North British 34 yo 1989 (43,7%, Liquid Treasures ’15th Anniversary’ 2024, bourbon barrel, 123 btl.)
North British 31 yo 1991 (45%, Whisky AGE 2023, first fill barrel #264536, 189 btl.)
North British 31 yo 1991 (46,7%, Hogshead Imports, first fill bourbon barrel)
1989
Aberlour 33 yo 1989 + 1991 (49,7%, Decadent Drinks 2024, refill hogsheads, 295 btl.)
Highland Park 18 yo 1989 (46%, Direct Wines ‘First Cask’ 2007, sherry butt #11848 btl.)
Benriach 14 yo 2008 (48,3%, Vintage Bottlers 2023, hogshead, 378 btl.)
Macallan 31 yo 1989+1991 ‘The Marriage’ (45,5%, Vintage Bottlers 2023, bourbon cask #5447 + sherry cask #2598, 271 btl.)
Whisky news this week: Ardbeg Rollercoaster 1981 + 1989 / Laphroaig Cairdeas Cask Favourites / Johnnie Walker Elusive Umami / Method & Madness 7 Years
Armagnac 48 yo 1974 (51,2%, Liquid Treasures ‘Session No.1’ 2023, puncheon cask #16)
Armagnac Hontambère 33 yo 1989 (55,9%, Grape of the Art & Swell de Spirits 2023, cask #A5, 250 btl.)
Highland Park 28 yo 1992 (46,6%, Artful Dodger 2023, sherry hogshead #1271, 297 btl.)
Speyside Blended Malt 30 yo 1989 (51,2%, Artful Dodger 2023, bourbon barrel #4555, 317 btl.)
Cognac Famille Cabanne Lot 68 – Petite Champagne (55,7%, The Whisky Jury 2023, 497 btl.)
Cognac Vallein Tercinier Héritage N.62 – Grande Champagne (45,2%, Cognac Sponge 2023, 285 btl.)
Cognac Lhéraud 56 yo 1967 – Bons Bois (46%, Grape of the Art 2023, cask #15788, 132 btl.)
Cognac Daniel Bouju Lot 60 – Grande Champagne ‘Un toast à l’amitié’ (50,4%, Malternative Belgium for Geert Lagast & Raf De Ruysscher 2023, 30 btl.)
Cognac Prunier Lot 40 – Grande Champagne (54,2%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for The Antelope 2023, 28 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1989 – Petite Champagne (62,1%, Swell de Spirits ‘Private Garden’ for The Antelope 2023, 60 btl.)
Cognac Prunier Lot 42 – Fins Bois (40,8%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 12 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1989 – Grande Champagne (45,9%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1986 – Petite Champagne (50,3%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1978 – Borderies (52,3%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Cognac Prunier 1977 – Fins Bois (61%, OB for Wine4You / The Purist 2023, 42 btl.)
Highland Park 32 yo 1989 (50,7%, East Village Whisky Company for Whisky-Maniac 2022, hogshead, 60 btl.)
Glen Spey 32 yo 1989 (60%, WhiskySponge 2022, refill hogshead, 114 btl.)
Glen Moray 30 yo 1992 (49,7%, Whisky Sponge 2023, refill hogshead + first-fill Port barrique, 142 btl.)
North British 32 yo 1989 (42,6%, Liquid Treasures 2022, bourbon barrel #289147, 189 btl.)
North British 29 yo 1992 (48,6%, Liquid Treasures 2022, bourbon barrel #67483, 146 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 31 yo 1989 (41,5%, The Whisky Blues 2021, hogsheads #5759 + 5770, 265 btl.)
Braes of Glenlivet 26 yo 1994 (51,1%, The Whisky Blues 2021, barrel #165687, 175 btl.)
Uitvlugt 1989 (46,7%, The Whisky Jury for Nanyang Singapore 2022, refill barrel #8, 203 btl.)
Clarendon 15 yo 2007 (57,1%, Rum Sponge 2022, refill barrel, 262 btl.)
Clarendon 26 yo 1995 (57,1%, Precious Liquors for Auld Alliance 2022, cask #433941, 196 btl.)
Caroni 21 yo 1999 ‘Blackbeard’ (65,7%, Distilia ‘The Golden Age of Piracy’ 2021, cask #197, 228 btl.)
Australian rum 2012 (66,9%, Swell de Spirits 2022, single cask, 368 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 32 yo 1989 (52,1%, The Whisky Jury 2022, refill barrel #4416139, Third anniversary, 269 btl.)
Ben Nevis 26 yo 1996 (48,5%, The Whisky Jury 2022, refill hogshead #522, bottled for Asia, 257 btl.)
