As much of the world remains under lock down with COVID19 looming both across and within borders, an unsaid fear surrounds us from the enigma the virus breeds. While social distancing and the ban on non-essential travel and social gatherings are the new norm, I thought it would be best we continue keeping ourselves engaged…
Month: Mar 2020
Review : Aberlour Abunadh
Carefully crafted and limited to a handful of batches a year, the Abunadh (pronounced, A-boone-ah) pays homage to James Fleming, founder of the distillery and is a tribute to yesteryear, when age old practices were purely traditional and simple. Explains why the distillery pinned this specific expression with the Gaelic term “Abunadh“, meaning “of the…
Review : Bowmore 15 YO Travel Exclusive
After a five year hiatus, in 2017 the folks at Bowmore re-introduced their aged statements within travel retail stores with the release of their 10, 15 and 18 YO Travel Exclusive Range. NAS whiskies in general have been on the receiving end from the very start, frowned upon at the get go; many times the…
Review : Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve Single Malt Whisky
A shortage of aged stock and the need to have existing reserves aged and matured to sustain for older expressions, the Glenlivet distillery had decided to replace its 12 YO expression with the 2014 “Founder’s Reserve” in selective markets around the world. The expression with its Georgian blue labeling, doesn’t have an age statement attached…
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