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Lots of New Single Malts in from Douglas Laing

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

By Mike Lord
Old Malt Cask Littlemill 1991 19 Years Old
This Old Malt Cask Littlemill 1991 19 Yeas Old is full of citrus fruit and barley sugar and has some spices which develop on the pallet. 340 bottles were obtained from a refill hogshead. It’s getting rarer and rarer to see a Littlemill and this is [...]

The Whisky Experiments

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

By Mike Lord
During the Autumn Speyside Whisky Festival I ran a tasting looking at some of the perceived wisdom about whisky drinking.  Here’s what happened.
Does the glass matter?

For this test we matched a wide mouthed tumbler against a copita (a sherry tasting glass).  From both glasses a sample of Mackillop’s Choice Imperial 1990 was [...]

Glenglassaugh The Manager’s Legacy Release No 1 – Jim Cryle 1974

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

By Mike Lord
There’s nothing better than a good dram.  Unless it’s one with a great story and celebrating the stars of whisky. Distillery bottling Glenglassaugh The Manager’s Legacy Release No 1 – Jim Cryle 1974.  The first in a series of four bottlings to celebrate the achievements and influences of Glenglassaugh distillery managers during the period [...]