Balmenach 32 yo 1989 (44,6%, The Nectar ’15 Years’ 2021)
Littlemill 32 yo 1989 (55,2%, The Whisky Agency 2022, hogshead, 216 btl.)
Speyside Single Malt 32 yo 1989 (51,3%, Thompson Brothers for The Whisky Exchange 2022, refill barrel, 255 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 30 yo 1990 (49%, Thompson Bros 2021 for The Nectar 15th Anniversary, refill barrel, 250 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 31 yo 1991 (49,3%, Thompson Bros 2021, two refill barrels, 464 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 30 yo 1991 (50,2%, Thompson Bros for HNWS Taiwan 2021, refill barrel)
Unknown Islay Single Malt 31 yo 1989 (52,1%, Thompson Bros for Kirsch Import, 250 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 28 yo 1992 (52,5%, WhiskySponge ‘Marcelect Special’ 2021, two refill barrels, 518 btl.)
Delord 1964 Bas-Armagnac (40%, OB 2016)
Domaine d’Aurensan 1975 (41,9%, OB +/- 2019)
Domaine de Baraillon 32 yo 1989 ‘Folle Blanche’ (44,9%, Authentic Spirits 2021, 288 btl.)
Aurian 41 yo 1979 (46,5%, OB for Wu Dram Clan 2021)
Domaine Pouy 2002 (56,8%, L’Encantada 2021, Jamaican rum finish)
Blended Malt 19 yo 2001 (44,2%, Thompson Brothers 2021, sherry cask, 434 btl.)
Lowlands Blended Grain 44 yo 1976 (44,8%, Thompson Brothers 2021, refill hogshead, 276 btl.)
Jura 30 yo 1991 (46,8%, Thompson Brothers 2021, refill American oak hogshead, 216 btl.)
Islay Single Malt 31 yo 1989 (51,9%, Thompson Brothers 2021, refill barrel, 259 btl.)
Speyside Malt 31 yo 1989 (51,3%, Thompson Brothers 2021, two refill barrels, 527 btl.)
Speyside Malt 22 yo 1998 (48,9%, Thompson Brothers 2020, refill hogshead, 45 btl.)
Secret Speyside Distillery 31 yo 1989 (40,8%, Asta Morris 2021, ex-bourbon cask, 144 btl.)
Irish Single Malt 30 yo 1989 ‘The Ash Tree’ (48,1%, The Whisky Cask Company 2020, rum barrel #16044 / 16258, 276 btl.)
Glenrothes 31 yo 1989 (44,4%, The Whisky Agency 2020, hogshead, 268 btl.)
Dalwhinnie 30 yo 1989 (51,9%, OB Special Releases 2020, refill hogsheads, 6978 btl.)
Pittyvaich 30 yo 1989 (50,8%, OB Special Releases 2020, first-fill bourbon casks, 7056 btl.)
Redbreast 30 yo 1989 (57,2%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2020, ex-bourbon + Port cask #38635, 444 btl.)
Jura 30 yo 1990 (46,33%, Thompson Brothers 2020, cask #5310)
Auchroisk 31 yo 1989 (44,9%, Thompson Brothers 2020, ex-sherry cask)
Redbreast 1989 Port Cask & Highland Park 2003 for TWE / Bowmore 30 Years / Glenallachie Virgin Oak / Tomatin 2006 Fino
GlenDronach 29 yo 1989 ‘Kingsman Edition’ (50,1%, OB 2020, 3052 btl.)
Whisky news: Ardbeg Traigh Bhan Batch 2 / GlenDronach Kingsman Edition 1989 / Whisky Advent Calendars
Glenrothes 30 yo 1989 (41,9%, Single Malts of Scotland 2019, hogshead #18177, 92 btl.)
Glenrothes 30 yo 1989 (48,5%, Single Malts of Scotland 2019, hogshead #18166)
Chichibu 2011 (TWE exclusive) // Bowmore 1989 ‘Black Gold’ (Wemyss Malts) // Midleton Very Rare: Knockrath Forest
Cragganmore 27 yo 1989 (49%, The Whisky Fair 2018, bourbon hogshead, 177 btl.)
Glen Keith 23 yo 1995 (52,1%, The Whisky Fair 2019, bourbon hogshead)
Highland Park 15 yo 2003 (52,6%, The Whisky Fair 2019, bourbon hogshead)
Pittyvaich 29 yo 1989 (51,4%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2019, PX + Oloroso seasoned cask finish, 4976 btl.)
Glen Moray 29 yo 1989 (53,2%, Asta Morris 2019, ex-bourbon cask, 204 btl.)
