Islay Barley 2011 Bruichladdich

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Tasting Notes: Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2011 ISLAY BARLEY 2011. Bruichladdich. Age 6 years. Abv 50% Farms where the barley is grown are: Coull, Rockside, Island, Mulindry, Starchmill, Cruach Farms.Colour: Warm golden colour. The faintest echo of greeny gold. Very,...

Laphroiag Cairdeas Feis le 2016

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Tasting notes: Laphroaig Cairdeas Feis Ile 2016 Cairdeas Madiera Cask. 51.6% abvAmber, reddish colour. Orange. A thin, clear band of gold, like silicon around a bath…..Very fast legs, very young, very thin dram.Apple brandy. Alcohol tingle to nose hairs!Red...

Lagavulin 8 YO

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Tasting notes: Lagavulin 8 Year Old If you drink the Lagavulin 8 Year Old you will be asking the same!It’s a great dram.Creamy, ashy, smokey, pale, lemony, greeny gold.An opaque white band of gold shimmers on top of the whisky.It reminds me of a fine line of...

Laphroaig Lore

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Tasting notes: Laphroaig Lore Laphroaig LORE. 48% abv (alcohol by volume)Ex bourbon casks, 1st fill sherry butts, Quarter casks & “some of our most precious stock” Ages from 7 – 21 YO.The new NAS (None Age Statement) from Laphroaig.I LOVE it. I...

Bowmore Oloroso Self Fill 54% 13 YO

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Tasting notes: Bowmore Oloroso Hand Fill 13-year-old Wednesday 6th April 2016. Blustery, blue sky day with showers and wind from the West.Today, I tasted Bowmore’s self-fill cask. It is 13 YO 54% abv. abv means ‘alcohol by volume’.This means there is...

Bumblebees by the sea ~ Clynelish SMWS 26.105

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Tasting notes: Bumblebees By the Sea (SMWS) Bumblebees by the sea from Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Distilled Nov 28th 1984. 29 YO 57.6% abv (alcohol by volume) 1/548Wednesday 25th Novemeber 2015. Pitch dark, squalls earlier in the day, not too cold outside. Fire...