ralfy review 1077 – Ardnahoe Bholsa @50%vol:

The Good Dram Show – Episode 591 ‘Fettercairn’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be looking at a selection of Fettercairn releases. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum. Episode 591 – How To Train Your Beast..!  Filmed in The Study Nottingham.

Featuring

Hunter Laing Hepburn’s Choice Fettercairn 2008 (6 year old) 46%
Hunter Laing Distillers Art Fettercairn 2002 (14 year old) 48%
https://hunterlaing.com

Carn Mor Strictly Limited Fettercairn 2009 (7 year old) 46%
htps://www.carnmorwhisky.co.uk

Douglas McGibbon Provenance Fettercairn 2005 (10 year old) 46%
Douglas McGibbon Provenance Fettercairn 2003 (11 year old) 46%
https://www.douglaslaing.com

Fettercairn 16 year old 3rd Release 2022 46.4%
https://www.fettercairnwhisky.com/en-gb/

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 561: Port Charlotte 7 Year Old 2014 Islay Barley

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries another special Ileach. Bruichladdich is known for producing three different malts: Bruichladdich, Port Charlotte, and Octomore. In Mark’s glass is a 7-year-old Port Charlotte, produced with locally grown barley, hence the name Islay Barley. It is surprisingly (well, yes) pale, knowing that it is a vatting of 84% bourbon, 8% virgin oak, and 8% Bordeaux wine casks. For the anoraks among us – you know who you are – Mark would like to add that the malt comes from these farms on Islay: Island, Cruach, Coull, Rockside, Dunlossit Estate, Mulindry, Craigens & Sunderland Farms. Let’s get to it!

https://youtu.be/vZ36VjPuYvY

ralfy review 1076 Extras – Two generations of Ballechin 10yo’s compared.

Macaloney’s Cath-Nah-Aven, 46%

https://youtu.be/Om50jNQsKXo

Travelling down the road of classic sherry influence, here we have the Cath-Nah-Aven. A single malt that is fully matured in the rich styles of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez sherry.

This is of such familiarity to all of us who love whisky anyway, but in particular, for those of us who are fans of Speyside style whiskies – this is what the team at Macaloney’s have tried to pay homage to, with this syrupy, dark chocolate laden single malt.

A fun fact on their website is that this is sherry matured, but all of the wood is North American white oak (Quercus Alba) – whether or not these casks were seasoned (quite high chance) and then sold on to whisky manufacturers wo are in need of sherry barrels. This isn’t a new practice and has been occurring for decades. So just because your whisky might state ‘sherry seasoned casks’ chances are this is the type of barrel influence that you’ve loved for years and just not realised it.

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ralfy review 1076 – Ballechin 10yo @46%vol: (2025)

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 560: Kilchoman 100% Islay

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries the 14^th Edition already of the Kilchoman 100% Islay. Unlike the other releases of this Ileach, their 100% Islay is a whisky made exclusively from home-grown and peated barley, in this case Publican with 20ppm. And its popularity is proven by the fact that it has been on the market for so long. This is already the 14th edition. The whisky is 9 years old and matured in a combination of bourbon (90%) and Oloroso sherry casks (10%).

https://youtu.be/S2oWGhrUnCc

The Good Dram Show – Episode 590 ‘Tullibardine’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be explaining why the term, to do a Tulli has become a thing, as they say! The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum.

Episode 590 – Explaining How To Do A Tulli..!

Filmed in The Study Nottingham.

Featuring

Tullibardine 1993 (18 year old) John Black’s Selection No6 55.1%
Tullibardine No Age Statement Sauternes Finish 46%
Tullibardine No Age Statement Coume del Mas Banyuls Finish 46%
Tullibardine No Age Statement Sherry Finish 46%
Tullibardine No Age Statement Port Finish 46%
www.tullibardine.com

Dewar Rattray ‘Single Cask’ Tullibardine 1990 (21 year old) 46%
www.adrattray.com

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 559: Bowmore 12 Year Old

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an Islay malt. It is fair to say that the Bowmore 12 Year Old is one of the distillery’s entry-level malts. This also means that the bottle is very affordable, something that cannot be said for all entry-level malts.

https://youtu.be/fftb5Mv00nI

Macaloney’s Washington Peat Project

This might be the most intense way to introduce myself to a new brand of whisky, especially Canadian whisky!

Macaloney’s distillery has been in headlines for all of the right reasons over the past decade or so. From going toe to toe with The Scotch Whisky Association or producing domestic whiskies of numerous styles to the worlds plaudits.

Graeme Macaloney shares both Scottish and Irish heritage. It’s one of the reasons he likes to produce unpeated and peated single malt whiskies in a classic Scottish style, as well triple distilled, pot still whiskies. He and his team can produce anything you want. This ‘Peat Project’ single cask series is quite an interesting selection of peated styles. I can attest to the rest of the series, but this bottling has sourced peat from Washington state, just south of the US-Canadian border. It’s also been matured in an ex-Portuguese red wine barrique to add an additional element of fun.

You’ll have to watch the video to find out my full feelings for this very new style of sourced peat, but it certainly gets people talking. Peated whisky drinkers, we’ve tried and seen it all. So, for this to have some additional pull in the whisky industry is a very interesting point of international sales. Yes, these bottles are single cask release, but they’re remarkably interesting to those of us who enjoy things a little smokier.

Canadian whiskies across the board are in quite good demand across the UK. I wish we had some sort of international deal with Canada to source more of their regular and more interesting stocks, as this would go down a storm on this side of the Atlantic. Naturally, they’re probably well received in Canada and the US, as well as wherever else they’re sold. Let’s get more of this stuff in the UK!

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