Port Ellen XOP 40
Douglas Laing bottled this stunning Port Ellen XOP 40 year old in honour of their 75th anniversary. The stuff of legends!
Douglas Laing bottled this stunning Port Ellen XOP 40 year old in honour of their 75th anniversary. The stuff of legends!
It’s been a while my friends! No worries though, I haven’t given up the hobby. But with both a new (whisky related) education, a baby on the way and a new house to move to… I’ve simply been a bit
This distillery needs no introduction, nor does the dram itself. As soon as you pop the cork on this bottle, the story tells itself. The same can be said about the man who I got the sample of this magnificent
After reviewing the excellent Hogshead Islay 13 (a secret Ardbeg), I got the taste for another Ardbeg review. So, for today’s review I chose Ardbeg’s latest release, the Ardbeg Anthology Unicorns Tale. This second release in the Anthology series is
Yes you read that correctly in the title. This Hogshead Islay 13 is in fact an Ardbeg! How stunning is that, that this still young indie managed to get their hands on such a cask. I’m also partly flabbergasted that
This amazing Hogshead Aultmore 14 is an exclusive Hogshead Community bottling, and proves a very good reason to become a Hoggie yourself!
Who knew the beast of Dufftown was a hog? The full-bodied dram in my glass turned out to be this Hogshead Mortlach 9, and I have to admit… I did not see that one coming! This dram is so full
The funny thing when you do a blind tasting is that you go into the notes completely unbiased. And yet as soon as I tried this whisky I thought it was a Mortlach, and I kept finding those meaty notes
Hogshead Indie is back with some amazing new bottlings and I was lucky enough to receive a sampleset with their entire new range. Including this Hogshead Lowland 9! I will be posting a review for each dram every single day
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