I have to confess to never having previously tasted any of the output from this most northerly mainland distillery, so I came to it with no preconceptions, save perhaps wondering if it would be anything like the well known distillery on the facing islands of Orkney.
Old Pulteney - 30 year old, 44%
Colour
Pale gold, lemon or [...]
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Maritime Wizardry in Wick
July 16th, 2009 
Bill SMWS Cask no 25.47
May 4th, 2009 Bill This is the first tasting note from my recent visit to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s rooms in Queen St in Edinburgh. The Society has a tradition of not referring to their bottlings by name, but only by cask number, but they do give hints that enable you to identify them with a little research. [...]
Tasting excellence in the Hallowed Halls
May 2nd, 2009 Bill In midweek I had the great pleasure of attending a tasting given by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society for invited whisky bloggers at their lovely premises in Queen Street in Edinburgh. While I had visited their original home in Leith on previous occasions this was my first sight of the interior of their New Town [...]
Ledaig - Mulling over the island differences
May 2nd, 2009 Bill Although I’ve still to finish off the first sweep of the standard Islay malts the only remaining one was heavily mentioned in my recent book review so I think it’s time to venture further afield on the west coast.
The island of Mull has always been one of my very favourite places, ever since a lovely [...]
Northern spirit and Spanish warmth - The Lasanta
October 5th, 2008 Bill Like the earlier tasting of Blair Athol, this Glenmorangie expression arrived via my father and a good friend who knows his tastes. The Tain distillery have been in the forefront of special finishes and this one uses Spanish Oloroso Sherry casks. I’d heard Mike talking about one of their other finishes, the Quinta Ruban which [...]
No longer a compromise - Bowmore
July 30th, 2008 Bill Bowmore used to be regarded in some quarters as piggy-in-the-middle; a bit of a compromise between the two extremes of the Islay tastes, but certainly in recent years this seems to me to be rather unfair. I’ve enjoyed it on a number of occasions, particularly since a visit to Islay some years ago, and Mike [...]
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