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Stop Avoiding Blends: Why Old Perth is the Best Whisky You Aren’t Drinking
Writing about whisky often feels like walking a tightrope between being a "whisky nerd" and a "whisky snob." But ever...
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From the Hebrides to Your Highball: Why North Uist’s “Downpour” is the Gin Australia Has Been Waiting For
From the Hebrides to Your Highball: Why North Uist’s “Downpour” is the Gin Australia Has Been Waiting For
If you’ve s...
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Caleb Tastes 'the Coopers Choice' Campbeltown blended malt 2014, 10yr old, Select Scotch Whisky exclusive.
The Cooper’s Choice Campbeltown Malt (10yr old 2014 Vintage) – Select Scotch Whisky Australian Exclusive
The Coop...
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Introducing Caleb and his tasting of 2 Limited Edition Morrison bottlings.
Introducing Caleb and his tasting of 2 Limited Edition Morrison bottlings
It is with immense pleasure that we welcome...
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Introducing CaskShare: Now in Australia via Select Scotch Whisky
CaskShare, the award-winning independent bottler recently acquired by the team behind Isle of Raasay Distillery, has officially arrived in Australia—exclusively through Select Scotch Whisky. Backed by whisky visionaries Alasdair Day and Bill Dobbie, CaskShare offers rare single-cask releases, including the standout Raasay Cask 19/232. Discover the spirit of innovation and island heritage in every bottle.
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Simon Tastes The Whisky Cellars Bruichladdich 'Rhinns' 10YO Jurancon Vin Doux Naturel Cask
Bright, almost aggressive (it is 58.9%). A fight between peat and nectarine fruits. It's sharp, which contrasts the balance apparent on the nose. Plenty going on with Cedar oak, charcoal, citrus notes, grasses, smoked ham-hock plums and nectarines.
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Simon Tastes the Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask Bunnahabhain Moine 2004/17YO Aussie Exclusive
An oily texture holds all the flavours well in the mouth. Building grape-like sweetness alongside the sweet character of the malt (digestive biscuit), and large swathes of everything that came through on the nose. The peat is a drying old cigar peat, that balances with the sweetness well. Subtle christmas spice (nutmeg & cinnamon).
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Simon tastes Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask Glen Grant 1994 27 Year Old SSW Exclusive (cask 61724)
The simple note would read "honey over peaches and cream", but there's also the same green apples, cedar, grasses, biscuit and varnish mentioned on the nose. A touch of warming ginger spice. An oiliness coats the tongue well and ensures the finish is medium-long. A fantastic example of a mature Speyside whisky.
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Simon Tastes: Carn Mor Strictly Limited Tobermory 2008 13 Year Old Scotch Whisky
It's been more than a little while between tasting notes! Apologies for that! So I thought I'd kick off with a belter...
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Simon tastes Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask Glen Grant 1993/27 Year Old (cask 78208)
This 27 Year Old Glen Grant single cask bottling in the Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask range was from cask 78208 (2 casks on from the Celebration of the Cask Bequest we have previously enjoyed). Distilled on the 2nd of June 1993, the malt spent 27 years in a single ex-Bourbon barrel before bottling on the 8th of March 2021. Shipping delays kept this from Aussie shores until the end of August 2021.
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Simon tastes 'the Cooper's Choice' Strathclyde 1993 26 Year Old
Strathclyde is a grain distillery not too far from Glasgow that was originally built to produce Gin, but has since be...
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Simon tastes Carn Mor Strictly Limited Mannochmore 13 year old 2007
Mannochmore is not a Scotch Whisky distillery that I know a whole lot about. Always keen to learn as much as I can ab...
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