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kstrength net there was barely a handful of online blogs or webpages dedicated to the spirit our influences came from inspirational spaces like whiskyfun com and drwhisky who began to deliver a voice loudly proclaiming that whisky wasn t just the domain of the over serious wizened ageing bore but an accessible engaging and as we have seen in the passing years spirit that offers something that almost everyone can enjoy in one way or another as caskstrength net evolved it became something much greater than either of us had ever imagined it has taken us to different continents and allowed us to try some truly mind blowing once in a lifetime liquids in short it has helped to give us a career in spirits but more importantly it has been the conduit enabling us to forge some incredible friendships with people all over the world many of them stemming from kind words and support from our readership in 2014 caskstrength net hit just under 900 000 views around 70 000 a month which is a figure that makes this post all the more important we now find ourselves in a totally different arena today there are literally 100 s of whisky blogs and the landscape of writing about the spirit has changed in our opinion to use a crude car analogy for a second this once gleaming perky sports car has now hit a very high mileage indeed and is starting to cough a little on cold mornings we could take it for a tune up at the garage but in our minds that s not the answer in essence we need to trade in caskstrength net for something brand new fresh and with a much better bigger more efficient engine capable of delivering not only the malt mileages we intend to travel but also encompassing our huge passion for every spirit which we realised when writing our recent book distilled so here is it then caskstrength net as you are seeing it now will after this post be no more gone to the great retirement home in the sky for hard working drinks blogs its replacement is going to be very exciting indeed over the coming weeks we ll be introducing a brand new website worldsbestspirits com it will be an informative curated drinks website with news and views about everything from absinthe to whisky as always it will be packed with plenty of the original caskstrength character commentary and up to date news on gin brandy tequila rum armagnac mezcal vodka and as much else as we can possibly cram in the notion of simply blogging and indeed the phrase blog is in our opinion something that now feels tired and quite saturated and we like energy not tiredness what s more worldsbestspirits com will grow from simply the two of us penning articles into a dedicated team of international contributors from all over the world more on them later writing this blog has been a pleasure moving up a gear to curate choose and deliver to you the world s best spirits with the same verve and vigour we have approached caskstrength net will be an absolute pleasure hopefully we ll end up looking as young again as we did the photo on page one of this journey minus the obvious wide eyed naivety to celebrate the full stop on this story we have each chosen to link to a couple of our favourite posts from the last seven and a half years and to review one final dram with which to toast our goodbye joel s top post springbank rundlets kilderkins neil s top post the glenlivet alpha and so in rather timely fashion we reach the end of our very last post our last review on caskstrength we thought long and hard about what would be the whisky to sign of with and there it was sitting on our desk staring us in the face it s arrival was remarkably timely in fact so for the last post we bring you the last drop this bottling project has now become the stuff of legend thee industry stalwarts led by james espey obe decided that rather than retiring they would locate and bottle some of the oldest and best whisky and other spirits that they could lay their hands on the concept of the last drop was born in 2008 and the previous releases including a blend from 1960 a 50 year old blend and now a 48 year old blended whisky have all been released to critical acclaim the company is now in the hands of a younger generation of the founders but the ethos remains the same this 48 year old blend is limited to 592 bottles and is priced at an rrp of 2600 it even comes with a miniature of the whisky too and a leather bound box but that doesn t really concern us question is will it be a truly fitting send off for caskstrength no pressure the last drop 48 year old blended scotch whisky 48 6 592 bottles nose a hugely complex nose the likes of which we ve only recently found in a few old armagnacs and very old grain whiskies meaty waxy foundations lead into rich vanilla sponge cake clean linen raspberry jam with polished wood surfaces and manuka honey rounding out the top notes it would be sad to lose such a complexity with water but a small drop releases some more tannic notes sweeter vanilla and creamy toffee palate broad shouldered and oaky with a backbone stave of tannic orange pekoe tea leading into chopped brazil nuts hints of the sponge cake again and very old grain that unusual bittersweet toasted note that tends to emerge with this type of aged blend it certainly isn t a polite unconfident blend it s powerful and uncompromising on the palate with some dark oaky notes just tempered with enough sweetness to bring the whole thing together perfectly finish extremely warming but with no overtones of spirit just pure rich dryness the kind of tongue coating unctuousness that serious whiskies bring put simply this is as serious as jeremy paxman grilling a hopelessly out of their depth incompetent cabinet minister on newsnight overall a remarkable whisky that not only highlights the intricacies of blending at this age but also the concept of longevity sometimes new old whiskies pop up with a huge fanfare but are quickly revealed as being jaded one dimensional and just that little bit over egged one wonders the reasons why they weren t bottled sooner but we ll put this down to simple economics here we have a superb integration of old grain and malt but alongside its experience it brings a refreshing vibrancy to the party too it s a whisky that we could probably all learn a lot from and with that there s nothing more for us to say than simply adios slante and see you all when the next phase in our plans is fully online thanks for making caskstrength such a successful and fun place to work from and we very much hope you ll stick with us at worldsbestspirits com so charge your glasses and raise a toast the blog is dead long live worldsbestspirits neil joel april 1st 2015 x like us on facebook facebook com worldsbestspirits keep following us on twitter worldofspirits at 09 42 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 23 february 2015 come fly with me the redbreast mano a lamh single pot still irish whiskey as we speed away from burn s night and head towards st patrick s day it s time to start cracking open some irish whiskey once long forgotten the rise of irish whiskey has seen a plethora of new distilleries opening up with plenty more in the pipeline in our recent visits to ireland to see either brand spanking new facilities or those out in the market drumming up support one thing has made itself very clear ireland will become more serious about pot still than any other style of whiskey scotland is a fairly simple place when it