A little homage to George R R Martin by Mike Lord
The white raven has been received at The Whisky Shop Dufftown – winter is definitely here. We are very concerned for the fate of Jon Snow and we hope he can rise again in the next installment of Game of Thrones. In that hope we have created a Jon [...]
New Whisky Releases and Bottlings
Winter is Here and so is Snow Phoenix
Saturday, December 17th, 2011A Trio of New Gems from Adelphi
Friday, December 9th, 2011By Mike Lord
A small new release from Adelphi but well worth a look
Adelphi Aultmore 1982 29 Years Old
This is another top class Aultmore from Adelphi. They believe it to be one of their best and describe it as a perfect breakfast whisky.
Nose: Underripe bananas. Then the bananas ripen and become banana cheesecake. After water, estery [...]
New in from independent bottler Douglas Laing
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011By Mike Lord
Here are the new bottlings we have in from Doulas Laing. The tasting notes are from them.
Old Malt Cask Glen Ord 1997 14 Years Old
It’s getting harder and harder to find Glen Ord particularly in Europe. This one is a very fruity orangy example.
Nose: Opens clean & refreshing – running to sweet fruit [...]

