From ex-bourbon and refill casks according to the bottle label. But retailers describe the casks as “freshly charred American oak”, “freshly charred American virgin oak” or even “from non-traditional
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Bushmills 10 year old 40% ABV Irish Whiskey
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First Editions Auchroisk 2010 11 Year Old, 46% ABV, Cost: £80, bottled 2022, one of 312 bottles from a bourbon barrel. The First Editions range is part of Hunter Laing & Co. It offers good single
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The BenRiach 10 Years – Curiositas
Good morning to all of my wonderful followers, I hope you’re all having a fabulous week so far, I am here today to deliver a new Whisky Wednesday Review Post.
Now, I know that Spring is still a couple of months away, but I am a keen lover of sweet drinks from time to time, especially fruity beers or even sweet-tasting whiskies.
However, we all are well aware of the certain problem that we face when selecting our types of drink, we have certain factors to take into account, such as Aroma, Flavour, Appearance and Aftertaste.
arran – Sherry Cask (The Bodega) 55.8% ABV
Happy Whisky Wednesday all!
I hope you’re all having a good week so far and most of all, I really hope you are all keeping safe!
The UK is now in lockdown 3, its clearly not the greatest start to the New Year, but we’ve all just got to stick together, follow the rules and then hope the summer will bring a slight change in normality.
I can gather a lot of my followers are missing that social time in there local pub, enjoying a couple of pints of beer, truth is so am I!