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BOS Mortlach 1996
700ml 46.00% |
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This Berry Bros & Rudd offeringis quite the contrast to the usual full bodied, old fashioned style Mortlach, being light, floral and fruity with added notes of honey, nuts and mint. The perfect pre-dinner dram.
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BOS St Magdalene 1982 26yo
700ml 46.00% |
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$200.00 |
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One of the great but now closed Lowland distilleries located near Edinburgh in the township of Linlithgow. Founded 1795, closed 1983, St Mag's tripple distilled spirit was once and for me is still prized for its elegant style, its perfume and its grassiness. Sweet and fruity nose, hint of nuts and of course the grassiness. And do I detect the smell of peat? On the palate the alcohol is bitey and hot but the whisky is saved by the amazing sweetness you get at the beginning. The finish is very dry.
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Brechin 1970
700ml 52.40% |
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Cadenhead Ardbeg 13yo
700ml 58.40% |
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All gone! What a way to start! An absolute belter of whisky: mouthfilling, intensive, lots of smoke, citrus & a supreme creaminess that makes it massively enjoyable even at this alcohol weight. Even Franz Scheurer gives it a big thumbs up!
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Cadenhead Ardbeg 14yo
700ml 46.00% |
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This is no ordinary, run of the mill Ardbeg, but a massively creamy & highly smokey and a style I have never seen before in Ardbeg. This unique style of Ardbeg takes this highly decorated malt to another dimension. Bravo Cadenhead & bravo Moet for not loosing this barrel in the general Ardbeg mix.
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Cadenhead Ardbeg 14yo Cask Strength
700ml 58.30% |
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$148.00 |
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It still puzzles me as to why a distillery would sell off some their stocks to the independents when there is so much demand for the official product. And Ardbeg would have to be one the most in demand malts on earth.
But here we have another example of a super Indie bottling and a worthy follow up to the Cadenhead Ardbeg 14yo 46% release in 2008. Same profile, texture, unique richness and character but just a whole lot more intensive. That spirit just drives that famous Ardbeg peat character even further into the palate. Breathtaking stuff!!
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Cadenhead Bowmore 15yo
750ml 46.00% |
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$118.00 |
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Quite the surprise packet, I don't think I have ever seen such a sweet Bowmore! And I mean it is really sweet, lots of creamy malt, coconut & vanilla flavoured oak with just a hint of twiggy peat. Deserts anyone?
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Cadenhead Caol Ila 17yo
700ml 46.00% |
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$121.00 |
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A rather intriguing 17yo from one of the oldest independent bottlers around, William Cadenhead (now owned by Springbank). This Caol Ila is powerfully smokey, malt rich and mouth coating.
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Cadenhead Caperdonich 23yo 1980
700ml 58.00% |
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The big sweetie: rich, lots of treacle, wedding cake, rich malt extract, very sweet & oily alcohol with an intensity that is breathtaking. Closed distillery.
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Cadenhead Clynelish 13yo 1992
700ml 57.20% |
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$123.00 |
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What I love about good Clynelish: maltiness, butteriness & honey with a hint of background peat. Plenty of malt biscuit, hints of citrus and a dry, intensive finish that is to die for.
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Cadenhead Convalmore 26yo
700ml 61.40% |
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Sadly out of stock. Absolute surprise packet: marzipan, coconut, & Amaretto flavours. Now sadly closed.
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Cadenhead Glenfarclas 18yo
750ml 54.20% |
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$135.00 |
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Not often you see an independent bottling of one of Scotland's few remaining family run distilleries and Cadenhead have found a fine cask. A slightly lighter style, more Amontillado sherry than Oloroso, a more elegant Glenfarclas that what we see officially.
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Cadenhead Glenlivet 30yo 1976
700ml 57.10% |
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$423.00 |
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How about this from Indep bottling! Fantastic sherry oak - nuts, dried fruits, marmalade, hints of varnish, round & soft with a spicy clove finish. Every nook & cranny of your mouth is filled up. And those flavours just linger & linger on.
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Cadenhead Glenrothes Glenlivet 19yo
700ml 58.30% |
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$168.00 |
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We don't often see this enigmatic whisky being released to the Independents, but this sherry matured Glenrothes certainly lives up to this distillery's fine reputation.
Cadenhead's notes tell us, "Nose: Sherry, malty sweetness, oak and hints of nuts. Palate: Rich and smooth, with slight spice and liquorice. A long finish and well balanced."
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Cadenhead Highland Park 1985 23yo
700ml 50.10% |
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Mighty Highland Park and all the mightier when it's at cask strength. This latest offering from Cadenhead is a full on bourbon matured style that still shows HP's massively fragrant and oily style of spirit.
Notes from Cadenhead: "Bourbon Hogshead Nose: Aromatic, almost perfumed, orange marmalade and malty. Palate: Everything you would expect from Highland Park. Oily, rich, slight pepper and spice".
GOLD MEDAL: Whisky Magazine Independent Bottlers Challenge 2008
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Cadenhead Inchgower 11yo 1989
700ml 61.00% |
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The accurate one! Nothing is out of place as this malt literally races down the palate leaving a delicate trail of chocolate, creamy malt & the pleasing tang of peppermint.
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Cadenhead Inchgower 14yo
700ml 46.00% |
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Crisp, dry & grassy at the start then the full maltiness & sweetness of the spirit kicks in at the end. Hints of truffle oil just adds to the intrigue of this very engaging & dare I say bargain malt.
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Cadenhead Linkwood-Glenlivet 18yo
700ml 58.70% |
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$146.00 |
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Now this has nothing to do with Glenlivit, an old moniker that harks back to the naming traditions just after the war. But it is a Linkwood from independent bottlers, Wm Cadenhead. It is both rich and dry and tongue tingling and initially sweet from its sherry maturation.
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Cadenhead Lochside 1981 24yo
700ml 59.10% |
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$223.00 |
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The smell of a dunnage warehouse! If Burgundy drinkers get off on the smell of the forest floor, well then, malt drinkers just love the smell of the dunnage floor. Earthy, smelly, base. You just want to roll around it in it. If you get off on this then this is the malt for you!! Massively oily palate, lots of zest, fizzy, tangy alcohol...so very Lochside. Sadly closed.
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Cadenhead Tamdhu-Glenlivet 15yo
700ml 58.90% |
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$130.00 |
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Official Tasting Notes: Nose: Dried fruits, oatmeal. Hints of vanilla. Palate: Lively, nice balance. Spicy and sweet.
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