by Shamini Charlie | Mar 8, 2021 | Irish, Reviews
Everyone who knows me knows how much I love and admire Teeling Whiskey. A few people have even called me an “unofficial ambassador of Irish whiskey in Norway” because I never miss a chance to share my love for Irish whiskey in general. Over the years since...
by Shamini Charlie | Feb 28, 2021 | Reviews, Scotch
Wemyss Malts Velvet Fig is a blend consisting of five ex-sherry hogshead casks of 1994 vintage Speyside and Highland single malts and 15 ex-sherry hogshead casks of 1988 vintage unpeated Bunnahabhain single malt. All 20 casks were then blended and transferred into 14...
by Shamini Charlie | Feb 14, 2021 | American, Reviews
Balcones High Plains Texas Single Malt Whisky is made entirely from barley, grown and malted in Texas, and was born from a collaboration between Balcones Distilling and Blackland Malts (Texas’ first malthouse). Blackland Malts worked together with Texas A&M...
by Shamini Charlie | Jan 28, 2021 | Irish, Reviews
It is not every day one gets the chance to taste a real piece of Irish history, but tonight I am tasting a John Jameson 15-year-old from the Very Special Old Whiskey bottling series. It is one of the last blended versions from Bow Street Distillery in Dublin, which...
by Shamini Charlie | Jan 11, 2021 | Reviews, Scotch
The first review of 2021 is a 9-year-old Glenrothes from Dràm Mòr. Glenrothes is a Speyside distillery located in Rothes, a town in the very heart of the Speyside region, owned by Edrington. The first thing I would like to talk about is the colour of this Glenrothes....
by Shamini Charlie | Dec 30, 2020 | Reviews, Scotch
It is time for the second whisky from Dràm Mòr’s Christmas release, the 10-year-old Linkwood – a Speyside distillery in Elgin, Scotland. Most of the Dràm Mòr bottlings I have reviewed come from distilleries new to me, so it has been an interesting and exciting...
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