The fifth annual Whisky Shop Dufftown challenge for Independent Bottlers was run during the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival this last weekend. With more entries than ever before it was a hotly fought contest. Entries came from Adelphi, Duncan Taylor, Douglas Laing, Wemyss, The Creative Whisky Company and Gordon & MacPhail. This remains one of the few [...]
Duncan Taylor
The Whisky Shop Dufftown Challenge 2011
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011The Whisky Shop Dufftown’s Second Bottling – Caperdonich 1972 37 Years Old
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010By Mike Lord
Bottling No 2 is now ready to buy!
With the help of our inside man at Duncan Taylor we were able to liberate a small amount of Caperdonich from a single ex-Bourbon cask saving it from being Octaved. It certainly didn’t need it! This is one of the best Caperdonich’s I’ve had showing all [...]
The WSD Challenge 2010
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010This was another very competitive competition. Independent Bottlers entered their whiskies in to 2 categories: Speyside; and The Rest of Whisky. The winners, voted for by attendees at The Whisky Shop Dufftown during the Spirit of Speyside Festival were:
Speyside
First place: Old Malt Cask Probably Speyside’s Finest 1967 41 Years Old (Jan Beckers)
Second place: Duncan Taylor [...]

