whisky-review
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Review no. 20: Hazelburn 10
Back to Earth after last week’s review of the Springbank vintage 1994. Because of the quality of the distillery’s new makes, their maturation seems to me less linear than others. For my palate, 10 years is often the perfect age for Springbank. Younger ones I usually find a bit raw, and the distillates are so… Continue reading
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Review no. 4: Bladnoch 34-year-old (1990) – SMWS 50.120 “Dawn’s Embrace”
90’s Bladnoch is essentially a lost style. Having been mothballed in 1993, it was reopened in the year 2000, producing an entirely different distillate. The new Bladnoch tends to be sweeter, with very active casks, and it’s not something I seek out. This old style shows a quirkier, more lactic spirit, of which many excellent… Continue reading
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Review no. 3: Edradour 12-year-old “Caledonia”
This 12-year-old Edradour is named after Dougie Maclean’s “Caledonia”, a sentimental little number making Scotsmen cry since 1977. The cover by Paolo Nutini is excellent. However, if Edradour was a song, it would be this beautiful ballad about drinking petrol by the Estonian punk band Vennaskond. It’s an uncompromising little distillery producing one of the… Continue reading
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Reviews no. 1 & 2: Glencadam 10 / Balblair 12
Welcome to the first review! I set this blog up about six months ago, wishing for a bit more flexibility in what and how I write, beyond what’s appropriate for whiskybase. I won’t go into the (positive) life events that got in the way. We’re here now, so let’s crack on. The dry, malty and… Continue reading
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