Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 489: Ledaig 25 Year Old 1995 Valinch & Mallet

Mark Dermul, Belgian whiskyblogger, tries an unpeated Ledaig! He tasted this Ledaig for the first time at a tasting in Ghent, and really liked all but one bottle he tasted that night, but this one stood head and shoulders above the rest for him. This Ledaig was bottled by Valinch & Mallet in 2020 in their famous series The Lost Drams (which surprised Mark a bit, because Ledaig is still being made). It was distilled in 1995 and matured for a quarter of a century.

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Turntable Whiskies Track 01: Joy. Invention. Discovery. 46%

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Welcome to a rather interesting way to approach blended whisky, and when I say ‘interesting’ I’m talking about large transparencies, fun malts and grain, mad cask selections, cool visuals, and a price point which is pretty accessible when it comes to modern blended styles.

This is Turntable Blending House, and it is quite an exciting way to show off the component parts of blends and how they go into influencing whatever they’re trying to make. This is Track 01: Joy. Discovery. Invention. Bottled at 46%, natural colour and un-chill filtered, it is made up of Linkwood, Knockdhu, Girvan and Strathclyde whiskies, all from a host of much more interesting, or possibly just talked about barrel selections.

ralfy review 976 Extras – Keeping a ‘malt’ log book

ralfy review 976 – Kilkerran 16yo @46%vol:

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.

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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.

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 Bunnahabhain Feis Ile 2023 Canasta Cask, 51.2%

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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 Extras – 51 versions of one malt in 2023

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%

Tasting Notes