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whisky news whisky news i hope that this will be a site where i can post all my views on various whisky related subjects my inspiration for this site comes from www whiskyfun com which this site will for ever be in the shadow of if you want to get in touch email at petelamb1970 aol com monday january 17 2011 caol ila 12yo 43 i have always been a huge fan of caol ila if i am honest it is probably my favourite islay malt although i can see in a few years time kilchoman may be pushing it close as they have had some brilliant releases so far the 12yo distillery bottling has been on the go now for a number of years now since the legendary 15yo flora and fauna bottling was taken off the market i was actually supposed to be on islay at caol ila for the launch of the new caol ila bottlings but unfortunately my sister went and got married and i had to miss it not unfortunate that my sister got married she is still happily married anyway the 12yo distillery bottling was not my favourite when it first came out and generally speaking i have always preferred independent bottlings of caol ila to the distillery bottling that said i tried this again at hogmany and was very impressed with it in fairness it was at 5am on the 1st of january so not the best time to do tasting notes so lets give it a try again nose sweet creamy dry ash lemon olive oil wet grass white chocolate with time becomes like rain on cement on a hot day god when did i start writing such rubbish taste reasonable initial hit of peat black pepper lime more olive oil and a touch chalky tastes a little bit like paracetamols some creaminess does emerge and then there is the for me typical lawnmower flavour of caol ila more ashiness also develops finish a little clingy quite chewy and oily but a slight sour note is a little unpleasant more ash and also a touch of salt comment a decent dram from a very consistently good distillery this whisky is good although not as good as i remembered it being on the 1st of january if it wasn t for the slight chalkiness and the sour note this would be a cracker maybe if it was at 46 and not chillfiltered true caol ila would be allowed to shine through not bad but not a cracker score 83 100 on a side note i actually got this bottle from my neighbour who had actually asked me to try the whisky as he thought it was off he couldnt belive when i told him it was actually supposed to taste like that he is very much a speyside man was all good for me as i scored a bottle of whisky well what was left at the end of the night posted by malthead at 9 35 pm 25 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 12yo 83 100 caol ila diageo thursday january 13 2011 drunk as a couple of monkeys well we are in to 2011 and hopefully i will manage more than the 7 posts i managed in the whole of 2010 must try harder anyway i was reading bad whisky by edward burns a cracking book about the adulteration of whisky and many other things in glasgow at the end of the 19 th century and i came across a fact that i had never seen before i now see it was posted on malt maniacs in 2006 so i am a little behind the times anyway the jist of the story is that two monkeys helped to bring in the immature spirits it was thought that the fusel oil in new make spirit was bad for the health and that by maturing whisky in wood it reduced the fusel oil in the spirit making it safer to drink to prove this theory two monkeys were made drunk the first got drunk on new make spirit and was seen to become quarrelsome which they put down to the fusel oil which at the time was well known for making men fighting drunk the second monkey got drunk on aged whisky and it became markedly hilarious in the true spirit of science though when the monkeys sobered up they swich the drink that they had the monkey that had been angry seemed to cheer up and the happy one to become aggressive it is not recorded though how the could tell that the monkeys were sober or how long they left them before switching the drinks it all makes sense really if you were drinking new make spirit all day and you could see your mate drinking matured whisky you would get a bit pissed off but you would certainly cheer up seeing the smug grin later being taken off his face as they take away his old whisky and replace it with new make any on the back of this greenlees brothers released a whisky called the monkey special sheer brilliance if anyone sees a bottle i would definitely be interested in it however a word of warning it is amazing how many pictures come up in google when you search for pictures of drunk monkeys does make you think though those guys that are always angling for a fight on a saturday night maybe it is not their fault its not that they have drunk to much alcohol they have just been drinking too much fusel oil posted by malthead at 10 19 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ramblings wednesday december 08 2010 non progressive hebridean distillers bruichladdich not for girls either had to laugh when i read this on google alerts today when commenting on the success of their new gin mark rainer attributed their success to the fact that the distinctive spirit infused with 31 flavourings is being snapped up by women used to their husbands going on about whisky ok it may have been taken out of context but don t men like gin and is bruichladdich not