We continued our whisky explorations at the Gordon & Macphail stand at Paris Whisky Live, switching gears from their DIscover to Connoisseur Choice range with: Glendullan 12 year (2009 / 2022) 45% (approx Eur 100) Glenburgie 26 year (1995/2022) 1st … Continue reading
In early 2021, I decided to start acquiring some bottles for future tasting sessions and thought it was past time to pick up a few of Gordon & Macphail’s Discovery range of affordable “entry” drams. I picked a Glenrothes & Miltonduff. … Continue reading
I used to think folks who would write about the whiskies they added to their collection without tasting were a bit daft. After all, for me it is the journey – discovering something more about a whisky through experiencing it … Continue reading
After a rye, bourbon and highland, it was time to turn to something peaty – and what is a more classic expression than Caol Ila? Caol Ila 8 Year Old – Provenance (Douglas Laing) Nose – Pure peat, wood smoke, … Continue reading
Our original tasting club in Mumbai has a tradition of sampling blind. We also try to explore something new – which sometimes leads to amazing new discoveries and sometimes disappointments. What this means is trying familiar distilleries but in new … Continue reading
In September, I’d planned to be off on a Scottish whisky tour… however the visa powers that be had other ideas and I found myself cancelling that trip and remaining grounded in Mumbai. The silver lining was being able to … Continue reading
Our final North Star Series 5 whisky was from the Islay region with a Caol Ila whisky. While it was the last, it was an entirely appropriate tasting order with this peaty robust dram coming after some lighter, flirtatious whiskies. … Continue reading
We shifted fully into peat mode with Caol Ila… part of the new La Maison du Whisky Artist # 8 series. Just as you would imagine from the swirl of smoke from Jérémie Lenoir’s photographs, this was no shy retiring whisky… … Continue reading
La Maison du Whisky has created special Artist Series… at Whisky Live Singapore 2018 in Singapore, they featured their new 8 Series. This time, they split the approach into non-sherry and sherry, with two different artists. We sampled them in the … Continue reading
At Whisky Live Singapore 2018, there were a few choice Gordon & MacPhail whiskies available in the VIP section. It provided a great opportunity to sample fine whiskies – particularly aged drams one could ordinarily not afford. We spotted this when … Continue reading
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