Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 472: Tomintoul 16 Year Old

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a standard Speysider. Tomintoul is a young (°1964) and lesser-known distillery that is quietly working to put itself on the map. Although they still supply the vast majority of their production for the blends of Whyte & Mackay, they also bottle single malt. In May 2021, Mark participated in an online masterclass, organized by importer Cinoco, and this was in the line-up. It charmed without being really great. But for 50 EUR you do have an honest entry-level malt, made of mainly first fill bourbon-aged and only a little sherry-aged Tomintoul.

https://youtu.be/Va5IEx-HC5A

Three GREAT malts for 2023

ralfy review 953 Extras – Degrees of filtration.

Ralfy review 953 – Bunnahabhain 12yo @56.6%vol: (2022 Edition)

https://youtu.be/VhfHvY47PX4

It isn’t often that I get to review two 40YO whiskies in the same year! But here we are, this time with a rather unusual Benriach 40YO Octave finish. Distilled in 1976, recasked in 2011 and then bottled in 2017 – this whisky has spent its whole life in ex-bourbon casks in some way, shape, or form. The octave cask it was finished in was constructed from refil and first fill bourbon staves. Producing 137 bottles, ten of them are available as a unique set, along with a 40YO peated BenRiach via Blockbar. Please see the link below for further information on this rather limited release.

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The Good Dram Show – Episode 488 ‘Peated Malt Whisky’

Welcome to this week’s episode of the show. As the nights draw in and the days grow shorter ones thoughts turn to a bit of peat! So, I’m going to review some peat!

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 471: The Dalmore 12 Year Old

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a whisky at the very distillery that made it. When visiting The Dalmore distillery in Allness, Mark had a bottle of The Dalmore 12 Year Old and a glass in his back pack. That was too good an opportunity to let pass, of course.

https://youtu.be/6J-q1Y6Kzp8

ralfy review 952 Extra – The Biggest whisky question ???

The Good Dram Show – Episode 487 ‘Milk & Honey Distillery’

The Good Dram Show – Episode 487 ‘Milk & Honey Distillery’ – Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of the Milk & Honey distilleries Apex bottlings.

ralfy review 952 – Benromach 15yo @43%vol: