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Ginger Tam's Whisky Liqueur Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , Ginger Tam's

“Only for you, ginger lover! Like sucking honeyed ginger roots”

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Ginger Tam's Whisky Liqueur
Ginger Tam's is a whisky liqueur with ginger.

And when I say that this drink has ginger, I mean it is ginger with whisky.

If you like ginger it can be a great drink, on the other way just use it on a nice pie.

This dram has a white-like color.

Nose (80): more than average. ginger, citrus, floral, herbs, honey.

Palate (78): powerful. ginger, honey, citrus, floral.

Finish (80): longer than average. ginger, honey.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Ginger Tam's Whisky Liqueur with 79 points over 100.

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Review of Mosstowie 31 years old 1979 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

By Miguel in Tasting , Glen Keith

“Scrumptious floral whisky. Mourn with me this tragic loss”

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Mosstowie 31 year 1979 Cask Strength Collection
A 31 year old Speysider, this was distilled at Miltonduff on the 18th May 1979, it was aged for 31 years in a single hogshead, before bottling by Signatory on the 24th November 2010. A release of 188 bottles.

Mosstowie is whisky distilled at Miltonduff from malted barley, but in column stills! Which by today standards would rule it out as single malt scotch whisky.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (86): average. floral, honey, candies, nutmeg, vanilla. Smells like PEZ candies. Interesting.

Palate (91): smooth, dry. floral, honey, citrus, spices, vanilla, wood.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, floral, wood, spices.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Mosstowie 31 year 1979 Cask Strength Collection with 89 points over 100.

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Glenisla 1977 28 years old Signatory Cask Strength Collection

By Miguel in Uncategorized , Tasting , Glen Keith

“Uaagh! Added to my list of whisky I should avoid”

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Glenisla 1977 / 28 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
A Signatory bottling of Glenisla, an experimental malt whisky distilled at Glen Keith using lightly peated malt and distilled heavily peated water. Slightly mad and very rare.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (79): more than average. honey, many floral, pepperoni . Very floral and then really strange. I swear it smells of saucisson. Unpleasant.

Palate (79): smooth, powerful. floral, spices, wood, pepper, pepperoni.

Finish (80): longer than average. floral, plums, dried apricots, spices.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Glenisla 1977 / 28 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky with 79 points over 100.

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Enlighted by Highland Park 30 years old whisky

By Miguel in Tasting , Highland Park

“Epic whisky! The sweetest raisins that I have ever had. The best Highland Park whisky I have tried”

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Highland Park 30 year
A stunning Highland Park 30 years old bottled at high strength, over 48% abv.

This single malt whisky from this Orkney distillery has a good amount of sherry casks used on it. It portraits also the awesome heather theme present on most Highland Park scotches.

Definitively a whisky to drink if you can afford it. If that's not the situation, you would do well checking the 25 years old

This dram has a tawny-like color.

Nose (94): more than average. honey, raisins, floral, spices, cinnamon. Lovely! Sweet raisins.

Palate (93): smooth, powerful. honey, leather, nuts, floral, spices, wood, cocoa. Sherry epitome!

Finish (93): longer than average. honey, nuts, floral.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Highland Park 30 year with 93 points over 100.

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Tasting Highland Park 25 years old scotch whisky

By Miguel in Tasting , Highland Park

“Marvelous! Incrediblely good Highland Park. A sherry marvel if you ask me”

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Highland Park 25 year
Highland Park 25yo is a terrifically complex, rich, woody, sherried dram.

Distilled at the remote island of Orkney on the north of Scotland in the Highland Park distillery. One of the last that still does in-site malting.

It seems as if this release will be the last at cask strength as the company is running low on stocks, so don't tarry too long if you want one of these great single malt whiskies.

This dram has a cooper-like color.

Nose (93): more than average. honey, wood, fruits, plums, smoke, floral, spices, pepper, a little cinnamon.

Palate (92): smooth, powerful. honey, wood, spices, pepper, leather, nuts, cocoa. Impressive sherry character.

Finish (93): longer than average. honey, nuts, spices.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Highland Park 25 year with 93 points over 100.

