Tullibardine The Murray - 2013 Cask Strength

If you want to really find out about distillery character you need a dram at cask strength matured in ex-bourbon casks. 

Tullibardine have just released The Murray to allow you to, so let's try it!

#BTC49 BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 49th #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Cliff @KingsofYearron

Side by Side : A Trio of Man With The Hat Releases

@SouthportWhisky club founder Victor Porter @onekv regularly releases Indie bottles with his own distinct labels designed by the maestro @jwbassman_.

But I think @uk_whisky Peter Hunt from the club chose the latest 3 single cask  releases and sent me samples to try!

Signatory Vintage 100 Proof

Signatory Vintage have been releasing a series of 100 Proof bottlings over the last 6 months or so...

Let's find out a little more.

Tullibardine @TweetTasting

 A regular on the @TweetTastings cycle, @Tullidistillery allowed us to try their Core Range bottlings.

Here's my thoughts and those of a few friends!

Tullibardine 18yo

I recently published a blog on the price of 18yo bottlings, @Tullidistillery didn't feature as they didn't have an 18yo when I started my survey back in 2021

But they do now, so let's try it!

AD Rattray @TweetTasting

@ADRattrayWhisky chose a @TweetTastings to launch some of their new Cask Collection bottlings.

Here's my thoughts and those of a few friends!

DrivenByDrams Speyside Tour - Planning

This year the DrivenByDrams gang paid a visit to Speyside, for me it was my first time that far north in Scotland.

We'd picked four 'warehouse tastings' and a number of distillery visits to fill our time!

Tullibardine The Murray - Triple Port

We all know how I love Port cask finished whisky (as opposed to full port cask matured whisky) and what better than a triple port cask matured whisky?

Let's try @Tullidistillery's latest in The Marquess Collection.

Virtual tasting: Firkin Whisky Company

A conversation with  @FirkinWhiskyCo led to a zoom tasting with the #RatFans #WolfPack #BlindPack #RaasayPossie #FirkinDrammers

Lets see what they were like!

Side by side: A Tullibardine flight

A distillery with both a long and short history, Tullibardine distil unpeated Highland single malts.

Previously used at blending stock, they now produces a wide range of single malts.

#BlindPack : Lady Of The Glen Tasting

The #BlindPack are a small secretive organisation who have regular virtual tastings - some blind but some labelled. They change their code name to reflect the contents each tasting, this time it was #LadyBoys!

We spent an evening with Paul McKendrick from @Lady_ofthe_Glen trying some of their bottlings.

Side by side : Highland 46s

Highland drams seem to get a little ignored by reviewers with their big brothers from Islay or Speyside taking the limelight. This region produces nearly a quarter of all the whisky distilled in Scotland.

For this side by side I've selected 5 Highland drams all at the ABV sweet spot of 46% but with varying maturation, let see what they are like!