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A look at Glen Grant’s still room. The distiller

Not long ago I wrote a review of two whiskies from

Okay, that's the work week done. Time to relax and

Okay, that's the work week done. Time to relax and enjoy this beautiful dram. Have a great weekend everyone! 🥃

Yesterday I posted a review of all festival bottle

Yesterday I posted a review of all festival bottles from the Online Tasting Week on my blog, but I will also share them here (not all at once though). Today that will be this lovely Hazelburn, which has matured in fresh Oloroso casks. Bottled at a strength of 54.9% ABV.⁠
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NOSE: quite some chocolate at first. Some leathery notes. Dried fruit, with mostly raisins. But also blackberries. Then it goes towards honey and a hint of caramel. Followed by hazelnuts and lemons. Nougat here as well. Then oranges. And later also a farmyard note and Earl Grey tea.⁠
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TASTE: Dark chocolate again, mixed with blackberries. Caramel. Tobacco leaves and a hint of leather. Followed by honey. Oranges. And in the end, some spices, such as black pepper, nutmeg and a pinch of cinnamon. A touch of oak too.⁠
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FINISH: mid-long to long with the same spices. A touch of oak and leather. Cacao and caramel. Slightly dry.⁠
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It has a very interesting and beautiful nose, every time I smell it, I pick up something else. The palate and finish are slightly less complex than the nose, but certainly just as tasteful. The Oloroso sherry casks are present, but they work nicely with the Hazelburn spirit here. Really well done.⁠

A look inside one of Edradour's warehouses.

A look inside one of Edradour's warehouses.

This Ledaig 12 year old with its quirky label is b

This Ledaig 12 year old with its quirky label is bottled by the Daily Dram and it’s part of a relatively new series from the bottler.⁠
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“Classics with a twist” is the name of this new series. which consists of 6 different bottles. All labels in this series refer to a famous painting. And as an art lover, I think these bottles are really cool! On the label of this Ledaig, we see a twist of the Girl with the Pearl Earring. Surely the most famous painting by the great Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.⁠
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This Ledaig was distilled in 2008 and bottled at a strength of 53.4% ABV.⁠
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NOSE: vegetal peat. A touch of bonfire smoke. A sour note which reminds me of gooseberries. Also quite some vanilla. And a bit of chalk. leaves. And a damp earthy note. Mushrooms too. Later also lemons.⁠
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TASTE: sweet peat on the arrival, mixed with a lemon note. A hint of barley sugar and vanilla. An earthy note. Caramel in the back. A pinch of black pepper and plenty of fresh ginger. A little bit of liquorice too.⁠
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FINISH: short to mid-long with peat, that earthy note again. Black pepper, ginger and liquorice.⁠
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Ledaig as it should be, with those typical Ledaig flavours. So no twist there. 😉 It’s not very complex but it’s just really nice. Slightly lacking something in the finish though.

And we continue our journey of discovery of Dougla

And we continue our journey of discovery of Douglas Laing's Remarkable Regional Malts range. Each blended malt (there are 6 in total) represents a whisky region and this Epicurean is a marriage of different single malts from the Lowlands. ⁠
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The character of this Lowlander is light, fresh, grassy and zesty. And I have been told that this Epicurean is also perfect for a cocktail. So I'm definitely going to try that out this weekend. ⁠
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My review will be online soon and I will add a simple cocktail recipe as well. ⁠
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Bottle provided by: @monnikdranken

“The Karamazov Brothers is the last and the most

“The Karamazov Brothers is the last and the most difficult book of Dostoevsky. I have read it in school, as part of the school programme and I was too young and too raw for it. I read it again in university and then again and again. Yes, it’s huge, yes there are more questions than answers in this book, and yes you literally can feel all the phantoms Dostoevsky was haunted by, but it’s fascinating! One of the best books I have ever read."⁠
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This Ardmore is finished in a Latour-Martillac wine cask and is bottled at 59.4% ABV.⁠
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Nose: a touch of peat smoke and lemons. Then it goes to blueberries and red berries. Tobacco leaves. Later also apricots and a touch of ginger. Water: farmyard smell. Raisins.⁠
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Taste: quite some peat smoke on the arrival, but also tobacco leaves and a hint of ash. Which is quickly followed by cranberries. Honey and sweet raisins. Vanilla. A touch of lemon. Dark chocolate. Then some black pepper, a touch of ginger and cinnamon. Water: more towards dried apricots and raisins and spices get more settled. A hint of oranges.⁠
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Finish: mid-long with the spices, dark chocolate and lemon. water adds Apricots and raisins.⁠
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This Ardmore needs time and air. After that, it opens up and it becomes really flavourful. It could use a few drops of water though. ⁠
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(Bottle provided by The Bookinist)

Dark clouds above the BenRiach Distillery. :-)

Dark clouds above the BenRiach Distillery. :-)

A new bottle (well for me, because it was already

A new bottle (well for me, because it was already bottled in 2018) and one that I'm very excited about. Because this Glen Garioch 1991 means old-style Glen Garioch and that means it is peated! Unfortunately, this style was lost after the reopening of the distillery in 1997, when it was decided to turn Glen Garioch into an un-peated malt.

Redbreast has to be one of my favourite Irish whis

More arrivals from Campbeltown! And I can't wait t

More arrivals from Campbeltown! And I can't wait to try them. 😍 I will be posting a review of these bottles during the Online Tasting Week in May. Probably not a daily review, like I did last year, but all in one post this time.

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