The Good Dram Show – Episode 562 ‘Dram Mor, Gleann Mor & House of Macduff’

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show which features 2 new-ish releases from each of the Independent bottlers Dram Mor, Gleann Mor & House of Macduff. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 562– Episode Titled 3 x 2..! Filmed in The Kitchen Nottingham!

Featuring

Dram Mor Pitilie (Aberfeldy) 2015 (9 year old) 54.8%

Dram Mor Caol Ila 2015 (9 year old) 55.2%

https://drammorgroup.com

House of Macduff ‘Golden Cask’ Ben Nevis 2014 (9 year old) 58.8%

House of Macduff ‘Golden Cask’ Ardmore 2011 (12 year old) 52%

https://houseofmacduff.co.uk

Gleann Mor ‘Rare Find’ Royal Brackla 2011 (12 year old) 59.5%

Gleann Mor ‘Rare Find’ Old Rhosdhu 1994 (30 year old) 58.6%

https://gmspirits.com

Boutique-y Blended Grain Scotch #3 Aged 45 Years – The Unbottling

Fresh from the July 2024 Whisky Showcase, Adam tries the extra special That Boutique-y Whisky Company’s 45 year aged Blended Grain #3. This features two different closed distilleries – which in the video Adam describes as Cambus and North Of Scotland – but sources seem to suggest that it’s actually Carsebridge not Cambus – which is even rarer. Our members scored it 93.07 and put it in the “Fruity & Spicy” flavour profile.

THE UNBOTTLING REVIEW

The Good Dram Show – Episode 563 ‘Ben Nevis’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show, which features a selection of archive bottlings of Ben Nevis. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 563 – Is Mr Taketsuru A Happy Bunny…?

Filmed in The Kitchen Nottingham

Featuring

Master of Malt ‘Single Cask Series’ Ben Nevis 1996 (16 year old) 57.4%

Ben Nevis 2002 (12 year old) ‘White Port Matured’ 56.3%

Ben Nevis 2000 (15 year old) Single Cask 59.7%

Ben Nevis 1990 (25 year old) ‘Mr Taketsuru’s Cask’ 61.3%

Maverick Drinks Darkness!Ben Nevis 17 year old 49%

Grindlay’s Selection ‘Single Cask Release’ Ben Nevis 1997 (18 year old) 52.6% 

Old Overholt Straight Rye, 40%

https://youtu.be/s8U3vFMe6FQ

Rye is a product that divides whisky drinkers. Some see it as very spicy, others a little one dimensional, but I personally love it! This is Old Overholt Straight Rye, an absolute cornerstone of American spirits, one that has literally covered the modern day development of the country, through good and bad. The history of this liquid is too long to put into a video biography, you’ll just have to watch it. But even though it isn’t the most complex liquid on the earth, I love it.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 535: Old Elk Cigar Cut

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, is very excited, as he’s never heard of Old Elk. They can be found in Fort Collins, Colorado. They set themselves apart from other producers by using a process they call ‘slow cut proofing process’, meaning they dilute by adding small amounts of water over the course of several weeks, meaning they keep more of the finer and lighter flavours in their bourbon. In the glass is their Cigar Cut, which is quite amazing as it’s a vatting – a marriage or a blend, if you will – of their 6 year old bourbon that has been finished on a wide variety of barrels: 1.5 years on sherry, 1.25 years on Armagnac, 3 to 8 months on port casks and 3 to 6 months on cognac casks!

https://youtu.be/JjE1y6fxREI

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 534: Blanton’s Single Barrel #158

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a single barrel bourbon. Single Barrels are very commonplace nowadays, but it was actually Colonel Albert B. Blanton of the Buffalo Trace distillery who introduced it about a century ago. The marketing boys will have you believe that the best barrels are maturing in the centre of the metal-clad Warehouse H and those are hand selected for ‘their exquisite qualities’. The Single Barrel releases are all bottled at 93 Proof. In the glass is Barrel #158 from Rick #22, bottled on the 10^th of March 2023 and a gracious gift from my friend John.

https://youtu.be/pUfhN5Z2ZTg

Scotch Malt Whisky Society ‘Baptised in Oloroso’

CASK NO. 35.350

https://youtu.be/IjrG9dkxv1c

I’m back again with some sumptuous sherried SMWS releases – this one in particular is a 16YO Glen Moray, finished in first fill sherry and bottled at a rather bold strength.

SMWS are on a roll with sherry releases, whether they be peated or unpeated releases, but it’s a welcome change for me, as I’m normally in the market for those cleaner, bourbon cask matured releases.

Apart from being rather delicious to taste, this bottle came with an incredible magazine that documented the SMWS teams journey through southern Spain, and how sherry, in all of its forms are made. I thought I knew some stuff about sherry, but this has opened up so many other doors for me!

I’m ecstatic to be an SMWS member, you don’t have to purchase things on every outrun, but to try some more obscure distilleries in a more natural fashion, with some rather fun names and surroundings really puts a smile on my face.

Red Bank Canadian Whisky – The Unbottling

Fresh from the July 2024 Whisky Showcase, Adam tries the Red Bank – a whisky created partly by Kiefer Sutherland! Our members scored it 81.12 and put it in the “Fresh & Floral” flavour profile.

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X By Glenmorangie – The Unbottling

Adam explores his complex relationship with X By Glenmorangie after the news that it’s been discontinued. Never tried it? Well you can try is for free in-store at The Strath for the next while, and you can also enjoy 15% off bottles while stocks last.

BUY X By Glenmorangie 

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 533: Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a bourbon. Legend has it that Elijah Craig, a reverend from Virginia, is the father of bourbon, as he started distilling back in 1789, which is also shown on the bottles. He is credited with being the first to put his distillate in charred oak barrels, one of the key requirements to be classified as bourbon. Today, his bourbon is produced at Heaven Hill. In the glass sits the Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel, which is basically the regular Small Batch, finished in specially toasted oak barrels, created in collaboration with the Independent Stave Company, who used 18 month air dried oak to create the barrels.

https://youtu.be/cW0p_TLrios