Side by side : Four Benriach Single Casks

A kind gift from a friend arrived in the form of 4 single cask @TheBenriach bottlings

An ideal opportunity for a Side by Side!

Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2022 Limited Edition - 8yo Peated PX

OK hands up - yes I'm a Glen Scotia Fanboy. I've been to the distillery more times than you've had hot dinners, I've bought cases of every release they've ever bottled and love everything that comes put of the distillery*

*Some of these comments might be false...

Side by side: Three 1st Fill Oloroso from The Whisky Barrel

1st Fill Oloroso is a favourite of mine, add some peat and it's a match made in heaven! @WhiskyBarrel have released a number of bottles in their Originals range which have been matured in 1st Fill Oloroso, one of which is peated!

Let's try some!

Virtual tasting: Three Ships

You may not of heard of @ThreeShipsSA, they are one of a number of brands of South African whisky distilled at the James Sedgwick Distillery, one you may have heard of is Bain's.

I was lucky enough to try 6 of their bottlings.

Waxhouse Whisky Releases 005 and 006

Waxhouse Whisky are a tiny, not for profit, indie bottler formed by members of the St. Albans Whisky Club in 2018.

I was invited to the launch of their 6th release where we also tried release 5.

#BTC20 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 20th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Sam @ReviewsWhisky & Mike @whiskyrover

Batches : Kilkerran 8yo (Sherry & Port)

Distilleries often release whisky in batches, the same name but subtly different recipes, ABVs, maturation types / etc. @Kilkerran2004 release an 8yo Cask Strength bottling each year, I've reviewed previous versions ex-bourbon and sherry releases here. 

This year they released two bottlings: Sherry and  Port Cask matured.

Sauternes - too sweet?

There are loads of different wine cask now used to mature whisky, red ones seem to be more prominent as they add a darker colour.

Rayne Vigneau Barrel Room

Here I try Sauternes, a very sweet white desert wine, matured whiskies.

Side by side: A Pair From Speyburn

@SpeyburnWhisky is a very much under the radar distillery - at least in the UK. It's a huge seller in the US, especially as a lower end supermarket range.

I've not tried many, so here's a look at two of the core range: