tripping whisky
Little Ben (The Ample Dram) and I recently returned from a trip of two parts around scotland – we spent a few days in the Speyside region, and a few on Islay, something of a pilgrimmage. It was a truly amazing trip, genuinely quite awesome, in the most fundamental meaning of the word and there is lots more to write baout it. But for now, i present the list of tastes and drams I had whilst away, to give you some idea of what we tried. We also brought home a few bottles, including a few Feis Ile releases not mentioned here, that will also soon be written up fully. In the meantime, peruse and enjoy, and ask any questions you may have…
The Linton, at East Linton
Laddie Scottish barley
Broxmouth Park, wedding bar
Balvenie Double Wood
Highland Park 12
Lagavulin 16
Black Grouse
Royal Mile Whiskies, Edinburgh
Ardbeg Perpetuum
The Mash Tun, Aberlour
TBWC Aberlour, Batch 3
TBWC Bruichladdich, Batch 2.
Tamdhu 10 Year Old
Glenfiddich Distillery
12 Year Old
14 Year Old Rich Oak
15 Year Old Solera
18 Year Old Small Batch
Aberlour Distillery
New Make
15 Year Old Bourbon Cask 54.1%
16 Year Old Sherry Cask 59.1%
10 Year Old
16 Year Old
A’Bunadh batch 51
Balvenie Distillery
12 Single Barrel
14 Caribbean cask
17 Double Wood
25 Single Barrel
41 Year Old Warehouse 24 Member’s Cask
Benriach Distillery
10 Year Old
1999 Distillery; 3 years PX finished
12 Year Old Tawny Port
13 Year Old Virgin Oak
17 Year Old Peated Solstice
The Mash Tun
Oban 14 Year Old
Lagavulin Distillery
11 Year Old, sherry puncheon
13 Year Old, refill butt, ex Port Ellen cask
17 Year Old, 2nd fill sherry cask
22 Year Old, sherry butt
33 Year Old, sherry puncheon, ex Dewars cask.
Laphroaig Distillery
Cairdeas 2015
10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 007
Kilchoman Distillery
New make
100% Islay batch 5
Machir bay
Loch Gorm
Original Cask Strength Batch 1
Bruichladdich Distillery
Feis Ile – High Noon
22 Year Old Valinch, calvados finish
Octomore 7.1 – 208ppm
Octomore 7.2 – Syrah finish
Caol Ila Distillery
Caol Ila distillers edition
Bunnahabhain Distillery
Bunnahabhain 12 year old
Ardbeg Distillery
2004 first full bourbon cask
2004 refill bourbon cask
1998 refill sherry hogshead
1998 French new oak cask
Perpetuum Distillery Release
1975 sherry cask
1974 bourbon cask, bottled 2005 for the Belgian market.