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Famous Grouse Vintage 1987 12 Year Old (70cl, 40%)
This is a premium blended malt produced from whiskies distilled in 1987 and bottled at 12 years old.
This is bottling of Famous Grouse – 1987 Vintage, which was released following the success of the 1986 vintage. This vatted malt from Famous Grouse includes Highland Park and Macallan.
This bottle was part of a private collection – if you’d like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Big Peat Douglas Laing’s (70cl, 46%)
A big bodied blended malt from Islay. It comprises malt whisky from Coal Ila, Bowmore, Ardbeg and Port Ellen. Big Peat is a great whisky with lots of peaty character.
Famous Grouse Vintage 1992 (bottled 2004) (70cl, 40%)
A rather interesting release from The Famous Grouse back in 2004, made with a blend of malt whiskies distilled in 1992.
Following the success of the 1989 vintage comes this new vatted malt from Famous Grouse. A big step up in quality from the standard blend, with Highland Park and Macallan again featuring in the mix.
Hamiltons Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky (70cl, 40%)
Get a taste of classic Islay peated whisky with this Hamiltons bottling. It’s a blended malt made with whiskies produced on the famous Inner Hebridean isle. The Hamiltons range explores four regions of Scotch whisky – Highlands, Lowlands, Speyside and Islay.
Famous Grouse 12 Year Old Malt (1L, 40cl)
Just like in the 15 Years that I reviewed earlier I find a peculiar Aroma in the 12 Years that I can’t quite place. It’s something that reminds me of Cooked Vegetables with a little added Sulphur but that doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it. Anyway, it’s clear that there are some Refill Macallan Ex-Sherry casks in the mix. The rest is mostly Glenrothes I think while it’s very hard or even almost impossible to detect Highland Park. Is there the faintest puff of Smoke in the background? It could be but I’m not gonna put a lot of money on that. On the Nose, this Famous Grouse has Sweet notes but there’s a slightly Sour touch to it as well. I find Toasted Barley, Toast with a mix of Butter and Margarine, light Honey, Toffee, Caramel, Hay, Dried Apricot, Apples, Plums, Nuts, light Vanilla, Orange, Nougat and hints of Espresso and Milk Chocolate. The Alcohol is not fully integrated. At this price level, it’s not at all bad but objectively speaking there’s not too much of interest going on.
Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Year Old Islay Origin (70cl, 42%)
This is 70cl bottle
Released as part of the Johnnie Walker Black Label Origin series, this here is the Islay Origin expression! It marries a blend of Islay malts, including the likes of Caol Ila and Lagavulin. The whisky is designed to be just as delicious in dram form (yeah, that’s probably what it’s called) as it is in a Highball, and this particular expression works wonders when paired with ginger ale.
Pure Scot Signature 70cl, 40%
Created by Bladnoch’s master distiller Ian MacMillan, Pure Scot is a blended Scotch whisky which combines whisky from the aforementioned Bladnoch with whisky from Speyside, the Highlands and Islay (as well as grain whisky). It picked up a gold medal at the San Francisco Spirits Competition in 2018 and at the Scotch Whisky Masters in 2017 and 2016.
Compass Box Great King Street Artist’s Blend (70cl, 43%)
A delicious, approachable blended Scotch whisky from the folks at Compass Box. The Great King Street range takes its name from their Edinburgh offices. The blend features Clynelish malt matured in first fill bourbon hogshead, a Highland malt blend aged in custom toasted new French oak barrels, malt from Linkwood matured in a sherry butt and a large proportion of Cameronbridge grain whisky aged in first fill American oak barrels.
Famous Grouse 30 Year Old (70cl, 43%)
A great top of the range Famous Grouse, a really enjoyable 30 year old blended malt.
The Lakes The One Colheita Cask Finished 70cl, 46.6%
More creative cask finishing wizardry from the gang at the Lakes Distillery! This expression of The One blended whisky was treated to a finish in Colheita Port casks. Colheita Port is made using the grapes from a single harvest, and notes of delicate fruits and warming spices certainly shine here.
Blended Malt 21 Year Old Batch 3 That Boutique-y Whisky Company (50cl, 47%)
A tremendous 21-year-old Speysider, this is a teaspooned whisky, meaning the majority of the liquid hails from a single undisclosed distillery, blended with just a smidge of whisky from elsewhere. The blend was bottled up by That Boutique-y Whisky Company to join its Cinema Series, and with heaps of sweet fruit and honeyed barley to discover, it’ll be far better than pic ‘n mix with your next film night.
Batch 3 is a release of 198 bottles.
Burnt Ends Blended Whiskey Small Batch Peated & Sherry Cask Finish (50cl, 45%)
Burnt ends – the sleeper hit of the barbecue world. Your brain might jump to Flintstone-sized racks of ribs and piles of pulled pork when barbecue is brought up, but those charred, smoky morsels are hard to beat. With that in mind, behold, Burnt Ends Blended Whisky! Inspired by the tasty goods served at the barbecue joints of the USA, this rich, meaty expression brings together Tennessee rye whiskey and sherry cask-finished peated single malt Scotch whisky, all within a bottle that looks like it should hold barbecue sauce. It’s meaty, smoky, rich and satisfying stuff.