Welcome to day 2. Today we have a danish whisky for you. For a distillery opened in 2009 this whisky is quite tasty it probably has something to do with its barrel lineage with I am sure you will agree is quite unique. Todays dram is the first of the whiskys that we managed to…
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Day 17 — Edradour 10
Day 17. Today we have a older but lesser drunken whisky which seems strange given that almost everything they make is tasty. Keeping today’s blurb short let’s just dig in. Whisky Country: Scotland Age: 10 ABV: 40 Profile The low-slung farm buildings contain traditional equipment – mashing is in a one tonne, open-topped, rake and plough mash…
Day 12 — An Cnoc Peatheart Batch 2
Day 12 as part of the BC premium release event this year they revived some An Cnoc peat heart batch 2. I remember people liking the first version of this when it was released and I try to collect a peated and non-peated offering from the event to go into the calendar each year. This…
Day 11 — Black Adder Black Snake Vat 1, 5th Venom
Welcome to day 11. When you’re an independent bottler you need to have a shtick and Black Adder has not just one but two. Firstly they don’t have any machine processing on their bottlings and second they either employ the worst or the best graphic artist to design their bottles. Today’s dram they have added…
Day 8 — Glencadam – 10 Years
Welcome to day 8 today we have a lesser known distillery and when picking the notes I am not really sure why. This is light, fruity, and tasty and I will need to find more. I really don’t know what more to say here so let’s just dig in and enjoy! Whisky Country: Scotland Age:…
Day 19 — Penderyn Single Malt
Welcome to day 19. As we enter the last week of the calendar we have a fun one from Wales. This is first whisky to be distilled in Wales in over 100 years, and is a welcome addition to the world of single malt whisky. Matured in used American Oak casks, and enhanced in Madeira…
Day 18 — Glendronach 8 Year Hielan
Welcome to day 18. Today we have our second offering from Glendronach. Unlike that last one there are no hints of peat and yet it is still complex and interesting. Bottled at 46% the Hielan is composed of a mix of Ex-Bourbon & Ex-Sherry Casks. The name is a “a heartfelt tip of the hat to the…