Looking at some of the upcoming releases from Compass Box, Kilchoman, Old Pulteney and Douglas Laing
Month: September 2017
Glenrothes 1980 (56,3%, OB 2004, single sherry cask #17563, 558 btl.)
Springbank 15 yo (46%, OB 2017) – 84/100
Clynelish 21 yo ‘Art of Whisky Distilling’ (56,1%, Elixir Distillers 2017, ex-bourbon hogshead, 251 btl.)
Speyside Region Malt 44 yo 1973 (51,6%, Antique Lions of Spirits ‘Butterflies’ 2017, sherry cask, 372 btl.)
Irish single malt 14 yo 2001 (56,4%, Master of Malt 2016, bourbon barrel #10785)
A quick look at some of the upcoming releases from Teeling, Bruichladdich, Deanston and Tomatin.
Bruichladdich 12 yo 2004 (62,2%, OB ‘Micro-provenance’ 2017, first-fill bourbon cask #1694, Optic barley)
Bruichladdich 8 yo 2008 (63,4%, OB ‘Micro-provenance’ 2017, first-fill bourbon cask #4019, Oxbridge barley)
Bruichladdich 6 yo 2011 (61,5%, OB ‘Micro-provenance’ 2017, first-fill bourbon cask #2431, Concerto / Propino / Publican barley)
Mortlach 18 yo 1998 (55,8%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2016, sherry finish, cask #5, 681 btl.)
Benromach Triple Distilled 2009 (50%, OB 2017, 15.600 btl.)
GlenDronach 24 yo 1993 (59,2%, OB 2017, sherry butt #43, 588 btl.) – 89/100
Ledaig 10 yo 2007 (53,8%, Claxton’s 2017, bourbon hogshead & PX sherry octave #1715AV2 – 700641)
Upcoming releases from Ardbeg, Benromach and Ledaig…
Invergordon 42 yo (48%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #15, 665 btl.)
GlenDronach 27 yo 1990 (53,4%, OB 2017, PX puncheon #7005, 546 btl.)
More Mezcal discoveries from the wider Oaxaca region
Bowmore 25 yo 1991 (48,7%, Antique Lions of Spirits ‘Butterflies’ 2017, bourbon cask, 218 btl.)
Highland Park 12 yo ‘Viking Honour’ (40%, OB 2017) – 84/100
A quick look at some new of the new whiskies launched this week…
Jura One and All 20yo (51%, OB 2017) – 87/100
Benrinnes 20 yo (50%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Time series’ 2016, bourbon cask, 280 btl.) – 85/100
Benrinnes 20 yo 1995 (51,1%, Single Malts of Scotland 2016, hogshead #9057, 281 btl.) – 87/100
Benrinnes 18 yo 1997 (52,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, hogshead) – 86/100
Bunnahabhain 46 yo 1969 ‘Eich Bhana Lìr’ (41,8%, OB 2017, Oloroso butt, 198 btl.) – 93/100
Ben Nevis 10 yo (46%, OB 2017)
Ledaig 9 yo 2007 (52,3%, Whisky Mercenary for BYOB-C ‘Lads of Lobland’ 2017, bourbon cask, 100 btl.) – 84/100
A look at this week’s whisky news from Macallan, Jura, BenRiach, Kilchoman and Bowmore.
Craigellachie 23 yo (46%, OB 2014) – 90/100