Blends From Old Times Part 4
We continue our series of reviewing blends from old times with three more: James Martin’s V.VO (70s), Clan Campbell (60s) and Langside (60/70s).
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Blends from Old Times Part 3
We’re back for more blends from old times, with a Passport and a House of Lords, both bottled in the 1960s, and a Talisman bottled in the 1990s.
Blends From Old Times Part 2: Cluny and C&J
We continue our exploration of older blends, this time with three bottlings from the 1960s and 1970s: two Cluny releases and a C&J McDonald’s.
Blends From Old Times Part 1
We explore three blends from old times with Teacher’s Highland Cream, VAT69 and Cameron’s Black Prince, all from the 1970s.
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.
Go (Five) Hibiki
We review five Suntory Hibiki, the famous Japanese blend, with one from the 1990s, the 17yo, Blender’s Choice, Japanese Harmony and Master’s Select.
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare, King George V & John Walker
We review more of the Johnnie Walker Blue Label range with the Ghost & Rare Port Ellen and Glenury Royal, the King George V and the expensive The John Walker.
ABK6 Extra Cognac
The penultimate dram of our 2025 Cognac-Expert Advent Calendar is a 50-year-old single estate blend: an ABK6 Extra Cognac.
1980s J&B and Long John Blends
We’re back to ‘famous’ blends, but we travel back in time as we review a duo of 1980s J&B and Long John Blends.
99&1 / Ardbeg 19yo / Blend 40yo Living Souls
We review three of the first releases from a new indy bottler: Ninety-One & One, Secret Ardbeg 19yo and Blended Scotch 40yo Living Souls.
Five Cheap Supermarket Blends
Supermarket blends are by far the most sold Scotch whiskies worldwide, so we take a deep look at five cheap supermarket blends: Ballantine’s, Clan Campbell, J&B, Label 5 and William Peel.
Johnnie Walker Blue Label And 18-Year-Old
We’re reviewing the 18-year-old from the ‘Striding Man’, with two editions of Johnnie Walker Blue Label from a few years apart.