Teaninich The distillery was founded back in 1817 by Captain Hugh Monro who owned the estate where the distillery was to be built. In 1831 John Munro who is the younger brother to Captain Hugh Monro buys the distillery. John Munro leases the distillery to Robert Patterson in 1850, Patterson is certainly a name you…
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Tobermory 12 year old
Tobermory Founded by John Sinclair in 1798 after he had applied to lease the 57 acre site named Ledaig in 1797 with the intention to build a distillery along with housing for the workers.. Initially he was turned down for the licence to distill but was granted a brewing licence, however John Sinclair prevailed and…
MOMENT OF SERENITY.. 76.135
The Smws is a club that almost all whisky enthusiasts will have heard of and at some point will have discussed the merits of joining.. Although you probably wouldn’t exactly call it an exclusive club as anyone can join, it is still a club to worth joining if you want exclusive bottles at a good…
BENRIACH PEATED (Cask Strength) Batch 1..
BenRiach recently announced the launch of the new Peated cask strength batch number 1 and today I get to review said whisky ( lucky me) .. This new release is said to be made from heavily peated barley and has been bottled at 56% ( cask strength ) as well as being natural colour and…
TIMOROUS BEASTIE 40yo ” IS IT A MYTH”
Scotland is full of old myths and tales of beasties, we have the Loch Ness monster, Morag, Lizzie and many many others but there are new tales of a beastie, one that may be living in a home near you, they say it lurks in dark corners, behind closed cabinet doors and even under the…
THE CIRCUS MEETS ENLIGHTENMENT
Compass box have recently released another two big blended expressions, ” The Circus and Enlightenment” both are limited editions and both are NCF and Natural colour.. Compass box is one of those company’s that tries to have innovative and be forward thinking which sometimes gets them a slap on the wrist by those that don’t…
CU BOCAN.. ( 1988 )
The beast has escaped.. Tomatin Distillery is fast becoming a favourite of mine, so recently when I had the opportunity to visit the distillery how could I resist. The distillery is producing some absolutely stunning whisky and while at the distillery they had just recieved delivery of the first bottles of the new beast,…
Tomatin, first fill bourbon.
The latest offering from Tomatin distillery is another bottle your own, this time I have a 2003 first fill bourbon cask, distilled 23-10-03 and bottled 25-9-15 so just short of 12yo.. It has a strength of 56.4% so it is no puppy.. Nose.. After a few minutes sitting around patiently I dived into a barrage…
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