Try Before you Buy: Whisky Samples and Miniatures
Don't you hate when you spend a lot of money on a bottle of whisky and it is a bad one.
Never again! Buy a sample and get an idea of how good or bad is the whisky before buying a a full bottle. I personally get my samples from Master of Malt because they have a fair price and come in a very solid and nice glass flask.
If you decide to buy miniatures instead, just keep in mind that the older the miniature that easier it is that the whisky is spoiled. You can't know! As Forrest Gump once said whisky miniatures are like a chocolate box, you never know what you are going to get... I have a rate of around 3% of spoiled miniatures.
Talisker
- “The distillery was built in 1830 by Hugh and Kenneth MacAskill, and expanded in 1900. During this early period, the whisky was produced using a triple distilling method, but changed to the more conventional double distilling in 1928. The distillery was nearly destroyed by fire in 1960, however five exact replicas of the original stills were constructed to preserve the original Talisker flavour. Talisker was a favourite whisky of writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry Vollam Morton.[citation needed] The distillery operates five stills, two wash stills and three spirit stills. All the stills use worm tubs (condensing coils) rather than a modern condenser, which are believed to give the whisky a "fuller" flavour (itself an indication of higher sugar content).”
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Talisker 1993 Amoroso Finish Distillers Edition
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Talisker 2003 Distillers Edition Sample Island Whisky
£6.45 -
Talisker 25 Year Old / Bot. 2005 Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Talisker 25 Year Old Sample / Bot.2013 Island Whisky
£20.95 -
Talisker 30 year 2010 Release
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Talisker 30 Year Old Sample / Bot.2012 Island Whisky
£25.95 -
Talisker 57° North Sample Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
£6.95 -
Talisker 57º North
£68.02 -
Talisker Port Ruighe / Port Finish Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Talisker Port Ruighe Sample / Port Finish Island Whisky
£5.55 -
Talisker Storm Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Talisker Tumbler
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Talisker Water Pouring Glass
Tamdhu
- “Tamdhu is a single malt Scotch whisky and a Speyside whisky distillery, located in the town of Knockando in Banffshire, Scotland. It is due to close in April 2010. [1] The distillery was founded in 1897 by a group of assemblers, wishing to engage in the production of their own whisky. It quickly passed on into the hands of Highland Distillers. The history of the distillery was fairly quiet, without changing owners, but still marked by a long dormant between 1927 and 1947. Its production capacity was tripled between 1972 and 1975. The distillery has now 3 wash stills and 3 spirit stills. Its annual production of pure alcohol is 4 million gallons. Unlike its neighbors the Tamdhu distillery has no roof-shaped pagoda above its malt furnaces. This is one of the last distilleries to always malter all of its barley on the spot by a mechanical saladin. The Tamdhu whisky is almost completely used for the production of blended whiskies, such as The Famous Grouse, J & B and Cutty Sark. Tamdhu's traditional single malt bottling does not mention its age, but a recent addition to its product line includes a 10 year old distillery bottling. Other single malts are sold by independent bottlers.”
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Tamdhu 10 Year Old / Cream Water Jug / 1980s
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Tamdhu 10 Year Old Sample Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Tamdhu 1968 / 39 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Tamdhu 8 Year Old Miniature / Macphail's Collection Speyside Whisky
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Tamdhu Batch Strength Sample / Batch No.1 Speyside Whisky
£6.25 Tanqueray
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Tanqueray Gin Miniature
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Tanqueray No. Ten
£30.43 Tasmania
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Sullivans Cove Double Cask
Teacher's
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Teacher's Blended Whisky Miniature Blended Scotch Whisky
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Teacher's Blended Whisky Miniature Blended Scotch Whisky
£2.15 -
Teacher's Highland Cream Miniature Blended Scotch Whisky
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Teachers Highland Cream
Teaninich
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Teaninich 10 Year Old Sample Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
£5.45 -
Teaninich 1983 / 16 Year Old / Cooper's Choice Highland Whisky
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Teaninich 27 Year Old 1983 - Cask Strength Collection (Signatory)
Teerenpeli
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Teerenpeli 10 Year Old Single Malt Sample Finnish Single Malt Whisky
£10.35 Teichenné
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Teichenné Apple Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Coffee Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Green Apple Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Kiwi Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Melon Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Peach Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
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Teichenné Vainilla Schnapps Liqueur Miniature
Thames
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Fifty Pounds Gin
The Balvenie
- “Founded in 1895 at Dufftown, Speyside, The Balvenie distillery is still own by the same company that founded it, William Grant and Sons. This great Speyside distillery protects its name so well that it is really hard to see any independent bottling.”
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Bally Delicious 23 Year Old - Single Cask (Master of Malt)
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Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve / Small Bottle Speyside Whisky
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Balvenie 12 year Doublewood
£38.33 -
Balvenie 12 year Doublewood
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Balvenie 12 Year Old / DoubleWood / Bot.1990s Speyside Whisky
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Balvenie 12 Year Old / Doublewood Miniature
£4.95 -
Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Miniature Speyside Whisky
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Balvenie 12 Year Old Single Barrel First Fill Sample Speyside Whisky
£5.65 -
Balvenie 12 Year Old Triple Cask Sample Speyside Whisky
£6.35 -
Balvenie 12 year Signature
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Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Sample Speyside Whisky
£5.75 -
Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Barrel Sample / Sherry Cask Speyside Whisky
£7.95 -
Balvenie 15 year Single Barrel
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Balvenie 17 year Madeira Cask
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Balvenie 17 Year Old / DoubleWood Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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Balvenie 17 Year Old / New Wood Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
£450.00