenced by the fact that they have already bottled quite a few single casks. This is, for example, This is, for example, the 111^th cask (at the time of writing, they have even released 121.115!). This 111th edition was named Tempura Tincture. Mark received a substantial bottle residue from their Belgian ambassador Chris Lauriers with the task to definitely taste it. Mark has absolutely no objections to that, Chris!

https://youtu.be/gPR_CDwhjtk

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The Good Dram Show – Episode 608 ‘Tobermory’

This week’s episode of the show features both peated and unpeated releases from the Tobermory distillery. Given their promotion from the ‘Axis of Evil’ a tasting to explain why was long overdue. Episode 608 – Sunday Pontification About Tobermory! Filmed in The Study Nottingham

Featuring

Tobermory 12 year old 46.3%
Ledaig 10 year old 46.3%
Ledaig 10 year old Hebridean Moon 58.8%
Ledaig 18 year old 46.3%
Ledaig Sinclair Series: Rioja Finish 46.3%

tobermorydistillery.com