Whisky

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 [...]

New Stock in from Duncan Taylor & Co

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

The following single malt whiskies and single grain whisky have just arrived in from Duncan Taylor
Rare Auld Caperdonich 1972 27 Years Old #7414 (£132.95)
Another amazing Caperdonich from Duncan Taylor.  Think a bag of boiled sweets fruit flavoured.
Rare Auld Glen Moray 1973 36 Years Old #7037 (£95.95)
The most complex Glen Moray I have ever had.  Well [...]