Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 454: Kavalan Distillery Reserve Rum Cask

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries a distillery cask from Taiwan. When Mark visited Taiwan in January 2019, he brought two Distillery Reserve releases from the Kavalan Distillery: a Peaty Cask and a Rum Cask. The Peaty Cask stayed in Belgium, the Rum Cask went to Holland. But when Mark’s buddy Manny saw his tasting notes online, he decided to bring his bottle with him on his next visit to Belgium to open it up together. That’s what friends are for.

https://youtu.be/3cpwIW26UII

 Welcome to this week’s episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at a selection of English whisky.

ralfy review 938 Extras – ‘Navigating’ a single cask integrity malt.

Mark’s Whisky Ramblings 453: Suntory Old Special Quality

Mark Dermul, Belgian whisky blogger, tries an older Japanese blend. Suntory Old is a popular whisky from Japan, which first appeared in the 1940s. It continued to lead the way until the 1980s when single malts began to grow in popularity and this fun blend lost its prestige somewhat. Mark was able to pick up a bottle from the 1990s with the strange contents of 760ml.  It is more than plausible to suspect that this contains quite a lot of Yamazaki, Hakushu and Chita, right?

https://youtu.be/gpyCcb6fCjs

American single malt whisky is a growing category that I’m paying quite a lot of attention to.

Having had seen some rules for the establishment of rules for American single malt whisky, receiving this bottle was a surprise in itself. Shipping a whole bottle from North Carolina to the UK isn’t the easiest thing to do, and it’s something which I can now delve into over time. I’ve lived with all sorts of whisky for years, now I can add American singe malt to that list.

https://youtu.be/cBLjjlNmjmA

ralfy review 938 – Talisker 12yo @ 48.4%vol: (Indi/D Laing)

ralfy review 937 Extras – ‘Product’ and ‘Brand’.

ralfy review 937 – Johnnie Walker 12yo @40%vol: (2022)

Welcome to this week’ episode of the show in which I’ll be taking a look at three recent single malt and three single grain bottlings in the House of Macduff’s Golden Cask range.

https://youtu.be/bc6dfwyhbdU

https://youtu.be/DYx-xNHWJVA

A new kid on the block in the world of Irish single malts, Dingle!

Opened in 2012, and having released a string of cask releases and limited edition bottles, the official single malt launched last year, sad to say that it’s taken me so long to review it.

Mastered now by Graham Coull, formerly of Glen Moray. The house style of Dingle is now on show for the world to witness. A warm and fruit driven style of whiskey, bottled with all the plus points that drinkers are looking for in newer releases and distilleries these days.

Here’s to the future of Dingle!