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Smoky Scot Islay Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 19 May 2023 09:58:56 +0000

Smoky Scot is a 5 year old single malt by Islay region’s Caol Ila distillery, bottled by Aceo Spirits. Since we’re talking about a young indie bottling, it makes you uncertain about the quality. But coming from reputable Islay distillery set my hopes higher than with other similar type of […]

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Compass Box The Lost Blend review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:20:40 +0000

Compass Box The Lost Blend is a continuum to their first blended malt called Eleuthera, released in 2001. First whisky ever by Compass Box was Hedonism by the way, a blended grain whisky which I got a chance to taste in 2016. Eleuthera was a blended malt containing approximately 80% […]

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Compass Box Flaming Heart 15th Anniversary Whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 19:43:28 +0000

Celebrating Compass Box’s fifteenth anniversary, the 2015 edition of Flaming Heart is another fine example of top notch blending by John Glaser and his company. Glaser has been named “Innovator of the Year” four times by Whisky Magazine and “Pioneer of the Year” twice by Malt Advocate. He has stated […]

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Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:46:00 +0000

Green Label is a discontinued 15 year old blended malt by Johnnie Walker. In my opinion, the only nice whisky from them. “Drawn from the four corners of Scotland”— Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila were being used in the Green Label. Each of the malts matured for minimum 15 years. […]

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Caol Ila 12 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:03:00 +0000

Caol Ila means “Sound of Islay” in Gaelic. Their whisky is mainly used for blending, ingredient for Johnnie Walker, Bells and Big Peat for example. Only 5% of Caol Ila whisky is used for single malts. The distillery is located near Port Askaig at the North of Islay, overlooking the […]

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Big Peat review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:56:00 +0000

Big boy – A DIE HARD whisky Big Peat is Die Hard. Offering smoky explosions and heavy blasting, yet hints of the soft and tender side, mostly for the nose. Big Peat’s personification, Beauregard I. G. Peat, is surely a citizen of Islay. You can tell that from miles away, […]

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Big Peat Christmas Edition 2012 Cask Strength review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:56:00 +0000

Great sequel – DIE HARD II whisky I already reviewed the original Big Peat. This is the same stuff but cask strength. Nice sequel for the “Die Hard whisky“, as I referenced Big Peat. Same ingredients but with more power and explosions. Just like Die Hard II, this dram follows […]

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