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 [...]
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Changing tastes, changing malts
January 28th, 2008 
Bill Just as a good whisky matures over the years so do our taste buds. My first experiences of single malts were at the age of 18, and thinking back to the types that I enjoyed then they were vastly different to those that I now favour. Back then I appreciated smoothness; the soft, sometimes almost [...]
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Tags: bruichladdich, Caol Ila, Cardhu, Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Laphroaig, Talisker 
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