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I put up this review for the Oban 12 2021 Special Release just in time for it to go on sale again (£50 MoM)!
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August 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I put up this review for the Oban 12 2021 Special Release just in time for it to go on sale again (£50 MoM)!
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I reviewed that new 12y Glen Scotia
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August 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I reviewed that new 12y Glen Scotia
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Here is the lineup in full #BlindDrams massive thanks to @dornochdistillery.bsky.social for helping set this up
August 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Here is the lineup in full #BlindDrams massive thanks to @dornochdistillery.bsky.social for helping set this up
@socialdrammer.bsky.social Well done mate!
Amazing lineup. Can't believe I spotted the impostor for the right reasons.
Pure fluke.
#BlindDrams
Amazing lineup. Can't believe I spotted the impostor for the right reasons.
Pure fluke.
#BlindDrams
August 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@socialdrammer.bsky.social Well done mate!
Amazing lineup. Can't believe I spotted the impostor for the right reasons.
Pure fluke.
#BlindDrams
Amazing lineup. Can't believe I spotted the impostor for the right reasons.
Pure fluke.
#BlindDrams
August 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#BlindDrams
5
Nose: more delicate, tropical candy, soursop, slightly papery, miso, mustard, ginger, fruit studded cheese
Palate: buttercream, lemoncurd, ripe honeydew, starfruit sunflower oil
Finish: mild black pepper and soft mustard powder, foxes glacier mints
Classy, but mild
3/5
5
Nose: more delicate, tropical candy, soursop, slightly papery, miso, mustard, ginger, fruit studded cheese
Palate: buttercream, lemoncurd, ripe honeydew, starfruit sunflower oil
Finish: mild black pepper and soft mustard powder, foxes glacier mints
Classy, but mild
3/5
August 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#BlindDrams
5
Nose: more delicate, tropical candy, soursop, slightly papery, miso, mustard, ginger, fruit studded cheese
Palate: buttercream, lemoncurd, ripe honeydew, starfruit sunflower oil
Finish: mild black pepper and soft mustard powder, foxes glacier mints
Classy, but mild
3/5
5
Nose: more delicate, tropical candy, soursop, slightly papery, miso, mustard, ginger, fruit studded cheese
Palate: buttercream, lemoncurd, ripe honeydew, starfruit sunflower oil
Finish: mild black pepper and soft mustard powder, foxes glacier mints
Classy, but mild
3/5
#BlindDrams
4
Nose: Yeast, candied bacon, leather mild vanilla cream, calamine
Palate: Sweet vanilla milkshake, savoury malt, semi dry strawberry and tamarind
Finish: rounded honey pepper
Sweet peat treat
4/5
4
Nose: Yeast, candied bacon, leather mild vanilla cream, calamine
Palate: Sweet vanilla milkshake, savoury malt, semi dry strawberry and tamarind
Finish: rounded honey pepper
Sweet peat treat
4/5
August 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#BlindDrams
4
Nose: Yeast, candied bacon, leather mild vanilla cream, calamine
Palate: Sweet vanilla milkshake, savoury malt, semi dry strawberry and tamarind
Finish: rounded honey pepper
Sweet peat treat
4/5
4
Nose: Yeast, candied bacon, leather mild vanilla cream, calamine
Palate: Sweet vanilla milkshake, savoury malt, semi dry strawberry and tamarind
Finish: rounded honey pepper
Sweet peat treat
4/5
August 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#BlindDrams
3
Nose: caramac-ee, biscoff, cola, malt vinegar,
Palate: Thicker, sweet and soft raisin, peach nectar, frazzles, tangy toms but not sharp, very light sulphur
Finish: honeybutter, white pepper, salt, more intensity
After the last one, this is easy to enjoy.
3
Nose: caramac-ee, biscoff, cola, malt vinegar,
Palate: Thicker, sweet and soft raisin, peach nectar, frazzles, tangy toms but not sharp, very light sulphur
Finish: honeybutter, white pepper, salt, more intensity
After the last one, this is easy to enjoy.
August 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#BlindDrams
3
Nose: caramac-ee, biscoff, cola, malt vinegar,
Palate: Thicker, sweet and soft raisin, peach nectar, frazzles, tangy toms but not sharp, very light sulphur
Finish: honeybutter, white pepper, salt, more intensity
After the last one, this is easy to enjoy.
3
Nose: caramac-ee, biscoff, cola, malt vinegar,
Palate: Thicker, sweet and soft raisin, peach nectar, frazzles, tangy toms but not sharp, very light sulphur
Finish: honeybutter, white pepper, salt, more intensity
After the last one, this is easy to enjoy.
