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Share your thoughts! When I think of peat almost automatically I think of Islay whiskies ( and if you don’t you should read this article! ) but there is lots of peat outside that little Scotch island. Benriach, that now owns too Glendronach and Glenglassaugh distilleries, has had a stormy past with periods of time closed until it was rescued and reopened in 2004.
Since that year we have seen lots of different aged and finished Benriach whiskies, in particular the whisky we review today, Heredotus, is part of a series of 12 years old peated whiskies aged in different cask types: Importanticus Fumosus, Aromaticus Fumosus and Heredotus Fumosus.
Benriach Heredotus has been aged in PX casks for twelve years.
This dram has a gold-like color.
Nose (90): more than average. peat, honey, wood, citrus, raisins, cocoa.
Palate (89): powerful, oily. peat, honey, citrus, wood, cocoa, spices.
Finish (89): longer than average. peat, wood.
So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Benriach 12 year Heredotus Fumosus with 89 points over 100.Well, there are lots of people that love this style. For me, it remind me so much of this failed attempt to age whisky that I can not truly enjoy it… oh! How much I miss this Laphroaig…
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I am not a friend of finished whiskies nor a friend of Highlands whiskies. I dunno why but they don’t taste right for me. I think Highland whiskies ( like Tomatin, Glenglassaugh or Glenmorangie ) are usually too floral and dry for my taste. And usually when they finish it the result is a whisky that isn’t sherried enough to override the floral aroma ( that I suppose some of you may find lovely… Do you? ).
So I am reviewing today a Glencadam 14 years old finished in Oloroso sherry casks ( yes, the same casks that mature Glendronach Revival or Macallan Sienna ).
This dram has a fino-like color.
Nose (88): more than average. honey, nuts, citrus, floral, vanilla.
Palate (88): powerful, oily. honey, nuts, citrus, floral, spices, pepper, wood.
Finish (89): longer than average. nuts, honey, vanilla.
So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Glencadam 14 Year Old / Oloroso Sherry Finish Highland Whisky with 88 points over 100.
Interesting whisky with a nice taste, but I really prefer truely sherried whiskies like this 32 years old Glencadam.
Just next to the lost Brora distillery there is a copy of it named Clynelish that produces a similar malt whisky, or so they say. The true is that there is nothing like old Brora whiskies and Clynelish whiskies that I have tasted are nowhere near it.
This Clynelish that I review today is part of the Distillers Edition that Diageo releases annually from their distilleries stable ( You should really check their Lagavulin and Talisker, that’s true good stuff )
This dram has a amber-like color.
Nose (89): more than average. honey, citrus, spices, hazelnuts, floral.
Palate (89): powerful, oily. honey, nuts, wood, citrus, floral, vanilla.
Finish (89): longer than average. honey, wood, citrus.
So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Clynelish 1993 Oloroso Sherry - Distillers Edition with 89 points over 100.I think you can buy better things with your money. But still it is a good whisky that is a bit short of being really great and enjoyable.
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So finally the day has come, Sunday. And I am ready to announce the winner of the fabulous £100 whisky bottle.
During the last ten days, in Facebook, Google+ and email hundreds of friends have joined in this give-away and after getting more than seven hundred entries I have spent all the Sunday morning building the list of entries to randomly choose a winner.
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I have had the pleasure of sharing another tweet tasting with Steve from The Whisky Wire ( you are missing great stuff if you don’t follow him on Twitter! ). So yesterday we did a new Milroys Tweet Tasting. Milroys of Soho is a great whisky shop located at Greek St. London just in the heart of the Soho.
Last year when I travelled to London for TWE Whisky Show 2012 ( this year show has been fantastic! ), I visited Milroys and get delighted by the huge amount of whiskies on stock there. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to taste anything and because I travelled with Ryanair I couldn’t get any bottle with me ( Damn you Ryanair! ) so when I tasted a few weeks later some of the whiskies I realized what mistake I did. Milroy’s of Soho bottles great whiskies with a price that is hard to believe nowadays.
So my expectations for this #MilroysTT2 were quite high because I was sure that whatever it was on the samples it would be a great night.
So let’s see the whiskies. As with other tweet tasting we tasted blind and after the tasting we were told what we have been drinking. It is really impressive that several people nailed the dram they were drinking.
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