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Springbank 12YO Cask Strength batch 19 review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 25 May 2023 09:01:20 +0000

I had previously tasted batch 10 and batch 13 of 12 year old cask strength Springbank single malt. I fell in love with both of them. And many others have fallen too. This time it was batch 19 in our local Finnish whisky society’s tasting. Unfortunately these are just my […]

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Fettercairn 12 year old whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 08:15:09 +0000

Fettercairn distillery is located under the Grampian foothills in the Howe of Mearns in the region of Highland. Fettercairn is also the town’s name, loosely based on the phrase “the foot of the mountain”. The distillery is owned by Whyte & Mackay Distillers, like Dalmore and Jura. This 12 year […]

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GlenAllachie 12 year old single malt review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:54:51 +0000

This 12 year old single malt whisky comes from GlenAllachie distillery, founded in 1967. The GlenAllachie has been known for producing malt whisky for blended whiskies but recently they’ve introduced lots of single malts. This expression was first introduced in 2018 after Billy Walker took over the distillery in 2017. […]

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Edradour Caledonia 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:34:12 +0000

Edradour Caledonia 12 year old comes from the “smallest traditional distillery” in Scotland as the distillery claims, located in Highland. They say traditional because there smaller distilleries founded since 2010. So they are the smallest non-modern distillery, founded in 1825. Edradour distillery has an annual full capacity of 130 000 […]

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Sullivans Cove American Oak Single Cask Review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:54:59 +0000

Sullivans Cove distillery is located in the island state of Tasmania. Established in 1994, it’s the second oldest single malt whisky distillery in Australia. And very highly awarded distillery, winning “World’s Best Single Cask Single Malt” at the World Whiskies Awards twice in a row. First they grabbed the title […]

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Aberfeldy 12YO revisited – review of the new version

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:41:46 +0000

Four years ago I got a chance to taste Aberfeldy 12 year old single malt. I was not impressed. It was too delicate for my taste. Since then they’ve refreshed the visual identity and packaging design. As far as I know, the content is still the same. Still, I decided […]

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Kilkerran 12 year old single malt review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:02:45 +0000

This whisky comes from the Campbeltown region in Scotland. It is Kilkerran’s first core release of single malt whisky. While working their way to the 12 year old single malt, Glengyle distillery released Work In Progress expressions for retail each year. You can check out my tasting notes and review […]

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Highland Park 12YO Orkneyinga Legacy review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:46:44 +0000

I have to call this one a legend right away. This is the regular Highland Park 12 year old single malt whisky on steroids. Orkneyinga Legacy is a rarity you can usually get straight from the distillery. Yes, no retail possibility for this beauty. 2018 spring being the exception when […]

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Johnnie Walker Black Label review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 18 May 2019 16:49:24 +0000

Quick notes of Johnnie Walker 12 year old Black Label blended whisky. I am not a big fan of JW whiskies. They tend to be okay but nothing special. Old version of Green Label being the only exception in my book. So I’ll keep this review short. Keep on walking […]

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Redbreast 12 year old Cask Strength review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:50:40 +0000

This Redbreast 12 year old is an cask strength Irish Single Pot Still whiskey from New Middleton distillery. Single Pot Still whiskeys are also known as Pure Pot Still, a traditional yet rare Irish way of making whiskey using malted and unmalted “green” barley. So far New Middleton is the […]

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Reisetbauer 12 year old Single Malt Whisky

Johannes Lindblom — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 10:58:08 +0000

Reisetbauer single malt is a very small batch European whisky coming from a very small village of Axberg in Austria. High in the Alps, just South of the Danube, the whisky is distilled using local natural ingredients. Many of the farms near the distillery grow their own grains, herbs, fruits […]

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The Macallan 12YO Double Cask review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 05 May 2018 06:07:10 +0000

WhiskyRant’s conclusions Tasting notes Quite new age stated expression from Macallan, released in 2016. This single malt whisky was described as: “A new interpretation on the signature 12 Years Old Macallan” Macallan 12 Year Old Double Cask whisky has been matured in a combination of American and European Ex-Sherry oak […]

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Cragganmore 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:52:27 +0000

Cragganmore distillery is located in Ballindalloch, Speyside. It sits by the River Spey and it’s also near to the Strathspey railway line, both important factors when the distillery location was decided. The distillery takes its name from the mountain in whose shadow it sits. Cragganmore is part of the Classic […]

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Springbank 12 year old Cask Strength batch 13 review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 07:18:06 +0000

I had previously tasted batch 10 of Springbank 12 year old Cask Strength single malt. I fell in love with it. Now it was time for batch 13 in a local Finnish whisky tasting. And what another wonderful release of Springbank’s 12YO CS it was. This Campbeltown based distillery malt, […]

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Lagavulin 12 year old single malt whisky review (2015 and 2014 editions)

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 18:32:55 +0000

Lagavulin 12yo 2015 edition Lagavulin 12yo 2014 edition Lagavulin 12 year old single malt is a yearly special release by one of my favorite distilleries in the world, the Lagavulin distillery from Islay. I just absolutely love their 16 year old peated single malt from the core range. Well, I […]

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Glenkinchie 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:31:47 +0000

Glenkinchie 12 year old single malt whisky is kinda new addition to the core range of this Lowland distillery. This is a entry level bottling released in 2007, replacing the 10 year old by Glenkinchie. Lowland has only six distilleries located in the region. Like the name suggests, Glenkinchie lies […]

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Cutty Sark 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:00:49 +0000

Cutty Sark is a well known cocktail whisky and also one of the first light colored blended whiskies. The legendary name comes from a ship called Cutty Sark ship, which was bought back to England from Portugal for naval training in 1923. The original blended whisky was created on March […]

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Bunnahabhain 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:00:22 +0000

Bunnahabhain distillery is a good divergent from the region of Islay, because their whiskies are usually lightly peated. Like this entry level Bunnahabhain 12 year old, which nowadays comes in a redesigned bottle and at higher strength. It is also declared to be un-chill filtered and natural coloured. Bunnahabhain has […]

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Black Bull Deluxe 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 20:30:46 +0000

Black Bull is a Deluxe Blended Soctch whisky brand by Duncan Taylor. Deluxe, because along with a non age statement called Kyloe, they also have very old blended whiskies under the label. They have Black Bull 21, 30 and 40 year old whiskies. I myself am not a fan of […]

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Aberlour 12 year old Non Chill-Filtered review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:20:52 +0000

Like the title says, this is a single malt whisky without chill-filtering by the Aberlour distillery. 12 years old and matured in Ex-Sherry butts and Ex-Bourbon casks. There’s also been a 12 year old Aberlour, which has been chill-filtered. Comparing those two would actually be a great blog post subject. […]

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