Best in Blog #54: The English Are Coming; Bargains at Bonhams
Auction house Bonhams is holding a big whisky auction on Thursday the 17th. John Hansell notes that there are many, many deals to be found below $300. If you are still shopping for Christmas gifts for your whisky pals (or treating yourself), this will blow the stock at your local whisky store out of the water.
Tasting Notes From Bloggers We Trust:
- Whisky Notes says the 30 year old Brora from Douglas Laing’s Old & Rare Platinum series is stunning. He also enjoyed this 1975 Ben Nevis.
- Whisky Intelligence reviews Bell’s and Grant’s whiskies (no age statement on either).
- Whisky Host tasted 5 heavily peated whiskies in a head to head match up: Ben Riach Curiositas, Smokehead, Edradour Ballechin, Longrow CV and Octomore 2.1.
- Scotch Hobbyist loves the unpeated Caol Ila 10 (Diageo Special Releasae 2009).
- In a departure from their usual fare, Whisky for Everyone is sampling some whisky liqueurs.
- Whisk(e)y Apostle does a head to head match up between Johnnie Walker Blue Label and Chivas Regal 18. We also got some samples and will have our own match up, with tasting notes from all three of our bloggers, coming soon.
Whisk(e)y News on the Web:
- Douglas Laing’s Old Malt Cask series has 11 new bottlings.
- The English are coming! On December 16th, the first bottle of English whisky in a century, from St. George Distillery, will hit the stores. Read more about it at the BBC.
- Check out this Master’s of Malt post about their visit to the St. George distillery.
- The latest episode of Whisky Cast is live – listen-in and hear all about the latest on Diageo’s plant closing, whisky cocktails, and an upcoming Whisky Cast iPhone app.
- Bruichladdich has begun distilling with their own home-grown malted barley.
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