appreciated by women the scary thing about this post is that i am half way down a bottle of darcy s view at the minute so therefore i probably thought it was funnier than it actually is i just find this a very backward way of thinking for a progressive hebridean distillery that said can t wait to try their gin must post some gin reviews soon posted by malthead at 9 14 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels bruichladdich gin news tuesday december 07 2010 connemara turf mor 58 2 i have long been a fan of irish whiskey green spot redbreast and to be honest paddy being particular favourites and i must say i have liked what has been coming out of cooley over the years so i was delighted to recieve this sample from cooley i tried this quickly one saturday morning on a particularly heavy day of whisky sampling and it stood up well so i thought it was about time that i tried it properly this is the peatiest expression of cooley so far at over 50ppm and is limited to under 20 000 bottles so lets give it a try nose fresh peaches touch medicinal corned beef in a good way lemons and olive oil white chocolate oatcakes and distant smoke a touch of pancetta comes through taste big but smooth at the same time this is is the smokiness builds up but is not over powering some autumn leaves comes through cigar smoke and then a light grassy note emerges lime zest some shortbread notes and again that olive oil note comes through finish initially the finish is not as long as you may expect but then it builds mainly at the front of the mouth quite ashy in the finish but again not over powering there is lots of grassy herby notes emerging also and then becoming quite oily comment this is really good i like it a lot what i would say is that for a delicate base whisky it stands up well to the obvious peat assault at 58 2 the alcohol doesnt over power either and the addition of water only softens things slightly personally i like it straight anyway at 20 000 bottles it may not be a hugely rare bottle but i will be searching this one out score 88 100 posted by malthead at 8 14 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 88 100 connemara irish peated wednesday november 03 2010 bowmore 15yo darkest 43 distillery bottlings of younger bowmore and to be honest younger bowmore in general have been given a hard time from people in the so called know french whoores perfume fwp and all that and i have to admit at times i have fallen into this trap myself on a few occassions and have probably stayed clear of distillery bottlings for too long bar the old stuff which is incredibly good that said some of the ib bottlings from the early 90 s onwards have also been stunning anyway i was given the bowmore 15yo darkest blind and i thought it was bloody good that said it was at the end of a boozy meal so i thought i would try it again in a more controlled environment here goes nose sweet smoked bavarian cheese brown sugar and syrup touch of smoked eel dry hay and crab meat taste soft oranges soft peat very sweet marmalade butterscotch angel delight finish lightly smoke and a little dry granite a little bit chewy and touch of grapefruits score 86 100 comment a decent enough dram perhaps not as good as i remembered it i will quite happily drink this probably quite a lot of it but if this had been at 46 or at cask strength this could have been a belter posted by malthead at 9 43 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 15yo 86 100 bowmore monday november 01 2010 glenfiddich snow pheonix glenfiddich are showing that there is not a trick to be missed when it comes to creating a new bottling there new snow pheonix is only available to members of the glenfiddich explores club and as there was only 1000 bottles available then it is likely to sell out very quickly i had actually joked with people that there will be an official bottling to commemorate the big sna of 2009 but i never thought that it would be glenfiddich i suppose fair play to them and they are donating money to the cairngorm mountain rescue team so it has to be a good thing one thing i will say it is much more limited than the don ramsey bottling they did a few years ago which was limited to something crazy like 274 casks posted by malthead at 1 35 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels glenfiddich news monday july 12 2010 benriach to buy black bottle well i could be wrong meant to post this the other day when i saw this article in the scotsman stating that benriach are looking to buy a global blended whisky to help them move forward just putting 2 and 2 together and probably getting 74 but wouldn t black bottle be a good fit for them black bottle i think is currently owned by cl brands who are in real trouble word has it that bunnahabhain is in real need of investment but little money is available for standard up keep of the distillery with billy walker s burns stewart background and therefore understandable knowledge of the black bottle brand could this be a possible fit as i say it may be pie in the sky but if i am right you heard it here first i imagine something will be announced that they have bought shortly as i doubt it is coincidence that benriach say they want a blend without having an iron in the fire somewhere posted by malthead at 11 41 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 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