August 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#BlindDrams
2
Nose: lemon herbs: thyme, tarragon, oregano. Bit of odd solvent and citronella. Smoke?
Palate: light approach, vanilla cream, imperial leather
Finish: rosewater eau de toilet, very mild lingering buzz on the lips and roof.
Weird.
2
Nose: lemon herbs: thyme, tarragon, oregano. Bit of odd solvent and citronella. Smoke?
Palate: light approach, vanilla cream, imperial leather
Finish: rosewater eau de toilet, very mild lingering buzz on the lips and roof.
Weird.
August 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#BlindDrams
2
Nose: lemon herbs: thyme, tarragon, oregano. Bit of odd solvent and citronella. Smoke?
Palate: light approach, vanilla cream, imperial leather
Finish: rosewater eau de toilet, very mild lingering buzz on the lips and roof.
Weird.
2
Nose: lemon herbs: thyme, tarragon, oregano. Bit of odd solvent and citronella. Smoke?
Palate: light approach, vanilla cream, imperial leather
Finish: rosewater eau de toilet, very mild lingering buzz on the lips and roof.
Weird.
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#BlindDrams
1
Nose: nougat, pineapple cubes, cardboard
Palate: Tutti fruty, Nuts and light milk chocolate,
Finish: dissapating tail, astringency, unsalted butter, lightly bitter herb
Quite like this
1
Nose: nougat, pineapple cubes, cardboard
Palate: Tutti fruty, Nuts and light milk chocolate,
Finish: dissapating tail, astringency, unsalted butter, lightly bitter herb
Quite like this
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#BlindDrams
1
Nose: nougat, pineapple cubes, cardboard
Palate: Tutti fruty, Nuts and light milk chocolate,
Finish: dissapating tail, astringency, unsalted butter, lightly bitter herb
Quite like this
1
Nose: nougat, pineapple cubes, cardboard
Palate: Tutti fruty, Nuts and light milk chocolate,
Finish: dissapating tail, astringency, unsalted butter, lightly bitter herb
Quite like this
May 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#BlindDrams 5
Nose: smoked paprika, sweet cure bacon, pot puri, blood orange, vanilla, dry fried chillies
Palate: barley sugars, Salty sweet oily Malt, meaty peat
Finish: Ashy, Vietnamese coffee, Halls menthol lozenges
Now this is my fave this eve 4/5
Nose: smoked paprika, sweet cure bacon, pot puri, blood orange, vanilla, dry fried chillies
Palate: barley sugars, Salty sweet oily Malt, meaty peat
Finish: Ashy, Vietnamese coffee, Halls menthol lozenges
Now this is my fave this eve 4/5
May 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#BlindDrams 5
Nose: smoked paprika, sweet cure bacon, pot puri, blood orange, vanilla, dry fried chillies
Palate: barley sugars, Salty sweet oily Malt, meaty peat
Finish: Ashy, Vietnamese coffee, Halls menthol lozenges
Now this is my fave this eve 4/5
Nose: smoked paprika, sweet cure bacon, pot puri, blood orange, vanilla, dry fried chillies
Palate: barley sugars, Salty sweet oily Malt, meaty peat
Finish: Ashy, Vietnamese coffee, Halls menthol lozenges
Now this is my fave this eve 4/5
#BlindDrams 4.
Nose: Lemon oil, green melon, braeburn apple, vanilla, wet grass, sencha, green grape, crisp oak, bit of prickle, bit of salt and smoke?
Palate: Oily and citric, fresh shredded ginger
Finish: herbs, peel, honey and bitter leaf, but the bitter doesn't stick, numbness
Like this 3/5
Nose: Lemon oil, green melon, braeburn apple, vanilla, wet grass, sencha, green grape, crisp oak, bit of prickle, bit of salt and smoke?
Palate: Oily and citric, fresh shredded ginger
Finish: herbs, peel, honey and bitter leaf, but the bitter doesn't stick, numbness
Like this 3/5
May 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#BlindDrams 4.
Nose: Lemon oil, green melon, braeburn apple, vanilla, wet grass, sencha, green grape, crisp oak, bit of prickle, bit of salt and smoke?
Palate: Oily and citric, fresh shredded ginger
Finish: herbs, peel, honey and bitter leaf, but the bitter doesn't stick, numbness
Like this 3/5
Nose: Lemon oil, green melon, braeburn apple, vanilla, wet grass, sencha, green grape, crisp oak, bit of prickle, bit of salt and smoke?
