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And yet another special WhiskySponge bottling: it is a 34-year-old Bladnoch single malt whisky that matured in a bourbon cask from which the bottler had already extracted 50 bottles in 2023. This created more room for flavour-inducing reactions. (55.1%)
Released on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Bladnoch Distillery. This single malt is a mix of whisky that matured on bourbon and Samsara wine casks. This resulted in a complex, yet easily drinkable dram. Not a moment boring, this Bladnoch.
*Live Tasting Event in Rotterdam.*
Please note that this is NOT an online tasting and this tasting will be held in Rotterdam.
This tasting will be in English.
Lowlands distillery Bladnoch has a rich history of closings and changes of ownership. In 2015 Bladnoch made a fresh start with their single malt whisky in newly designed bottles. Like this Vinaya that matured in bourbon and Oloroso sherry casks. (46.7%)
Blair Athol is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland. In 2003, a 27-year-old bottling of the single malt whisky appeared in the Rare Malts Selection series. Creamy, dark fruit, marzipan, oak, flowers, and chocolate are just some of the keywords.
Some bottlers like to blend whisky, and Chapter 7 is one of them. In the series Prologue they released this Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, age unknown. The single malt whiskies matured in bourbon casks (barrels) and are bottled at a strength of 47% ABV.
The Rotterdam Roger's Whisky Company releases blended malt bottlings under the name Roger's Hidden Treasures. This is the 2015 Campbeltown Blended Malt. Rumor has it that it is a Glen Scotia single malt whisky with a few drops of another malt. (54%)
Make a mix of single malt whiskies from different Scottish distilleries, and you have a blended malt scotch whisky. And that's exactly what Chapter 7 has done for this bottling released in the Prologue series. For a nice price and in a 750 ml bottle. (49%
Chapter 7 is not only a bottler, but also a blender. This is the 2nd batch in the Prologue series of their Blended Malt Scotch Whisky. Which single malt whiskies are used for this blend and their age is not known. But there's peated malt in it. (47.9%)
Living Souls was founded by three Scotsmen working in the whisky world. Their goal is to release high-quality whisky bottlings. One of their first editions is this 40 (!) year old blended Scotch. Since 1998 the blend matured in an ex-Islay cask. (41.2%)
This blended Scotch whisky has been thought about! The Thompson Brothers took 3 casks of good blended Scotch as a base, added 2 casks of 11-year-old Speyside malt and a cask of old Strathclyde grain. Finished in beer (Campervan Brewery) casks. 45.7%
A 12-year-old sherried Bowmore single malt whisky for this price; you don't want to miss that out! The mildly peated Islay malt matured in Oloroso and bourbon casks before having an oloroso finish. Released in the Sherry Oak Cask series. (40%)
This 15 year old single malt whisky is a standard bottling from the old Bowmore Distillery on whisky island Islay. For most of those 15 years, the peated whisky matured in bourbon casks, the last part, the finish, was in sherry casks. Bottled at 43%.
Although this is a core bottling of the Bowmore Distillery, each edition is slightly different. But the basis is always the same: the single malt whisky matured for 18 years in bourbon and sherry casks, yielding notes of mild peat smoke and tropical fruit
The folks at Adelphi now have their own distillery, and that keeps them busy enough. However, in 2017, they were still highly regarded bottlers, and they released, among other bottlings, this 27-year-old Bowmore single malt whisky. (52%, score 90.3)
In the Symington's Choice series we have seen some stellar bottlings. The vaults of Signatory seem to contain endless hidden treasures. A 1997 aged for 25 years, almost hitting the 90 point mark. We have no doubt this will be good!
A pretty special bottling, which the Taiwanese The Whisky Blues presents here. It is a Bowmore single malt whisky. You don't often see this as a third-party bottling. The medium-peated Islay malt aged in a sherry cask for 26 years and is bottled at 50.1%.
'Sweet smoke on the water', a fine description by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society of the 20 year old Bowmore single malt whisky that they released on the occasion of the Fèis Isle Festival 2017. It scores almost 90 points on Whiskybase. (54.2%)
Bowmore, on the Isle of Islay, is one of Scotland's oldest and best-known distilleries. Next to standard bottlings, Bowmore also releases special editions of their single malt whisky, like this one: matured for 21 years in select French wine casks, 48.4%.
The eighth Bowmore bottling in Elixir Distillers’ Elements of Islay series was released in 2020. The 16-year-old single malt whisky matured in bourbon and sherry casks and is bottled at 51.2% cask strength. It has a score of 87 points on Whiskybase.
Looking for an old-fashioned, special Bowmore? Here's your bottle! It is from a bottling from 1999 for which the Islay single malt whisky matured in Claret Bordeaux wine casks. Maturing or finishing in wine casks was exceptional at the time. (750ml, 56%)
An 'entry model' this Bowmore Legend. For those who want to get to know this medium-smoky Islay single malt whisky. Or for those who always want to have a standard Bowmore in the cupboard. Matured in bourbon barrels and bottled at 46%.
In 2007, beverage producer Diageo came up with this very Special Release: a 30-year-old single malt whisky from the legendary Brora brand (the distillery closed in 1983). 2958 bottles at cask strength (55.7%), matured in sherry and bourbon casks.
Bruichladdich Valinch single malt whiskies are only available at the distillery itself. The buyer bottles his whisky directly from the cask. This Laddie Crew 17 single malt was bottled in 2015 after 25 years of maturation in a sherry cask. (48.2%)
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