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Glenglassaugh Portsoy review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:11:14 +0000

Closed in 1986 yet resurrected in 2008, Glenglassaugh distillery has nicely managed to widen its whisky range. Glenglassaugh Portsoy gets its name from the neighbouring harbour village, because both have deep maritime elements featured in them. Portsoy is a peated whisky matured in combination of sherry, bourbon and port casks. […]

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Speyside Hero Vol. VI Blended Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:21:17 +0000

Speyside Hero is a series of blended malt expressions by an German independent whisky bottler called The Whisky Chamber (owned by Thomas Ide). I found this expression on my trip to Berlin, from Simply Great Whisky shop. SGW had a quite large selection of Whisky Chamber’s blended malt whiskies and […]

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BenRiach 10 Year Old Review

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 25 May 2023 07:25:19 +0000

Just a few quick notes on BenRiach 10 year old “Original” single malt whisky. BenRiach distillery is one of my favorites but I hadn’t had their drams for quite a long time. It’s a shame I only had a brief moment for their flagship expression, but bare with me. Matured […]

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Glenfarclas 21 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:00:38 +0000

It’s a shame I didn’t have a chance to spend enough time over this dram. This 21 year old single malt by Glenfarclas distillery was part of our local whisky society’s tasting, and these are my quick notes of this special Speysider. I’ve always had a huge amount of respect for […]

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Glenburgie 15 year old Ballantine’s Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 23 May 2023 06:11:35 +0000

Glenburgie became an essential component of Ballantine’s blended whisky when the distillery was bought by Hiram Walker in 1935. Also known as Glenburgie-Glenlivet, Glenburry or Glen Burgie, the distillery is based near Alves, Moray in Speyside region. Because its whisky is usually an ingredient for blends, you rarely bump into […]

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Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 19 May 2023 11:05:37 +0000

Here’s my quick notes on Tamnavulin Sherry Cask Edition, batch 30502. This Speysider was unfortunately a fast visit during a long tasting, so my notes aren’t probably the best ones. Overall, easy to drink and pleasant palate, but lacks a bit in character, especially the finish needs more power. I […]

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Aberlour A’Bunadh Batch 67 review

Johannes Lindblom — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 10:59:00 +0000

Aberlour A’Bunadh series is definitely a legend in the whisky world. Name deriving from Gaelic, meaning “return to origin”. Because it’s been produced with methods commonly used around 1870’s. Here’s the backstory taken from Wikipedia: “The distillery cite the story during distillery tours that when the second pair of stills […]

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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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GlenAllachie 10YO Batch 3 Cask Strength Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:04:43 +0000

This is Batch 3 of 10 year old cask strength single malt by The GlenAllachie distillery. A distillery known to produce malt whisky for blends under Pernod Ricard and Chivas Brothers ownership. Chivas sold the distillery in 2017 to The GlenAllachie Distillers Company (Billy Walker, Trisha Savage and Graham Stevenson). […]

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GlenAllachie 15 year old single malt review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 09:50:51 +0000

Here’s a 15 year old single malt from a distillery known to produce malt whisky for blended whiskies. Because it’s been used for blends, GlenAllachie has an impressive annual production capacity of 3,2 million liters. The GlenAllachie Distillery was founded in 1967 and is located at Aberlour of Scottish Speyside […]

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Glenfiddich Reserve Cask Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:19:56 +0000

This single malt whisky comes from Glenfiddich distillery at Speyside region. As part of their Travel Retail Cask Collection range, it has no age statement (NAS). It’s been matured in Spanish sherry casks hand-selected by Malt Master, Brian Kinsman. Then married in Glenfiddich’s Solera vatting system. Still not a fan I […]

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Glenfiddich Select Cask Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:52:56 +0000

From the Travel Retail Cask Collection range by Glenfiddich distillery, this is the Select Cask expression. A non age stated (NAS) single malt whisky from the Speyside region. Glenfiddich Select Cask is a marriage of whiskies matured in European oak (sherry?), bourbon and red wine casks. Casks have been selected […]

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The Famous Grouse Toasted Cask review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:18:18 +0000

The Famous Grouse Toasted Cask is their original Famous Grouse blend after resting in freshly toasted new oak casks. So this whisky is one of the world’s most popular blends with a twist. The original blend consists of Glenrothes, Macallan and Highland Park malt whiskies and unknown grain whisky. It’s […]

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Braeval 20YO Cask Strength by Hart Brothers

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:14:37 +0000

This Braeval 20 year old cask strength single malt comes from the independent bottler Hart Brothers. I was fortunate enough to have a sample at Turku Beer and Whisky Festival. Needless to say, this whisky is something you’d definitely have to have full bottle in your cabinet. Distilled at Braeval […]

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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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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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Glenburgie 10 year old by Gordon and MacPhail

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:16:47 +0000

WhiskyRant conclusions Tasting notes Glenburgie is also known as Glenburgie-Glenlivet, Glen Burgie or Glenburry. The distillery is located near Alves, Moray in Speyside region. Their whisky is mostly used for blends. Ballantine’s and Old Smuggler are famous blends with Glenburgie malt whisky in them. When the distillery was acquired in […]

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Tomintoul 16 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:35:48 +0000

WhiskyRant conclusions Tasting notes Tomintoul 16 year old comes from the Speyside distillery also known as The Gentle Dram. The Tomintoul-Glenlivet Distillery is located at the picturesque Glenlivet estate, in the region of Speyside. Nearby you’ll find the village of Tomintoul, which gives the distillery its name. It is the […]

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Tomintoul 10 year old review

Johannes Lindblom — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:51:21 +0000

WhiskyRant conclusions Tasting notes Tomintoul 10 year old single malt whisky was introduced to their core range in 2002. This happened two years after the distillery was bought by Angus Dundee. Tomintoul distillery can be found inside the beautiful Glenlivet estate, from the Speyside region. It’s been named after the […]

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