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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 528: Benrinnes 13 Year Old 2010 Asta Morris

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, goes to a barbecue… Every Whiskyfestival tries to stand out by also releasing a festival bottling. And on the 8^th of June 2024 the third edition of a wonderful festival in Mark’s neck of the woods takes place: When Whisky Meats BBQ – no, that’s not a typo… For this edition, they teamed up with Belgian bottler Asta Morris and selected this Benrinnes 13 years old 2010 that started life on a bourbon barrel, but then got a sherry finish.

https://youtu.be/77NzbXYDxZQ

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The Good Dram Show – Episode 553 ‘World Whiskies’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be reviewing a random selection of world whiskies. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 553 – Simply A Random World Whisky Episode!

Filmed in The Study Nottingham

Featuring

Cadenheads World Whiskies Union Distillery 5 year old 58.4%

Mackmyra Destination 48.7%

James Sedgwick Distillery Three Ships 10 year old Limited Edition 44.6%

High Coast Hav ‘Oak Spice’ 48%

Hatosaki 12 year old Umeshu Cask Finish 46%

Milk & Honey 2018 (3 year old) Private Cask 64.5%

 Filmed & Edited by Chris Goodrum

 Disclaimer The views, thoughts, or opinions expressed during this episode are solely those of the individual involved (me) and do not represent those of my employer.

THE VIDEO REVIEW 

French whisky is something that I need to explore more. There are over 90 whisky distilleries in France, but I’ve only had two of them make it onto this channel.

This particular example is from the French side of the alps, a farmyard grown and distilled single malt. Think of it as French Daftmill! Aged in a combination of ex-cognac, ex-Armagnac, and ex-French wine casks – Hautes Glaces Indigene is a rather special whisky, in my eyes. The bottle showcases the Obiou mountain in coloured glass with a stopper made from food-grade, agglomerated cork, and ‘spent grains’ from the production process.

Over the last year or so, I’ve been exploring flavours of other distillates that I’ve ignored. The main focuses are rum of all varieties, tequila, mescal, aguardiente, etc. The one thing that all of these spirits have had in common is this huge contrast of flavour, some of them even more so than whisky, but this particular French single malt has summarised so many of these flavours into one bottle. That is something quite special.

We have the fresh fruit notes of peach, making me think of light, grassy single malts. The herbal input of pine and resin from certain mescals, the freshness of agave in tequila reposado – all of this together with a rather incredible scent of jasmine and Lilly of the Valley, contained in a rather pretty bottle.

It is only a 50cl bottle for £60, but there are more expensive offerings in 70cl that are nowhere near as complex as this one. Cheers.

Image: Glasgow Live

My Tribute to Paul (a malt-mate)

THE VIDEO

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Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 527: Tomatin 12 Year Old 2011 Double-V

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries an independently bottled Tomatin. This young Tomatin was bottled by Belgian bottler Double-V for a local whiskyshop – The Whiskybarn – & a local whisky club – The Green Door Whisky Club. It was in fact presented last summer when Mark was at their club hosting a tasting. At the end of the tasting the final bottles were offered and Mark was able to grab the very last one. He promised them he’d do a Rambling on it, so here we are. Mark added: ‘Let me first apologize for the long wait, but I really wanted to take it to Austria with me’. Nice detail: the malt was matured on a Koval cask, a craft whiskey producer in Chicago!

https://youtu.be/z9batJbbPSU

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The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 552 – ‘James Eadie’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at the Spring 2024 releases. Filmed in The Study Nottingham.

Featuring

James Eadie Small Batch Ben Nevis ‘The Rose & Crown’ 8 year old 46% +

James Eadie Small Batch Aultmore ‘The Cross Keys’ 9 year old 46%

James Eadie Cask Finish Tamnavulin 2013 (10 year old) 56.6%

James Eadie Cask Finish Blair Athol 2011 (12 year old) 53.9%

James Eadie Cask Finish Aberlour 2012 (11 year old) 59.3%

James Eadie Cask Finish Miltonduff 2007 (16 year old) 54.3%

www.jameseadie.co.uk