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Duthies Highland Park 17yo
700ml 46.00% |
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Wow! Where did this come from. Pure Highland Park spirit that is so very zesty, dry and tangy. And get a load of the nose, it is so pungent, clean and fresh, chocked up with salty seaside notes and a fruitiness that reminds me of Fruit Tingles. And the dry zestiness continues to grab you once you get it into your mouth. Definitely pre-dinner and I reckon it work so well with grilled sardines. My mouth is just watering as I'm writing this down. Fabbo Duthies!
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Duthies Laphroaig 11yo
700ml 46.00% |
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An offshoot of Wm Cadenhead, the Duthies range offers some pretty fine and well aged dramming and this L'Frog is no exception. This malt just sneaks up on you. At first you think it's sweet and gentle and then the peat kicks in and boy, does it have an impact. And then the dark chocolate, pepper and cinnamon arrives as well. And the coal smoke on the finish is very surprising as well as very satisfying. This ain't no bog standard Laphroaig...but that's why I love it! Great stuff.
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Duthies Longmorn 19yo
700ml 46.00% |
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Longmorn's have always been sought after by a number of keen whisky drinkers, I suspect mainly for that big old fashioned style of taste and palate weight. This indie version should not disappoint, I'll let the chaps at Cadenhead's explain why, "Nose: Beautifully fruity. Raspberry pavlova, marshmallows, fruit jam, raspberry cordial and just the right amount of smokiness. Palate: Burnt caramel, vanilla and smoke complement the fruity flavours. Finish: A pleasant smokey tingle complete with ripe red fruits."
It's the smokey tingle that appeals to me...
Pic indicative only.
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Elements Of Islay AR1
500ml 58.70% |
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From the new Elements of Islay range the Single Malts of Scotland - and what blast it is. Full on peat, I mean big, stinking peat, enough to fill the bar at the Wheatty but the palate, oh that palate...so lusciously sweet and juicy. Bravo Mr Singh!!
But I wonder where it comes from? Any ideas?
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Elements Of Islay AR2
500ml 60.50% |
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$125.00 |
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Version 2 of this absolute ripper of a highly peaty and highly fragrant malt. I'll let the famous Serge from Whisky Fun explain, "Comments: definitely wilder than the OB. Actually, I like the Ar2 a little better than the Ar1, it’s probably even closer to the distillery’s markers. Well done – but can we have it in magnums? SGP:368 - 90 points."
So I wonder who made it...
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Elements Of Islay CL1
500ml 62.90% |
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$125.00 |
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Another cracking malt from the Single Malts Of Scotland's Elements of Islay series. And again they have managed to find a big sweetly rich malt that has a huge phenol count along with a big dose of honey, pepper and coal.
According to Dave Bromm, "This is like sitting on the grass next to a beach in the sun. The taste is crisply smoky and salt-tinged, sweet and sappy".
Once again, any guesses about who made it?
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Elements Of Islay LG1
500ml 56.80% |
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$125.00 |
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This series of Islay based indie bottlings have uniformly been superb and this latest in the form of LG1 (guess who?) lives up to this expectation. Pungent, bursting with flavour and weight and lingering taste that sticks around for ages. See what Gordon from Spirit Of Islay has to say, "Comments -It's not very often you get to taste a genuine independent bottling of the Lagavulin (the SMWS 111,16 was my last one ) and this is a privilege . A young , peaty Laga not overly sweet, more akin to the 12 than the 16 , lovely ! Just like the Young uns we tried on Pinkies warehouse tour ."
Bravo!!
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Elements Of Islay LP1
500ml 58.80% |
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$125.00 |
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The last in a series created by the Single Malts of Scotland and collectively called the Elements of Islay. LP1 is big on the bonfires and roaring coal fires. In fact it's quite brutal and appealing at the same time. If you like the blast of medicinal peat, then this is the dram for you!
To paraphrase Serve Valentin at Whiksyfun, "it's extremely wild and, indeed, medicinal and maritime. A hospital near the ocean. Hints of fresh almonds, wet fabric, ‘a plate of seashells’ "
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Glencallum 12yo
700ml 46.00% |
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Tasty is the word: mildly peaty, richly malted, fruity and peaty on the nose suggests a mixture of bourbon and sherry. Gently warming on the palate. The official tasting notes state: The Glencallum 12 Year Old Islay Single Malt immediately shows its exceptional pedigree with multi-layered aromas of smoke, heather, floral and honey nuances. Remarkably fine and elegant it has tremendous balance between smoky, pepper and vanilla elements intertwined with noble, subtle spirit characters fanning out to the very tips of the palate
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GM Balblair 1969
700ml 43.00% |
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Another rarity from the vaults at Gordon & MacPhail, this time an aged but still lively Balblair 1969 that was matured in refill sherry butts - floral, herbal, smoky and very spicy. This Balblair was bottled in 2008.
The pic has the 1966 label, but the '69 is similar.
