Last night, I had the pleasure of comparing @Kilchomanwhisky's 2008 Vintage edition next to PX Sherry Cask Matured expression courtesy of @lochsofwhisky.
Can you guess which one won this round?
Read all about this tasting here:
twodramsaday.co.uk/2024/03/21/kil…
I finally get to try (and write about) two @FettercairnWh 16-year-olds and compare the very first release from 2020 to the second release from 2021 (both at 46.4% ABV).
Spoiler alert - both are completely different whiskies, but which one wins this round? twodramsaday.co.uk/2024/03/07/fet…
I've been thinking about that "bottle funk" you get when you open a new bottle (particularly cask-strength) and what contributes to that initial sulphuric nose and taste until the whisky settles down. Here's an article on bottle shock, oxidation, and more: hcdi.gs/3L3f5hD
@MaltedBlog Yes, this is what I was thinking. "They" hook you with a better blend in tasting packs and bars [and airports], but then they offload worse batches to supermarkets where the lowly folks who drink it on ice wouldn't know the difference anyway...
For a while, I suspected that my Tesco-bought Johnnie Walker Black Label was sub-par. Today, I have confirmed that by comparing it against a 50ml of Black Label from a tasting pack. It's an entirely different whisky! I know about batch variations, but this is very different! Sad.
Finally had a chance to compare Talisker's 10-year-old next to Ardbeg's 10-year-old, and jot down a bunch of notes. Which one wins this round?
hcdi.gs/4712qFi
Pondering the very different definitions of a "blended malt" while sipping on @DLaingWhisky's 18-year-old Timorous Beastie next to TBWC's 26-year-old "Blend #1" [and okay, @berrybrosrudd's "Perspective Series 1" on the side]. So which one wins this round?
hcdi.gs/46DYYjF
Question for all of you out there. The Macallan Double Cask - is it two casks married together, or is it a second maturation / finish (like the Balvenie DoubleWood)?
So I just paired a Teaninich 10-year-old with a Mortlach 13-year-old, and I didn't really like either of them... what do you think?
twodramsaday.co.uk/2023/07/02/tea…
Read my thoughts on comparing @Bruichladdich's 1992 17-year-old Fino Sherry finish distillery bottling next to @GleannMor's 18-year-old Sherry Hogshead finish "A Rare Find" bottling of a single cask: hcdi.gs/46yZRdw
Finally got a chance to compare Nikka's Taketsuru Pure Malt next to The Nikka Tailored. Maybe not 100% fair since the former is a Japanese vatted malt, and the latter is more like a world-blended whisky. But which one do you think wins this round?
Read: hcdi.gs/Nikka
Hey, @BoutiqueyWhisky - I finally came across your Advent 2022 Exclusive Corn Whisky #1, and it totally blew my socks off. And I wasn't even wearing any socks! This one was at 51.1%, and I spotted another official release, but it's at 47.7%. Can I expect more of the same there?
Up for a tasting today is the Macallan 18-year-old Sherry Oak vs the Macallan 18-year-old Double Cask. Which one wins this round?
twodramsaday.co.uk/2023/03/27/mac…
Had a tasting of two Linkwood single malts. One was a 12-year-old 2010 vintage bottled by @jeadiewhisky. The other was a 10-year-old 2011 vintage bottled by The Thompson Brothers (don't they have a Twitter?). Which one wins this round?
hcdi.gs/40y2yZ5
Can this 30-year-old undisclosed single malt under the @PeatsBeast label stand up against a 20-year-old @Laphroaig from That @BoutiqueyWhisky Company? Check out my side-by-side tasting to see who wins this round.
hcdi.gs/3SDmk2h
How do you like your single-grain whiskies? Here's my side-by-side tasting of @DLaingWhisky Old Particular bottlings of the North British 18-year-old spirit next to Dumbarton 20-year-old. Both are non-chill filtered and uncoloured! hcdi.gs/3F1qADt
Today I'm tasting a 12-year-old @OldPulteneyMalt alongside 12-year-old @DewarsAberfeldy. Both are 40% ABV, chill-filtered, coloured single malts. So which one wins this round?
Read my notes here, plus a bit of a rant on chill-filtration overall.
twodramsaday.co.uk/2023/02/15/old…
Oops! Forgot to share with you this write-up where I compare @HighlandPark's Fire Edition 15-year-old next to the "standard" 18-year-old from the core range. So which one wins this round?
hcdi.gs/3I7AdlN
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