Do you love Jura? Didn’t think so… Jura is one of those distilleries that we whisky drinkers happily pass on, Why ? Well because some of the old core range just was not up to scratch. Lets be honest it was not good at all. I remember trying something sold within a green box, i…
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Tomatin 36 Year Old – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Life often throws us a curve ball every now and again and without going into too many details my best intentions over the festive period hit a snag.. Over the past few years i have always reviewed the Boutiquey Whisky Calendar and although it is a commitment to review 24 drams back to back it…
Japanese Blended Whisky #1 21 Year Old, That Boutique-y Whisky Company
It is safe to say Japanese whisky is sought after.. Some releases are commanding rather ridiculous price tags, and when you consider what some of it is then you have to scratch your head and wonder why ! Riding on the back of some superb releases many years ago the more modern whiskies are definitely…
Irish Single Malt #2 16 Year Old, That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Irish Whiskey The simple fact is that whisky has a deep origin and chequered history within Ireland and that alone makes Irish single malt whisky / Irish pot still whisky a very underrated product, or should I be saying whiskey ? well whichever spelling we go with it still boils down to the fact Ireland…
Mortlach 20 year old batch 5 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Day 22 and our journey is coming to its end but not before we visit Speyside once again.. Mortlach is another distillery owned by Diageo, founded back in 1823 by James Findlater this distillery is certainly one of the more iconic Speyside whiskies.. Mortlach is well known for the big sherried expressions and bold flavours…
Caperdonich 22 year old, batch 5 That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Day 20… As we count down the last few days of this amazing journey through some of the finest offerings That Boutique-y Whisky Company has to offer we come across another sadly closed distillery.. Hailing from Speyside, Caperdonich Distillery was always referred to as the sister distillery to Glen Grant or as it was officially…
Bowmore 27 year old – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Day 18 in the Boutiquey Advent Calendar and it’s a long old journey back to Islay.. Jet lag might set in, hopefully I won’t miss the ferry.. ( fingers crossed ) Bowmore, Which is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland and the oldest on Islay having been founded way back in 1779 by David…
Strathmill 11 year old batch 5 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
It is Day 16 and Speyside is once again our destination.. Strathmill is another distillery owned by Diageo and with most of the whisky produced going into blends like J & B . The distillery itself is one that is mostly closed to the public and with bottlings of single malt very rarely available it’s…
Bunnahabhain 11 year old – batch 5 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Day 8 and the Boutiquey whisky advent calendar is sending us to Islay.. As the song says “ You can reach me by airplane, You can reach me by caravan, You can reach me by sail boat i don’t care how you get here, just get here if you can” Well that’s how most people…
North British 26 year old Batch 5 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
It’s day 6 from the Boutiquey Whisky Company Advent Calendar.. And we have this 26 year old north British single grain.. The North British Distillery Company was established in 1885 by Andrew Usher, William Sanderson and John Crabbie. They built the Distillery on the outskirts of Edinburgh and started producing spirit in the September of…
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