Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Tasted #500: Port Ellen 40yo 1979 "Prima & Ultima"

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When I started this blog  over 8 years ago, I didn't really know where it would lead, but it's fair to say I didn't expect that ...
Friday, 13 November 2020

Macallan Edition No.6 Hong Kong Launch [Tasted #499]

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The Macallan "Edition" series has become a pretty monumental one for the whisky collecting community. What started 6 years ago wit...
Monday, 9 November 2020

Tasted #498: Port Askaig 2001 Specially Bottled for Whiskies & More

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One of the benefits, I imagine, of being an importer/distributor of some of the world's best-loved Independent Bottlings  is that when y...
Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Highland Park Cask Strength - Hong Kong launch [Tasted #495 - 497]

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It's been a "long time between drinks" when it comes to whisky events in HK (for obvious reasons, of course). With the COVID ...
Friday, 30 October 2020

Tasting The Last Drop Distillers 56 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky [Tasted #494]

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The Last Drop  is not a bottler who could be accused of rushing bottles to market. Since their inception, they've only released 18 spiri...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

A very personal experience with the new Rosebank 30 Year Old "Release 1" [Tasted #493]

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The launch of a new 30yo Scotch whisky would generally be exciting enough on its own. An OB from a closed distillery, even more so. The laun...
Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Tasting the new Double Cask range at The Macallan Room Hong Kong [Tasted #490 - 492]

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If you make your way to Level 5 of the incredible  K11 Musea  shopping centre, you might find a small piece of Speyside, in the form of the ...
Monday, 14 September 2020

Tasted #489: Chief's Son The Tanist

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When I received a note on a new release from the Chief’s Son distillery based in Mornington Peninsula; an area south-east of Melbourne - I j...
Thursday, 10 September 2020

Black Tot Rum on Black Tot Day (Tasted #488)

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It was a dark day for many on 31st July 1970, when 200 years of tradition came to an end as the last daily rum ration (or "daily tot...
Monday, 31 August 2020

Tasted #486 - 487: 1980s Bowmore showdown - 15yo vs 30yo

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You wouldn't know it by reading through my "Tasted" posts (as I'm about 400 posts behind...), but I'm a huge Bowmore ...
Monday, 13 July 2020

Tasted #485: M&H Classic Single Malt

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Temperate and warmer climate have provided whiskies distillers with significant advantages and also hurdles for the distillation and maturat...
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Thursday, 25 June 2020

Tasted #484: Westward Oregon Stout Cask

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The phenomenon of "farm to table, grain to glass" has been around for some time and with the rise of craft distillation - consume...