Whisky news: GlenDronach Kingsman Edition // GlenDronach Port Wood // Douglas Laing XOP Black
Inchgower 29 yo 1989 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency 2019, ex-bourbon hogshead)
Irish Single Malt 29 yo 1989 (56,5%, Liquid Treasures ‘10th Anniversary’ 2019, rum barrel, 127 btl.)
Littlemill 29 yo 1989 (49,3%, The Whisky Agency 2019, hogshead)
Ireland 28 yo 1990 (48,4%, The Whisky Agency 2018, barrel)
Ireland 29 yo 1989 (48,8%, Maltbarn 2018, bourbon cask, 73 btl.)
Highland Park 29 yo 1989 (57%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill sherry butt, 613 btl.)
Speyside Malt 29 yo 1989 (49,1%, Maltbarn 2018, bourbon cask, 133 btl.)
Glenlivet 27 yo 1989 (51,4%, Master of Malt 2017, bourbon cask #10154)
GlenDronach 28 yo 1989 (49,9%, OB 2017, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #5476, Batch #16, 546 btl.) – 88/100
Clynelish 28 yo 1989 (49,3%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill American hogshead, 221 btl.)
Longmorn ‘Fiadhaich’ 27 yo 1989 (54,6%, Woodwinters ‘The One’ 2017, hogshead, 50 cl, 185 btl.)
Irish single malt 28 yo 1989 (56,2%, Limited Whisky Investment & Sansibar ‘Monkey series’ 2017, bourbon cask, 164 btl.)
Irish Malt 28 yo 1989 (49,3%, Antique Lions of Spirits ‘Butterflies’ 2017, bourbon cask, 209 btl.)
Ireland 27 yo 1989 (48,2%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2017, barrel #16223, 186 btl.) – 92/100
Cragganmore 27 yo 1989 (52,1%, The Whisky Agency ‘Art Nouveau Ladies’ 2017, hogshead, selected by LMdW) – 87/100
Irish malt 27 yo 1989 (45,5%, Maltbarn 2016, bourbon cask, 211 btl.) – 92/100
Glenrothes 26 yo 1989 (53,8%, The Single Malts of Scotland 2016, refill hogshead #8172) – 87/100
Glenrothes 30 yo 1986 (61,4%, Gordon & MacPhail for The Whisky Show Old & Rare 2017, refill bourbon barrel #20235, 62 btl.) – 90/100
Irish single malt 26 yo 1989 (47,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2015, barrel) – 89/100
Irish single malt 26 yo 1989 (55,8%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2016, rum cask, 10th Anniversary edition) – 90/100
Irish single malt 27 yo 1989 (45%, The Whisky Agency & Eiling Lim 2016, barrel, 177 btl.) – 92/100
Emerald Isle 26 yo 1989 (59,2%, Speciality Drinks 2016, cask #16244) – 93/100
Glen Garioch 1989 (46%, Wemyss Malts 2016, hogshead, 261 btl.) – 89/100
Glenrothes 26 yo 1989 (52,5%, Single Malts of Scotland 2016, cask #18173, 255 btl.) – 86/100
Tullibardine 27 yo 1989 (51,1%, Maltbarn 2016, bourbon cask, 134 btl.) – 87/100
Old Pulteney 1989 (46%, OB 2015, peated cask, 255 btl.) – 88/100
Isle of Jura 25 yo 1989 (60,9%, Signatory Vintage 2015, bourbon barrel #30729, 194 btl.) – 85/100
Pittyvaich 25 yo 1989 (49,9%, OB 2015, Special release, 5922 btl.) – 83/100
Glen Garioch 1989 ‘Fallen Apples’ (46%, Wemyss Malts 2015, hogshead, 266 btl.) – 87/100
Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1989 (44%, Abbey Whisky ‘Rare Casks’ 2013, refill bourbon barrel, 96 btl.) – 87/100
Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1990 (53,6%, Whisky-Doris 2013, sherry butt #10805, 252 btl.) – 85/100
Bunnahabhain 25 yo 1989 (46%, Duncan Taylor ‘Single’ 2015, sherry cask #388337, 90 btl.) – 87/100
Glen Garioch 25 yo 1989 (50,3%, The Whisky Agency 2014, refill hogshead, 246 btl.) – 88/100
Burnside 25 yo 1989 (50,9%, Maltbarn 2014, bourbon cask, 167 btl.) – 88/100
Irish Single Malt Whiskey 24 yo 1989 (42,2%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams & La Maison du Whisky 2014, rum cask #16262) – 90/100
