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  • Benrinnes 9 yo (2006/2016), SMWS 36.99, 57.8%

Benrinnes 9 yo (2006/2016), SMWS 36.99, 57.8%

Review #833 This whisky is called “Limbo, mambo, bomba” and comes from a 1st fill ex-Bourbon barrel. Only 234 bottles were made. Full of flavours in the smell. Over ripe…

Benrinnes 9 yo (2007/2016), James Eadie – Small Batch, 46%

Review #709 This is from the “Small Batch” series and comes from 1st fill Sherry casks, with the numbers #300510 & #300512. 1308 bottles were made. Over ripe pears and…

Benrinnes 18 yo (1996/2016), Chapter 7, 52.1%

Review #743 This is from the series ”A whisky anthology” and comes from a hogshead with the cask number 898. Only 267 bottles were made. Fresh white and tropical fruits…

Ardbeg 31 yo (1972/2004), Single Cask – Ping No. 1, 51.4%

Review #862 (2022) Bottled for Juuls in Denmark, from a Bourbon Hogshead, with the cask number #2780. Only 245 bottles were made. Mellow with Ardbeg ash in the smell. Baked…

Deanston 10 yo (2005/2015), FYO, 59.2%

Review #147 (2015) This is the ”Fill Your Own” from the Deanston Distillery Shop. It is a single cask (amontillado sherry cask). It is light and fruity and actually very…

Deanston Virgin Oak, 46.3%

Review #148 (2015) Different ages of bourbon casks is married and then finished in fresh American oak afterwards in a couple of weeks. It is light in the smell with…

Deanston 12 yo, 46.3%

Review #51 (2015) I´ve tasted this some years ago, and then I wasn’t too happy about it. But that was before and my taste has changed, so I was a…

North Port 1974/1993, G&M – Connoisseurs Choice, 40%

Review #640 (2018) This is a 1974 vintage from Gordon & MacPhail’s “Connoisseurs Choice” series. Light and fruity in the smell. Yet in packs some flavours. Crisp apples and sweet…

North Port 25 yo (1981/2006), DT – Rarest of the Rare, 54.3%

Review #641 (2018) This is from the series Rarest of the Rare from Duncan Taylor. It is a historic collection of cask strength single cask whiskies from distilleries which no…

FEW Rye Cask Strength, 60.57%

Review #722 This is the cask strength version of the Rye from FEW, produced in Evanston, Illinois. For a whisky above 60%, I ain’t getting much in the smell to…