#BTC47 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 47th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Matt @thedramble

#BTC41 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 41st #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Billy @BillyCowan

Whisky Advent Calendar 2022 - Dram reviews

Those great people at @DrinksByTheDram sent me an Advent Calendar for the run up to Christmas! For the whisky fans amongst us this makes much more sense than a chocolate one!

Now the idea with an Advent Calendar is that you open 1 door each day from the 1st December through to Christmas Eve... But please enjoy your whisky responsibly! Sometimes it may not possible to open a dram each day, you could share with mates or save a couple to enjoy at the weekend?

Side by side: Four Distell Finishes

Distell own three distilleries in Scotland and four in South Africa producing whisky and brandy.

A recent sample swap delivered four cask strength drams from three of these distilleries.

#BTC13 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 13th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Paul @derekcuster

BTC10 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 10th #BlindDrams evening.

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

BTC7 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 7th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Gordon @gordonsmith63 and Scott @ScotchB78

BTC5 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

 These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 5th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Simon @TheWhiskyNovice

Side by side : Deanston Single Casks

Deanston isn't a distillery that's really been on my radar, but having been camping close by on a recent road trip I decided to pay a visit.

I came away with 3 single cask bottlings, let's see what they are like.

Southport Whisky Festival

How do you organise a Whisky Festival during Lockdown? People aren't allowed to meet in large numbers, suppliers can't or won't get onboard...

You find an enthusiastic team... maybe an existing whisky club... with a leader with strong industry links.... and put a plan together!

Side by side: Cadenhead's 10yo Hogsheads

For this 'side by side' blog I've picked 3 Ten year old cask strength drams from Cadenhead's Small Batch range. Each of these has come from the marriage of two or more bourbon hogsheads.

WM Cadenhead's is Scotland's oldest independent bottler, founded in Aberdeen in 1842 was bought by J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd, the proprietors of Springbank Distillery in 1972.

A Signature Journey

If you've been reading this blog for a while you may have gone back and read my first post about how I got into whisky - my first distillery visit to Edradour near Pitlochry in the Highlands. Now when I visited back in the last century it was owned by Pernod Ricard but shortly after my visit in 2002 it was bought by a local independent bottler by the name Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Company.

As well as distilling Edradour and peated whisky under the name Ballechin, they buy casks from other distilleries and bottle them under the name Signatory Vintage. Over the years I've tried a few of these and always been very impressed.

Mini-reviews: first but not last!

This was a sample swap from @HoleyWhisk of Deanston's 12yo