Best in Blog #9: Tasting Notes and Whisky News on the Web
Jeebus it’s getting harder and harder to keep up with these roundups. But that just means that more folks are tasting and more things are shaking in the whisky world. So all in all it’s a good thing and I’ve just got to do the best I can summarizing it all. Here’s what’s up this week:
Tasting Notes from Bloggers We Trust
- Whisky For Everyone tries Glenfiddich 12, the best selling whisky in the world. They’ve also got a few things to say about the Original Glenmorangie, and of course we concur with their assessment that Ardbeg 10 year is a bottle that should be on every whisky shelf. Finally, here’s their thoughts on Edradour 10. Damn y’all must have been drunk this week!
- Whisky for Everyone also dips their toes into American Whiskey, with an interesting history lesson on the Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7.
- Also dabbling in American Whiskey, John Hansell of Malt Advocate tastes two experimental whiskies from Buffalo Trace.
- Scotch Hobbyist tastes a Laphroaig 30 year old, and calls it “a nose to die for.” Also check out his review of Whisky Samples, a great way to get cheap tastes of some pricey scotches.
- Dr. Whisky reviews Bunnahabhain Darach Ur, a duty free bottle that he calls “unique.”
- Whisky Intelligence reviews a Springbank 18 and a Tomintoul 14.
- Whisky Fun speed-tastes 10 Highland Park expressions, to mixed reviews.
- Nonjotta reviews a Yoichi 1987, which some have proclaimed the best single malt in the world. Others, of course, beg to differ.
- Whisky Reviews tastes a single cask Auchentoshen straight out of the cask.
- Finally, Whisky Notes tastes the Laphroaig Cairdeas (the Feis Ile special bottling), calling it a big improvement over 2008.
Whisk(e)y News on the Web:
- Tonight, Dubber and Clutch will hold an online tasting of blends, featuring Master Blender Robert Paterson. Details here.
- Malt Maniacs have updated their scoring list, which has reviews of over 12,000 whiskies.
- John Hansell sees a trend emerging around young whiskies and wants your opinion.
- Alcohol-free whisky!? Shudder the thought . . .
- The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America has released their new bottling list.
- NY Barfly has more thoughts on the #Macallan Twitter Tasting.
- Time Magazine interviews 99 Drams of Whisky author Kate Hopkins.
- Whisk(e)y 101 and History’s Most Famous Drunks.
- Nova Scotia’s Glenora Distilleries has won their 9 year naming dispute with the Scotch Whisky Association. A court ruled that they will be allowed to call their whisky Glen Breton.
- Finally, Whisky Intelligence announces a number of new independent bottlings: a Macallan and Laphroaig, and a 60th Anniversary bottling from Douglas Laing, and four new bottlings from Loch Fyne.
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