Dealings marred in illicit liqour with a name mildly deviant from todays, the Cardow was one of the oldest speyside distilleries that began its operations at a farm owned by John and Helen Cumming way back in 1811. Camouflaging and hiding from excisemen, the police and authorities, illicit liqour continued to flow through its gates…
Month: Apr 2021
Review : Balvenie 17 Doublewood
I had recently glared upon a post mentioning the Balvenie 17 was going to be hard to come by, discontinued possibly. Though there didn’t seem to be any word of any possible scarcity down under; fact or not, this was reason enough to persuade me to head towards my local Dan’s and get a bottle…
Review : Octomore 10.1
Shutdown due to a lack of stakeholder interest and ever changing dynamics within the whisky industry, the Bruichladdich distillery was home to cobwebs, empty stills, a hollow silence and possibly lost dreams. The beginning of 2001 however brought in the sound of uncared gates being flung open after around 7 years of neglect; when a…
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