BenRiach 2007 batch 14 head to head..

Battle of the casks… #101 V #105. 2007 sherry casks.. The next instalment in the BenRiach batch 14 release has me doing a head to head battle with these two Oloroso Sherry matured expressions, both are peated and both laid down in 2007.. First up is cask #105.. Distilled 2007 and bottled 2017 at 10…

BenRiach Virgin oak.. batch 14 release.

BenRiach recently released batch 14 of the single cask releases and although there are no older expressions in this release it certainly looks like there are  some very interesting expressions.. This review is for the Virgin oak and is one of only two non peated expressions in this release, the other being from an oloroso…

GLENDRONACH 1985 (batch 14)

Let me tell you a little story, Towards the end of last year ( 2016) I was given the news I was to be made redundant, feeling totally down I returned home to find a package containing a number of samples and to say I was slightly stunned with the contents is a massive understatement!…

GLENDRONACH 1989 Single cask, Batch 14.

Its Glendronach time again and on offer is the single cask offering from 1989, this latest batch release ( batch 14 ) for which I have already reviewed the majority has been exceptional and has offered up some real gems and a great diversity of flavours and aromas and I hope this one won’t be…

Glendronach 1990 Single cask. Batch 14.

Glendronach Glendronach as you might know if you have been following my blog very kindly allowed to me review the whole batch of single casks releases in the 14th release.. A little fact about the distillery is that in days gone by  all the  workers at GlenDronach would have lived on site, including the distillery…

GLENDRONACH 1991 Batch 14.

Ok so everyone now knows I love Glendronach and the single cask releases they put out !  And as anyone who reads my blog ( ok not so many then ) knows, I have the pleasure of reviewing the full batch 14 release and what a pleasure it has been so far, but we are…

GLENDRONACH 1992 Batch 14.

It is time to get back to one off those big sherry bombs in the form of this Glendronach 1992 single Oloroso sherry Butt.. Cask #226 gave up only 554 bottles and was distilled  5th June 1992 and bottled September 2016 at a cask strength of 58.4% abv, this has no added colour. Nose.. ( smiles…

GLENDRONACH 2002 Single cask batch 14

Every now and again we get to do something that just makes us smile, gives us that warm fuzzy feeling inside and I have that right now !!  A few days ago I received a lovely surprise from Glendronach which was the full range of samples from batch 14 of the single cask releases.  Today…

Glendronach 2003 Single cask – batch 14

Glendronach 2003 Single cask The 2nd review in this series is the Glendronach 2003 Single cask from the batch 14 release..  Like the 2004 this is single malt whisky is from a Sherry puncheon and is cask #4034,  this was distilled on the 7th February 2003 and Bottled September 2016 making this a 13 year old single…