Lochside 46 yo 1965 (52,3%, Adelphi 2011, sherry cask #6778, single blend, 499 btl.) – 92/100

Aberlour 16 yo 1994 (46%, Whisky Import Belux & The Bonding Dram 2011, bourbon hogshead #8825, 279 btl.) – 84/100

Brora 32 yo (54,7%, OB 2011, refill American oak & refill European oak, 10th Annual release, 1500 btl.) – 94/100

Longmorn 36 yo 1975 (50,6%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ 2011, ex-bourbon hogshead, 163 btl.) – 88/100

Isle of Jura 23 yo 1988 (52,9%, The Whisky Agency ‘Romantique’ 2011, ex-bourbon hogshead, 201 btl.) – 91/100

Glenburgie 1997 (57,6%, Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Asta Morris 2011, bourbon cask #8551, 212 btl.) – 89/100

Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland malt whisky ‘Shackleton’s Replica’ (47,3%, White & MacKay 2011, 50.000 btl.) – 85/100

Whisky Round Table - september 2011I’m hosting the September edition of the Whisky Round Table. Here’s what I asked my fellow Knights:

If you could reopen a mothballed or demolished distillery, which one would it be and why?

 

Tormore 10 yo ‘Pure malt 100%’ (43%, OB for Dreher Milano, around 1980, 75cl) – 87/100

Longmorn 35 yo 1976 (53,6%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ 2011, bourbon hogshead, 187 btl.) – 94/100

Glenfarclas 43 yo 1968 (47,5%, OB Family Cask ‘selected by Luc Timmermans’, Manzanilla cask #697, 133 btl.) – 93/100

Laphroaig 21 yo 1990 (55,9%, The Whisky Agency & The Whisky Exchange ‘Private Stock’ 2011, bourbon hogshead, 264 btl.) – 89/100

DYC

DYC (40%, OB 2010) – 60/100

Liquid Sun – whisky label by The Whisky Agency

A series of Japanese whisky reviews. There’s a Hakushu and Yamazaki bottled for Whisky-Live Japan, a Karuizawa 1991, several Nikka bottlings, the highly praised Yamazaki 18yo, a Mizunara wood finish etc.

So it’s all true. The Whisky Fair in Germany is probably the best whisky festival out there. Full […]

Auchentoshan 18 yo 1978 (58,8%, OB 1997, 13 casks #295x + #436x + #437x) – 87/100

Laphroaig 20 yo 1990 (56,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’ with Bresser & Timmer 2011, ex-bourbon, 237 btl.) – 88/100

Tomatin 34 yo 1976 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Grotesque Crocs’ 2011, refill sherry butt, 309 btl.) – 91/100

The Spirit of Unity is a special blend released to support Japan. Seven Scotch whisky distilleries are donating a cask of its single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky.

Ardbeg 27 yo 1975 (50%, Douglas Laing OMC 2002, sherry cask, US market, 342 btl.) – 92/100

Ardbeg 1980 ‘Kildalton’ (57,6%, OB 2004, 1300 btl.) – 88/100

Luc Timmermans announced that his tasks as importer of Malts of Scotland and owner of the Thosop handwritten series will be taken over by Dominiek Bouckaert.

Head over to Whisky4everyone (by Matt & Karen) for this month’s Whisky Round Table. The twelve of us […]

The Ten – La Maison du Whisky

Old Pulteney WK209 ‘Good Hope’ (46%, OB 2010, travel retail, 100cl) – 77/100