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Darkness Single Malt Whiskies: Sherry treats

By Miguel in Tasting , Ardbeg , The Macallan , Master of Malt , Clynelish , Benrinnes

Welcome to the Darkness… Darkness is a range of single malt whiskies finished, and some of them aged, in sherry casks to give them that characteristic dark color that is a promise of spices, christmas aromas, cocoa and nuts.

Maverick Drinks send me five samples of their initial batch, an Ardbeg 21 years old finished in PX between them. I were going to explain you about how it was done and what was the finish process and what it does mean to whisky… but I am so anxious to taste them that I don’t really want to lose any more time on small talk.

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So the whiskies…

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Signatory Clynelish 1995 17 years old Reviews

By Miguel in Tasting , Clynelish

The last of the whiskies that I tasted at The Whisky Show in the Signatory stand. This Clynelish is another really good whisky… but I really get sad when I think of Brora.

“An awesome Clynelish aged in a sherry cask to perfection. Highly recommended”

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Clynelish 1995/ 17 Year Old/ Sherry #12794/Signatory for TWE Highland Whisky
A single cask bottling of 1995 vintage Clynelish, chosen by The Whisky Exchange and bottled by Signatory after 17 years' maturation in a refill sherry butt.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (92): more than average. nuts, powder, honey, citrus, spices, smoke, wood.

Palate (92): . nuts, powder, spices, wood, honey, citrus.

Finish (92): longer than average. spices, wood, honey.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Clynelish 1995/ 17 Year Old/ Sherry #12794/Signatory for TWE Highland Whisky with 92 points over 100.

Miguel says…

Nice way of blending sherry and smoke. A delicious very recommendable whisky if you ask me.


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Clynelish 1993 Distillers Edition Oloroso Sherry Review

By Miguel in Clynelish

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 )

“Interesting whisky but it won't shake your world neither”

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Clynelish 1993 Oloroso Sherry - Distillers Edition

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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Master of Malt Single Cask: Whiskies dram-arathon!

By Miguel in Tasting , Featured , Arran , Bunnahabhain , Master of Malt , Tobermory , Springbank , Clynelish , Auchentoshan , Tormore , Braes of Glenlivet

As I was writing you yesterday, whisky fairy knocked my door with a box ( well, two in fact ) full of whisky samples of Master of Malt’s Single Cask Whiskies.

Apart of three very interesting That Boutique-y whiskies, the box had eleven samples of the new bottling, that if you know them are stunning most of times… just thinking of this Bowmore, this Glenturret or … ejem… well… to the point, about these eleven single cask whiskies.

Kids! Don’t do this at home! Eleven drams, one evening. Let’s find the best one.

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Clynelish 24 years old 1972 Rare Malts Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Clynelish

“Gorgeous old style whisky. It sings about the good old times. ”

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Clynelish 24 year 1972 Rare Malts
From the rare malts series by Diageo, this 24 year old single malt is made on the same site as the (very much more expensive) Brora. Delicious smoky and intense Highland dram.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (91): average. candies, spices, citrus, floral, wood, a little smoke.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful, oily. wood, candies, spices, honey, vanilla.

Finish (91): long. honey, floral, pears, wood.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Clynelish 24 year 1972 Rare Malts with 91 points over 100.

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Clynelish 13 years old Signatory Cask Strength Collection Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Clynelish

“Epic whisky! It has a bit of everything: malt on nose, fruity as you taste and floral as it finish.”

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Clynelish 13 year 1995 Cask Strength Collection
A single cask whisky, bottled by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection.

This was distilled at Clynelish, in front of the defunct Brora, on the 21st December 1995 and matured in sherry butt 12792 for 13 years before bottling on the 15th September 2009.

A release of 547 bottles of cask strength highland whisky.

This dram has a white wine-like color.

Nose (90): strong. malt, peaches, apples, honey, vanilla, wood.

Palate (93): oily, powerful. peaches, floral, honey, wood, vanilla, spices, citrus.

Finish (90): very long. floral, honey, pepper.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Clynelish 13 year 1995 Cask Strength Collection with 91 points over 100.

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Clynelish 14 years old Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Clynelish
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Clynelish 14 year
The successor to the now-silent Brora, built opposite the original distillery and producing a top-quality rich, smoky dram. One of the best entry-level proprietary bottlings available from any distillery.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (91): more than average. sweet, banana, honey, vanilla, wood.

Palate (89): dry, oily, powerful. malt, floral, honey, wood.

Finish (88): long. floral, vanilla.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Clynelish 14 year with 89 points over 100.

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