comes to whisky making you ve got your single malts with only one distillery fully triple distilling nb springbank occasionally utilising their three still to triple distil and mortlach using bamboozing marketing terminology to say they distilled more than twice then you ve got your grain whisky mainly matured in bourbon casks add them together and you ve got your third type blends simple hey over in ireland it isn t quite so simple with a much smaller pool of distilleries the fame of irish whiskey grew up around their main ideal of triple distillation but there is so much more to irish whiskey than the third still for across this tiny network of distilleries they make single malt twice distilled peated and unpeated single malt thrice distilled grain whisky pot still whiskey from a malted and unmalted barley mix and of course blends but blends not just of grain and malt whiskeys but blends of all of these jameson black barrel even takes some whiskey from a pot still and runs it through the column still before maturation i mean what kind of voodoo is that currently the fastest growing category of dark spirit in the world irish whiskey is on a roll driven by the popularity of jameson in markets such as the usa and with each new release from across the countries different distilleries clarity is beginning to fall on the various production styles and flavour profiles one of the most sought after releases and a real favourite of ours here at caskstrength hq is redbreast a wonderfully well matured whiskey we have always been a fan of the 12 year old when the 15 years old appeared fleetingly at the start of the last decade we got very excited indeed in fact i seem to remember nearly an entire bottle being consumed at one of the toucan pubs in london with a group of writers and employees of some of london s finest whisky shops and even more so when it came back as part of the permanent range with the addition of a cask strength 12 year old and then the fantastic 21 year old the range seemed to be taking shape with a real personality and dna of its own and now the folk at irish distillers producers of redbreast have just launched a limited edition version a no age statement although in answering questions on their social media outlets had it pegged at carrying an age statement of 13 years old if it were to have one the whiskey has been solely matured in ex oloroso sherry butts this one sounds right up my street when i heard that this whiskey was available but only 2000 bottles were being released i headed over to the redbreast website to buy a bottle and the verdict redbreast mano a lamh single pot still irish whiskey all sherry limited edition 2000 bottles only 46 abv 65 euro here nose marzipan and battenburg cake rise from the glass with a surprisingly large amount of vanilla for an all oloroso offering this has some spirituous notes but this is one of those occasions where this is a positive as it provides a platform for the lovely sweet flavours to play light and airy but with hidden depth palate this is a smooth whiskey with a sweet back palate some frozen red berries and hot vanilla sauce on top it is terribly easy to drink as you would expect from a redbreast but a block of ice really takes this up a level to a longer more sipping whiskey the flavours from the nose deliver on the palate too finish sweetened vanilla custard almonds and some milk chocolate praline overall well there we have it folk the rise of single pot still irish whiskey doesn t seem fleeting or limited to core expressions it seems to be strong and rising at 12 00 email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday 21 february 2015 great odin s ravin the history of truly great limited edition whiskies is few and far between really odd ones pop up getting consumers frothy and excited then every other brand decides to follow suit in some way before we all end up gazing forlornly at an overpriced whisky auction site either regretting missing out on a sold out purchase or regretting drinking and finishing a matured investment sad really it s like the words landfill indie a phrase that we bring with us from our time in the music business one band would spring out of nowhere redefining a stagnant music scene then every company would rush out something that sounded similar and looked vaguely the same arctic monkeys true game changers milburn hmmm maybe not so much but when it comes to a limited edition series the search for excellence becomes even more difficult the difficulty faced by whisky companies is keeping the attention of the whisky consumer balvenie and the tun 1401 series started off rather splendidly before a few fans and collectors began to trail away disappointed they either couldn t afford or find the editions they wanted as they were spread across the global network of off trade and global travel retailers magnus series pic courtesy of the whisky exchange conversely when highland park released the magnus trilogy they got everything right the liquid was excellent the price points spot on and the outturn not too outlandish to make fans feel like they were being taken for a limited edition ride then came the valhalla collection four whiskies over four years each one representing a different norse god the liquid being tailored to the supposed personality and character of the god or goddess the initial release thor was quite a stunner bold powerful smoky and muscular it was a whisky that had everything you could want in a bottle of hp next up was loki the trickster the shapeshifter unusually fruity and fragrant upfront with a totally different profile on the palate which lived up to the unhinged genius of its namesake the fairer more gentle side of the brand was explored with freya etherial light and floral it perhaps didn t have the same impact as the first two releases from a liquid perspective and in our opinion was the least likely highland park to be recognised as a true hp still it adhered perfectly to the character profile this week saw the release of odin the conclusion of the series as the leader of the gods odin demands respect especially given that he supposedly fathered the mighty thor will this be a reflection of his namesake whisky highland park odin 16 year old 55 8 180 nose initially a little closed and quite one sided but given a few minutes in the glass you re immediately in hp territory fragrant fruity smoke honeyed malt some citrus notes and a little waft of dry sherry wood so far so good it s powerful and the you can definitely tell that the palate will be quite a challenging experience palate super lively and spirity in fact as fiery as they get at this strength but then it dies down and you re into lemon and lime zest a wonderful malty backbone a little rubber note not that off putting though and a huge swathe of smoke not perhaps as smoky as the last hp release dark origins but certainly bolder than any of the regular expressions finish the finish sees lingering notes of sherry some very dry sherry cask wood and a little sweet honey but a surprising absence of the smoke as if the great god himself has disappeared in a majestical puff of the stuff overall a solid conclusion to the series in our opinion the bar was set stupendously high with thor and as a result it s hard to outshine that particular expression purely from a liquid perspective but what this proves is that once again highland park are the real thought leaders in 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