The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 559 – Where Has The Last Ten Years Gone..!

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a few Ardnamurchan releases. Filmed in The Study Nottingham. Filmed & Edited by Chris Goodrum

Featuring

Ardnamurchan AD/ Paul Launois Third Release 57.1%
Ardnamurchan AD/ Sherry Cask Release 50%
Ardnamurchan AD/09.22 Cask Strength 58.4%
Ardnamurchan AD/ Cask Strength Release 58.1%
Ardnamurchan AD/08:17 CSK.592 ‘Visitors Centre Edition’ 60.4%
Ardnamurchan AD/10:22 ‘Madeira Cask Release’ 58.2%

ardnamurchandistillery.com

Compass Box Canvas Blended Malt, 46%

Compass Box have provided us with some ground breaking, incredible whiskies over two decades, and when I saw a discount email on some of the older, even more experimental stocks, it was hard to not grab whatever credit card was closest to hand.

This is Canvas. A collection of speyside and Highland and Speyside whiskies that are mostly bourbon orientated, but with a small parcel of them matured in Vino Naranja casks (orange wine).

The result is a blended malt whisky with some of most southern Spanish notes you could ever dream of. Layered with orange pith, pseudo-sherry notes that will make you taste milk chocolate, Aperol, juniper, orange oil, and summertime.

It’s a good whisky, but even with the discount, I’m not quite sure that it was worth £80 a bottle. Especially when you consider the strength of Compass Box’s core range. It’s quite hard to beat.

ralfy review 1030 Extras – Navigating whisky options.

ralfy review 1030 – Bunnahabhain 12yo @60.1%vol: (2023 Edition)

The Good Dram Show – Episode 558 ‘The Single Cask Ltd’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of releases by the Independent bottler, the Single Cask.

The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 558 – Can You Have Enough Typicity?

Filmed in The Study Nottingham and  Featuring

The Single Cask Auchentoshan 2010 (12 year old) 57.7%
The Single Cask Mannochmore 2016 (8 year old) 59.1%
The Single Cask Auchroisk 2015 (9 year old) 61.1%
The Single Cask Dailuaine 2013 (11 year old) 58.9%
The Single Cask Inchgower 2013 (11 year old) 60.4%
The Single Cask Ledaig 1993 (29 year old) 44%

www.thesinglecask.co.uk

https://youtu.be/HI5NkzC1PYs

Loch Lomond 8YO Distillery Edition 5, 59.1% 

One of the reasons that we’ve all come to love Loch Lomond is experimentation. Not many other distilleries have four different types of still, their own cooperage, or as huge amount of unusual and standard liquid as Loch Lomomd. But what is most important is that if it works then they sell it! At a rather affordable price, too.

This is an 8YO release that was taken off of their straight neck pot stills at 85% ABV, then matured in a selection of American Oak casks. Prior to this very high distillation point, the mash was fermented using Chardonnay wine yeast. All of these rather incredible points have concluded in a very approachable cask strength liquid that smells like butter in all of its glorious forms.

This bottle costs £57, with free shipping, there were 68 left when I bought it, so probably not many left now. But it’s worth keeping an eye on Loch Lomond’s website in the future to see what other incredible releases pop up. Another contender for bargain of the year!

ralfy review 1029 Extras – ‘personal history’ with brands influences impact.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 530: Lagavulin Jazz 2022

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a special Lagavulin. Everyone knows Feis Ile, of course, the Islay Music & Malt festival, of which the bottles also fly off the shelves like hotcakes, including those of Lagavulin. Mark already tasted his share of those. But what is much less known is the fact that Lagavulin also sponsors the annual Islay Jazz Festival and also releases a bottle for that occasion every year, and… Mark consistently find those releases better than the Feis Ile releases! In the glass is a 7-year-old Laga released for Jazz 2022. It is perhaps one of the palest Laga’s he has ever poured himself.

https://youtu.be/TYLR9MF1awQ

ralfy review 1029 – Glenturret 15yo @53%vol: (2022 Edition)

The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 557 – Knocking On Dornoch’s Door…!

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a number of bottlings from the Dornoch distillery.  Filmed in The Study Nottingham & Edited by Chris Goodrum.

Featuring

Dornoch New Make Spirit 60%
Dornoch 2017 (3 year old) 59.4%
Dornoch 2017 (5 year old) 58.3%
Dornoch 2017 (5 year old) 58.2%
Dornoch 2018 (5 year old) 50.5%
Dornoch 2018 (5 year old) 54.1%

THOMPSON BROTHERS DISTILLERS