Glen Garioch 24 yo 1989 (51,4%, The Perfect Dram 2014, refill hogshead, 220 btl.) – 88/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (53%, Archives 2014, joint bottling with CasQueteers, bourbon hogshead #42, 178 btl.) – 91/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (48,7%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 199 btl.) – 90/100
Isle of Jura 1989 (58,8%, Signatory Vintage for Whisky Fair 2014) – 88/100
Burnside 24 yo 1989 (51,7%, Whiskybase 2014, barrel #12452, 207 btl.) – 88/100
Littlemill 24 yo 1989 (50,4%, Liquid Library 2014, refill hogshead, 212 btl.) – 85/100
Blair Athol 23 yo 1989 (50,8%, Kintra 2013, bourbon hogshead #6465, 117 btl.) – 86/100
Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1989 (44,1%, Whiskysite.nl 2013, bourbon barrel, 155 btl.) – 87/100
Glenburgie 23 yo 1989 (54,8%, Chester Whisky & Liqueur Co. 2012, bourbon barrel, 212 btl.) – 86/100
Glenburgie 23 yo 1989 (52,6%, Maltbarn 2012, bourbon barrel, 115 btl.) – 86/100
Bowmore 23 yo 1989 (53,1%, The Whisky Agency ‘Fights’ 2012, ex-sherry butt, 341 btl.) – 88/100
Mortlach 22 yo 1989 (56,1%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams 2012) – 83/100
Clynelish 22yo 1989 (52,5%, The First Editions 2012, refill bourbon hogshead, ref. ES 009/02, 241 btl.) – 90/100
Bowmore 21 yo 1989 (46%, The Maltman 2012) – 86/100
Cragganmore 21 yo 1989 (55,4%, The First Editions 2011, refill bourbon hogshead, ref. ES 001/01) – 85/100
Mortlach 22 yo 1989 (52,1%, The First Editions 2012, ES 012/01) – 86/100
Highland Park 23 yo 1989 (53,2%, Malts of Scotland 2012, bourbon hogshead, MoS 12030, 281 btl.) – 83/100
Braes of Glenlivet 23yo 1989 (57,1%, A.D. Rattray 2012, bourbon hogshead #1053, 187 btl.) – 80/100
Balblair distillery visit – 10/05/2012
Balblair 2001 (46%, OB 2011, 1st release)
Balblair 1989 (46%, OB 2012, 3rd release)
Balblair 1978 (46%, OB 2008)
Clynelish 22 yo 1989 (53,5%, Thosop 2012, bourbon barrel, 138 btl.) – 92/100
Clynelish 22 yo 1989 (53,2%, Malts of Scotland 2012, bourbon hogshead MoS 12012, 235 btl.) – 91/100
Littlemill 22 yo 1989 (48,3%, Archives 2011, refill sherry hogshead #RTN-11-238, 120 btl.) – 91/100
Clynelish 22 yo 1989 (50,9%, The Whisky Agency ‘Moody Lions’ 2011, ex-bourbon cask, 267 btl.) – 91/100
GlenDronach 21 yo 1989 (54,1%, OB 2011, PX sherry puncheon #2917, 618 btl.) – 86/100
Laphroaig 21 yo 1989 (56,9%, Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum 2010, refill sherry hogshead, 212 btl.) – 88/100
Bowmore 21 yo 1989 (51,2%, QV.ID / Whiskysite.nl 2011, bourbon hogshead, 233 btl.) – 88/100
Bowmore 21 yo 1989 (48,1%, Nectar of the Daily Drams 2011) – 82/100
Tamdhu 21 yo 1989 (50%, Liquid Treasures 2011, sherry butt) – 86/100
Littlemill 21 yo 1989 (51,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Grotesque Crocs’ 2011, refill sherry hogshead, 239 btl.) – 90/100
GlenDronach 20 yo 1989 (53,2%, OB 2010, Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon #3315, 522 btl.) – 90/100
Bruichladdich 19yo 1989 ‘Black Art’ (51,1%, OB 2009, 6000 btl.) – 83/100
Goldlys 20 yo 1989 Sherry wood (46%, OB 2010, 680 btl.) – 71/100
Laphroaig 21 yo 1989 (53,1%, Whisky Agency 2010, Perfect Dram V, 197 btl.) – 89/100
Linkwood 20 yo 1989 (53,5%, Malts of Scotland 2010, cask 1826, 263 btl.) – 80/100
Hakushu 20 yo 1989 (62%, OB 2009 for The Whisky Exchange, sherry butt #9O 50021) – 90/100
Tomatin 19 yo 1989 (57,6%, Master of Malt 2008) – 86/100