Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at some releases from Henstone Distillery in Shropshire and the Pocketful of Stones Distillery in Cornwall.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 488: GlenAllachie 10 Year Old 2009 Sauternes Barrel
Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, goes to the Speyside. Before 2017, hardly anyone spoke about Glenallachie, but since Billy Walker took over in 2017, he has put this Speyside distillery on the map. Now it has become GlenAllachie, with a capital A in the middle. This malt was put in the barrel for the duration, but it was Billy who, after 10 years of maturation on a Sauternes wine barrel, found it ready to bottle at cask strength.
Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2023 Canasta Cask, 51.2%
Canasta! Welcome, everyone, I’m here to talk to you about the first Feis Ile bottle that I’ve been able to taste, Bunnahabhain Canasta cask at 51.2% ABV.
What is Canasta? A blending of the Palomino grape and the Pedro Ximinez grape varities, the former producing a classically off-dry sherry, the latter producing a ridiculously sweet, rich sherry that is the equivalent of alcoholic diabetes.
Bunnahabhain has matured their spirit in this sherry type and have produced this cocoa powder and orange oil soaked spirit, with all of those classic, salty, sweet Bunnahabhain smells and tastes.
ralfy review 975 – Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair @46.3%vol:
The Good Dram Show with Chris Goodrum Episode 506 – A Tasting From The Vaults..!
Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of Independent bottlings of Bowmore that were released a few years ago.
Filmed in The Study Nottingham
Featuring James MacArthur Fine Malt Selection’ Bowmore 2000 (10 year old) 45%
Murray McDavid ‘Mission Series Gold’ Bowmore 1994 (14 year old) 54%
A. Dewar Rattray ‘Individual Cask Bottling’ Bowmore 1990 (17 year old) 54.1%
A. Dewar Rattray ‘Individual Cask Bottling’ Bowmore 1990 (20 year old) 50.2%
Douglas Laing Old Particular Bowmore 1998 (16 year old) 48.4%
Douglas Laing Xtra Old Particular Bowmore 1989 (25 year old) 55.1%
Welcome to a 27YO single cask Macallan. Don’t often get to say that in general, let alone with a little sample sent in the post. This bottle is being sold via Mark Littler LTD and has been bottled by a client of his. Producing only 90 bottles that will be available via the link below, you can also view the huge history and links that this bottle has to huge chunks of Macallan’s history, outside of being distilled there.
I’ve had the privilege of trying this whisky prior to this video, it was a wonderful privilege to be able to try it again.
Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be looking at three distillery bottlings and three Independent bottlings of Laphroaig.
Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 487: Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask
Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries a belter from Taiwain. Kavalan has won numerous awards with their Solist single cask releases. Whether it’s an ex-bourbon cask, sherry cask, vinho barrique or port cask, they all perform very well indeed. Mark got hold of one such release from 2021, bottled at a whopping 58.6% ABV, drawn from a sherry cask.