Palate: Oily and citric, fresh shredded ginger
Finish: herbs, peel, honey and bitter leaf, but the bitter doesn't stick, numbness
Like this 3/5
Gonna drop back down to a 2/5 for dram No.3 #BlindDrams
May 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Gonna drop back down to a 2/5 for dram No.3 #BlindDrams
#BlindDrams 3
Nose: Boiled lemon sweets, oregano, thyme, lemon drizzle, vanilla, golden cereals, lactic lemon posset
Palate: slick lemon barley sugars, glazed cereal, yellow plum with a little catch on the skin, caramel
Finish: Oily, pepper, peel, minerals, neutral camphor, chilli on the lips
Nose: Boiled lemon sweets, oregano, thyme, lemon drizzle, vanilla, golden cereals, lactic lemon posset
Palate: slick lemon barley sugars, glazed cereal, yellow plum with a little catch on the skin, caramel
Finish: Oily, pepper, peel, minerals, neutral camphor, chilli on the lips
May 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#BlindDrams 3
Nose: Boiled lemon sweets, oregano, thyme, lemon drizzle, vanilla, golden cereals, lactic lemon posset
Palate: slick lemon barley sugars, glazed cereal, yellow plum with a little catch on the skin, caramel
Finish: Oily, pepper, peel, minerals, neutral camphor, chilli on the lips
Nose: Boiled lemon sweets, oregano, thyme, lemon drizzle, vanilla, golden cereals, lactic lemon posset
Palate: slick lemon barley sugars, glazed cereal, yellow plum with a little catch on the skin, caramel
Finish: Oily, pepper, peel, minerals, neutral camphor, chilli on the lips
May 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#BlindDrams 2.
Nose: Pickled peach, red and white wine (cherries, raspberries, gooseberries lychee, white grape) and damp oak
Palate: Apricot lavashak, peach cobbler with oats and flaked almond bit of yeast
Finish: Buttery peach pits, very light tannins grey pepper and muddled mint leaves.
Nose: Pickled peach, red and white wine (cherries, raspberries, gooseberries lychee, white grape) and damp oak
Palate: Apricot lavashak, peach cobbler with oats and flaked almond bit of yeast
Finish: Buttery peach pits, very light tannins grey pepper and muddled mint leaves.
May 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#BlindDrams 2.
Nose: Pickled peach, red and white wine (cherries, raspberries, gooseberries lychee, white grape) and damp oak
Palate: Apricot lavashak, peach cobbler with oats and flaked almond bit of yeast
Finish: Buttery peach pits, very light tannins grey pepper and muddled mint leaves.
Nose: Pickled peach, red and white wine (cherries, raspberries, gooseberries lychee, white grape) and damp oak
Palate: Apricot lavashak, peach cobbler with oats and flaked almond bit of yeast
Finish: Buttery peach pits, very light tannins grey pepper and muddled mint leaves.
May 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Back with #BlindDrams !
1.
Nose: lemon sherbets, Jif/Cif, parmesan cheese rinds, guava, vanilla, nougat
Palate: Powdered sugar morphing into sherbet, honey cream, coconut Turkish delight
Finish: candied peel minerals and tingles of pickled horseradish and camphor
Like it.
1.
Nose: lemon sherbets, Jif/Cif, parmesan cheese rinds, guava, vanilla, nougat
Palate: Powdered sugar morphing into sherbet, honey cream, coconut Turkish delight
Finish: candied peel minerals and tingles of pickled horseradish and camphor
Like it.
May 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Back with #BlindDrams !
1.
Nose: lemon sherbets, Jif/Cif, parmesan cheese rinds, guava, vanilla, nougat
Palate: Powdered sugar morphing into sherbet, honey cream, coconut Turkish delight
Finish: candied peel minerals and tingles of pickled horseradish and camphor
Like it.
1.
Nose: lemon sherbets, Jif/Cif, parmesan cheese rinds, guava, vanilla, nougat
Palate: Powdered sugar morphing into sherbet, honey cream, coconut Turkish delight
Finish: candied peel minerals and tingles of pickled horseradish and camphor
Like it.
Update: Got into the Ruadh Maor sample last night (2010 BBR cask 69)
Waking up this morning, I have independent verification that my face smells like barbecue sauce.
Waking up this morning, I have independent verification that my face smells like barbecue sauce.
April 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Update: Got into the Ruadh Maor sample last night (2010 BBR cask 69)
Waking up this morning, I have independent verification that my face smells like barbecue sauce.
Waking up this morning, I have independent verification that my face smells like barbecue sauce.
Wrote a big ol' reddit post on this @masterofmalt.com 16y Single Grain whisky from the #NorthBritishDistillery.
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April 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Wrote a big ol' reddit post on this @masterofmalt.com 16y Single Grain whisky from the #NorthBritishDistillery.
www.reddit.com/r/Scotch/s/C...
Shorter versions here:
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Shorter versions here:
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