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GM Banff 1976 31yo
700ml 43.00% |
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An early Speyside distillery as it was founded in 1824 and through it's long history has been subjected to fires, bombings, explosion and more fires. And of course it had to endure the final ignominy of being closed by Diageo in 1983. This ancient 31yo offering was fully matured in re-filled sherry casks. The nose is full of sweet estery fruit flavors, mainly pear and apple while on the palate, the sherry oak shines. Plenty of sweet raisined fruits, a touch of kitchen spices and the tell tale sign peat/ash. The sherried fruit flavours hang around at the end.
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GM Brora 1982 25yo
700ml 43.00% |
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$220.00 |
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Brora, Clynelish...Clynelish, Brora. What a history: name swapping, separate distilleries then united. This spirit comes off the old stills that used to be known as Brora. And today, this is the spirit that closed distillery collectors are keenly after. The spirit is prized for its peatiness and abundant seaside character, flavours more associated (and I suspect wrongly) with Islay than the Highlands. This G&M bottling is a gem: Refilled sherry butts, refined, subdued floral and cinnamon notes, distinctive smell and taste of peat, then on the palate you get the richness of the sherry oak that is spiced up by the peat and alcohol.
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GM Connoisseurs Choice Port Ellen 1982
700ml 40.00% |
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Is this THE most sought after single malt on earth? I suspect it is, so do regular drinkers, along with hard core collectors and whisky connoisseurs alike. The whisky public just adores it, and will go to any length to get hold of a bottle!
This one comes from our friends at Gordon & MacPhail, at one point it is quite powerful but the flavours still remain subtle, as they say, "strong but fair".
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GM Convalmore 1984 23yo
700ml 43.00% |
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A curious Sepysider is Convalmore. Founded in 1894, destroyed by fire in 1909, rebuilt but instead of the usual pot stills, the owners decided that a set of column stills might be the go for their single malt production. It wasn't a great success, so it was decided to go back the pot stills. The distillery was mothballed by Diageo in 1985 and intriguingly the buildings were sold off to Wm Grant next door. But the name has been retained by Diageo. Bright, intensive, crispness with finesse have been the hallmarks of Convalmore's fine spirit. This new offering from G&M continues this style even though it has been fully matured in refilled sherry butts.
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GM Inverleven 1991 16yo
700ml 40.00% |
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I don't think there has ever been an official bottling of this interesting Lowland distillery. Founded in 1938, the stills were actually housed in the massive Dumbarton grain distillery, with its spirit being mainly used for the Ballantine’s blend. Inverlevelin was mothballed in 1991 then Dumbarton was closed in 2002.Thankfully, the Inverleven distillery equipment was sold to Bruichladdich as their new Lochindaal distillery. Fruitiness with pepper was the distilleries style. In G&M's own words, "Nose: Soft fruits - peaches and strawberries. Subtle spices and a malty note. A rounding vanilla sweetness. Palate: Spicy with hints of cedar wood and white pepper. Some fragrant/floral flavours develop. Drying."
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GM Lochside 1991 16yo
700ml 43.00% |
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$115.00 |
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This now closed Highlands distillery always had an attraction for me. Mainly because of its unique texture. The spirit is just like jelly: fat, glycerin, sweetly flavoured. And well, just so different. The distillery was first opened in 1957! The aim of the owners was to produce a combination of malt and grain spirit that would be co-matured for future blended releases. The Spanish got involved through DYC but Allied bought DYC and promptly closed Lochside in 1992. A history that is definitely: Short, sharp & sweet. And the malt? Very sweet, oily, glycerin as I said, with a touch of spice & nuts. Ex bourbon barreled matured.
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GM Longmorn 1971 30yo
700ml 40.00% |
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A really early Longmorn from our friends at Gordon & MacPhail. This whisky would have been fully matured at G&M's warehouses from birth, a rare feat for an independent bottler. A big, old fashioned whisky tasting of old leather, varnish and dried fruits. Sumptuous, rich and once again, a malt where nothing is out of place.
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GM Miltonduff 10yo
700ml 40.00% |
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Poor old Miltonduff, a massive distillery, with a reported output of 5.5 mil litres annually, whose profile as a single malt can be best described as non existant. In fact Gordon & MacPhail are now the only "official" bottlers of this whisky.
Owned by Chivas Bros (Pernod Ricard), they use it almost exclusively for the Ballantines blend. And the taste? According to the excellent Malt Whisky Yearbook, "mildly sweet with some maltiness and again pin-nuts on the palate". So there!
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GM Miltonduff 1968
700ml 40.00% |
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Another old and ancient bottling of this interesting distillery by Gordon & MacPhail. Floral nose with hints of butterscotch and creamy oak. There's kitchen spice and sherried fruit & fresh appple flavours on the palate and the pleasing waft of smoke.
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GM Mortlach 1949 51yo
700ml 40.00% |
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Old and very ancient but still showing a remarkable degree of freshness and oak balance. Matured in ex sherry butts and bottled in 2001, this malt harks back to a time when the whisky industry was still on its knees and it still amazes me how G&M ever managed to get hold of and hang onto such a rarity.
The style is warming, old fashioned, rich fruit and subtle floral notes, hints of vanilla and spice. The sweetly raisined fruit continues onto the palate, hints of leather & old furniture and then the most gentle waft of peat arrives at the end.
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