Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 509: Armorik Maitre de Chai 2023

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a French single malt. Mark recently visited the Distillerie Warenghem in Lannion, which is in Brittany, France. After a great tour of both the distillery and the nearby cooperage they work with, he tasted their 2023 Maitre de Chai edition. And it was delicious!

https://youtu.be/edMMFqklcEw

Bruichladdich.

That distillery name conjures up many an opinion on their many distillates. But now we get to focus on one that doesn’t get so much attention, Rhinns.

Rhinns is the level below Port Charlotte, but just above the standard distillate regarding PPM. This, along with Lochindaal (baby Octomore), are rarely sold in the public facing sectore, they’re typically reserved for private cask purchases, which makes them all that more elusive to the ‘must try all’ whisky drinkers that we are.

Matured in a Yulumba Viognier cask, this has all of those fun notes from Laddie, but with a little more flourish around the edges.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 508: Glen Moray 15 Year Old 2007 Thompson Bros

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tastes a Glen Moray. It is one of those distilleries that often stays under the radar, producing primarily for blending purposes. But sometimes independent bottlers succeed in selecting an excellent single cask. This is one of those, bottled by Phil and Simon Thompson under their Thompson Bros label. It’s a single bourbon cask from 2007, bottled in 2023 at cask strength. And while it’s a UK exclusive, Mark was lucky enough to have a pal bring over a bottle.

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The Good Dram Show – Episode 534 ‘Heroes & Heretics’

Welcome to this weeks episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of the releases from the relatively new independent bottler, Heroes & Heretics.

The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 534 – Introducing HAH Whiskies…!

Filmed in The Study Nottingham

Featuring

Heroes & Heretics ‘The Falls of Caledonia’ Glentauchers 2014 (7 year old) 54%

Heroes & Heretics ‘The Disciples’ Macduff 2008 (13 year old) 54%

Heroes & Heretics ‘The MacNab’ Westport 2006 (15 year old) 50%

Heroes & Heretics ‘Smoke & Glory’ Ledaig 2010 (12 year old) 50.3%

Heroes & Heretics ‘Stateside’ George Dickle 2011 (10 year old) 51%

Michter’s Single Barrel Bourbon 10YO – The Unbottling With Special Guest James Bornn

Arran 9YO Single Cask

https://youtu.be/PIQFDmflUSE

There were meant to be three videos, but between an annoying sponsored advert and a corrupted video file, only two remain. This is a single cask Arran from the Lochranza Distillery, bottled by the Fisherman’s Retreat in Ramsbottom. A bar with a reputation for a really cool whisky selection, a large majority of which are bottled by them, for them. Matured in a Yalumba wine cask, it is heady with rich red fruit flavours, but is still Arran at it’s core.

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