My 3000th Dram With Jameson 12 yo: 1940s vs 1980s
We reach our personal 3000th dram with a pair of Jameson 12-year-old: one from the 80s or 90s and a John Jameson & Son 12 bottled in the 1940s.
We reach our personal 3000th dram with a pair of Jameson 12-year-old: one from the 80s or 90s and a John Jameson & Son 12 bottled in the 1940s.
Auchroisk is a ‘young’ distillery from the 1970s, and we review an official 1975 ‘The Singleton’, the 10yo Flora & Fauna, and a 14yo bottled by Chorlton in 2025.
Fettercairn is a quite distinctive distillery with water cooled stills. We review two official from the 80s & 90s, and an indy 2008 from Douglas Laing.
We review two old 8-year-old Blair Athol bottled in the 1970s and late ’80s, the 12-year-old Flora & Fauna, a 2010 single cask from Elixir Distillers and a 35-year-old 1988 Blair Athol bottled by Signatory Vintage for their 35th anniversary.
We’re taking a first look today at two newer Lowland distilleries with an Annandale 2016 Man O’Words and the Holyrood Pitch.
We go back to Islay to compare three Kilchoman, with the 2021 and 2026 editions of Loch Gorm, and the Sanaig Cask Strength.
Dalwhinnie 15-year-old has been a staple of pubs and whisky amateurs’ cabinet, so we review it against an indy 2008 from North Star Spirits.
I like revisiting Amrut, especially when their whisky is matured in casks letting shine their spirit. We review the Amrut Herald and a 2012 cask for LMDW.
We review 5 indy Glen Moray from The Whisky Cask, High Spirits, Archives, Asta Morris and Celtic Whisky Distillerie, reaching our 100th ever Glen Moray tasted.
Loch Lomond is a wonderful and odd distillery whose output resists tidy categories. We try 5 of them: a Glenshiel, and 4 Inchmurrin, official and Decadent Drinks.
We take a look at BenRiach with two official bottlings from the 2010s, with a 1996 single cask and the 25yo Authenticus, and a 33-year-old from Whiskyland.
We’ve reviewed rums only twice. I have a few samples accumulating, so let’s have four today, from Breizh’Cool, Hampden and Caroni.