Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 511: Glengoyne 16 Year Old 2007 Asta Morris

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a Glengoyne from Asta Morris. When he saw this bottle for the first time, Mark was a bit surprised with the beautiful label. Not that he is surprised that Crazy Bert Bruyneel puts beautiful labels on his bottles, but it’s a totally new design. Mark really likes it and in this case it complements the color of the whisky very nicely. It’s a Glengoyne that spent 16 long years in a sherry cask. That transports Mark back to the trip he made to this distillery in… 2011. Wow, has that been that long? And this whisky was distilled another four years earlier.

https://youtu.be/CMhz7NGoj8E

The Good Dram Show – Episode 535 ‘An Cnoc & Old Pulteney’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at some new releases from Pulteney and Knockdhu. The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 535 – ‘Twas The Episode Before The Christmas Episode.! Filmed in The Study Nottingham

Featuring

An Cnoc 18 year old 46%

An Cnoc 24 year old 46%

An Cnoc Peatheart Batch 3 46%

An Cnoc Sherry Cask Finish Peated Edition 43%

Old Pulteney Costal Series #1 ‘Pineau des Charentes’ 46%

Old Pulteney Costal Series #2 ‘Port’ 46%

ralfy review 1006 – Glen Moray NAS @40%vol: (2023)

Stillhead The Iberian Cascadian (Strath 20th Anniversary Bottling) – The Unbottling

Adam and Brett are back to showcase the fifth and final installment in The Strath’s 20th anniversary single casks. We’re winding up our round-the-world whisky journey with one final stop at our good friends and whisky-neighbors Stillhead. A stunning PX cask rye made right here on Vancouver Island!

Stillhead – The Iberian Cascadian (Strath’s 20th Anniversary PX Cask Rye)

https://youtu.be/etnh5boJEWs

I’ve been waiting for some Scottish/Japanese collab on a blend, and finally, we have it!

Ardray is a whisky comprised of all of the Beam-Suntory Scottish liquids, put together by the minds and palates of the folks from Suntory. A collaborative effort to show how balanced and flavourful blended whisky can be. Most people love Hibiki, but where’s the love for the regular blends in regular bottles?

A combination of:

Auchentoshan, Ardmore, Bowmore, Glen Garioch, Highland Park, Laphroaig, Macallan, and North British – this things really sings when it comes to balanced citrus, and really subtle smoke notes from some weighty ingredients. All natural colours with non-chill filtration.

Give all blends a chance. If I hear one more person complain about blends… just do some reading beforehand. Most blends contain your favourite single malts. Just stop being a whisky bigot!

THREE Great Blended Scotch Whiskies for 2024

ralfy review 1005 Extras – The teaspoon and jam jar thing !

ralfy review 1005 – Glen Keith NAS @ 40%vol:

Introducing & Explaining

My Three Whisky Books.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 510: Armorik Yeun Elez

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a peated French whisky. In addition to the Armorik single malt, the Distillerie Warenghem in Lannion, France, also produces a peated malt called Yeun Elez, named after a nearby peat field. Mark had the pleasure of tasting this on the wild Brittany coast.

https://youtu.be/Kg8kUz0IN18