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Impressive Highland Park 18 years old whisky

By Miguel in Tasting , Highland Park

“First class whisky with a lovely integration of heather and smoke. Thumbs up for this Highland Park whisky.”

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Highland Park 18 year
One of our all-time favorites, this has to be one of the most consistently excellent malt whiskies of the last ten years.

Showered with awards and praise from all quarters, it was named as 'Best Spirit in the World' by F. Paul Pacult of the Spirit Journal in 2005.

If you enjoyed this Highland Park single malt, you should try the 25 years old that it is a awesome sherry Orkney monster.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. honey, floral, heather, wood, spices, cinnamon.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful. honey, wood, spices, floral, citrus, cocoa.

Finish (91): longer than average. honey, wood, spices, vanilla, pepper.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Highland Park 18 year with 91 points over 100.

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Review of Highland Park 12 years old Single Malt

By Miguel in Tasting , Highland Park

“More smoky than peaty but a very nice Highland Park.”

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Highland Park 12 year
The first proprietary bottling of Highland Park single malt Scotch whisky was as a 12 year old in 1979.

It remains the core expression of the Highland Park range and is a smooth, balanced single malt, with a rich full flavour and a gentle smokey finish.

In fact this is the smokier bottling of all the range. If you like this Highland Park 12 years old, you should try the 18 years old.

This dram has a amber-like color.

Nose (89): more than average. peat, honey, heather, citrus, malt, spices.

Palate (90): smooth, oily. peat, honey, floral, spices, vanilla, wood, cocoa.

Finish (89): longer than average. peat, wood, honey.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Highland Park 12 year with 89 points over 100.

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Tasting Highland Park 1998

By Miguel in Tasting , Highland Park

“Very floral Highland Park whisky”

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Highland Park 1998 1l
Released in April 2010, this litre bottle vintage edition of Highland Park was distilled in 1998, the year of the distillery's bicentenary and was originally only available in travel retail.

This Highland Park single malt is one of the members of the vintage selection that this Orkney distillery has released lately.

Fruity, with a honeyed sweetness after 12 years maturation in American oak.

It is a real pity it wasn't bottled at cask strength.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (90): more than average. heather, honey, toffee, malt, citrus. Lots of lovely floral sweet aroma

Palate (88): smooth. heather, wood, honey, citrus, spices, pepper, dark chocolate.

Finish (87): longer than average. floral, spices, vanilla.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Highland Park 1998 1l with 88 points over 100.

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anCnoc 16 years old Tasting note

By Miguel in Tasting , anCnoc

“Delicious taste, so sweet with a spices melody along floral notes”

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anCnoc 16 Year Old
An Cnoc,formerly Knockdhu, is a top-quality proponent of the non-sherried Speyside style.

This Speyside single malt whisky is deliciously malty with a good amount of spices. Really lovely.

If you enjoyed this AnCnoc 16 years old, you should try the 12 years old

This dram has a fino-like color.

Nose (90): average. honey, barley, floral, citrus, vanilla, pears.

Palate (91): smooth, powerful, oily. honey, candies, vanilla, malt, citrus, floral, spices.

Finish (90): longer than average. honey, spices, vanilla.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this anCnoc 16 Year Old with 90 points over 100.

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Review of Caol Ila 25 years old

By Miguel in Tasting , Caol Ila

“The softest Caol Ila peat. Very good but this distillery has more exciting bottles.”

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Caol Ila 25 Year Old
Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl / 43% This official 25yo from last year was too quickly swept aside due to its lower bottling strength of 43%. But in this case it really works, this is a beautiful and gentle example of aged Caol Ila. If you are interested to see how peat notes change and evolve with age then this is the perfect bottling. Beautiful, symphonic stuff.

This dram has a gold-like color.

Nose (91): average. peat, honey, floral, citrus, vanilla. Soft peat with the deliciously sweet floral aroma of Caol Ila

Palate (89): smooth, powerful, oily. peat, wood, pepper, a little earth, citrus, pepper.

Finish (88): average. peat, floral, spices.

So based on other whiskies I have already tasted I rate this Caol Ila 25 Year Old with 89 points over 100.

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