Whisky Magazine 162

America's whiskey trails, Whisky on the Orient Express, 40 Creek's latest release, The rise of...

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Column That time of year As the nights draw in, it is time to fire up the record player

By Rob Allanson

News Playing with a full deck Experience the entire Ichiro’s Malt Card Series

News The shape of whisky As Graham Eunson moves into his new role at Tomatin, we get an insight into his world of whisky and...

By Phoebe Calver

News The Lakes house style evolves New single malt unveiled

By Rob Allanson

News Holyrood opens to the public Edinburgh's latest throws its doors open

By Christopher Coates

News An experimental arm for Glenmorangie? There’s more to the Tain distillery's expansion than first meets the eye

By Christopher Coates

Column On legacy The links between music-making and whisky creation

By Liza Weisstuch

Column The future in grain It's time to focus on the environmental effects of grain production

By Maggie Kimberl

Column Destructive distillation Investigating Scotland's alternative distillation past

By Chris Middleton

Travel Trails across the States Your guide to some of the best American whiskey trails

By Maggie Kimberl

Travel Whisky in Paradise Our man boards the legendary train

By Jim Leggett

People A passion for whisky We meet the man behind the award-winning global whisky retailer

By Rob Allanson

Taste Superstition ain't the way A new release charts a daring battle from 200 years ago

By Blair Phillips

Whisky & Culture The rise of Irish malt whiskey Taking Irish whiskey to new heights

By Greg Dillon

Distillery Focus The stuff of legend We get in on the ground floor before one of Ireland's latest distilleries opens

By Kate Packwood

Whisky & Culture The cult of Irish whiskey Get ready to enter a global renaissance

By Greg Dillon

People Keeping up with Egan's Breathing new life into the brand

By Maggie Kimberl

Production Being in control Wherever whisky is distilled, the climate is a significant factor, but attitudes and approaches to this vary

By Ian Wisniewski

Cigars & Whisky Good things come in threes Summer 2019 saw three big announcements from Hunters & Frankau

By Christopher Coates

Cocktails Ginger fever Fever Tree's Craig Harper extolls the virtues of the humble whisky ginger

By Christopher Coates

Food Unapologetically enjoyed The Singleton is showcasing a new kind of whisky tasting

By Phoebe Calver

Travel Retail The Macallan expands The world’s most collectible single malt has just opened a new permanent shop at London Heathrow airport

By Joe Bates

Interview Island life: Michael Cowman We send some of the whisky world’s great and good to a desert island. What will they decide to take...

By Greg Dillon

Rob AllansonThe Lakes house style evolvesNew single malt unveiled

Joe BatesThe Macallan expandsThe world’s most collectible single malt has just opened a new permanent shop at London...

Phoebe CalverUnapologetically enjoyedThe Singleton is showcasing a new kind of whisky tasting

Christopher CoatesHolyrood opens to the publicEdinburgh's latest throws its doors open

Greg DillonThe cult of Irish whiskeyGet ready to enter a global renaissance

Maggie KimberlTrails across the StatesYour guide to some of the best American whiskey trails

Jim LeggettWhisky in ParadiseOur man boards the legendary train

Chris MiddletonDestructive distillationInvestigating Scotland's alternative distillation past

Kate PackwoodThe stuff of legendWe get in on the ground floor before one of Ireland's latest distilleries opens

Blair PhillipsSuperstition ain't the wayA new release charts a daring battle from 200 years ago

Liza WeisstuchOn legacyThe links between music-making and whisky creation

Ian WisniewskiBeing in controlWherever whisky is distilled, the climate is a significant factor, but attitudes and approaches to...

Bernheim Original
Wheat Whiskey

ABV 45%

Comments: Breath-taking. A benchmark for wheat whiskeys.

Overall score

9.1

Dekanta
Kigai from the Ki Series

ABV 60%

Comments: Packed with flavour that hits you bit by bit. Glorious stuff.

Overall score

8.8

Fercullen
14 Years Old

ABV 46%

Comments: One for the sweet-toothed, and possibly an excellent chaser after a pint of stout.

Overall score

8.2

Glendalough
Pot still

ABV 43%

Comments: A liquid form of the Miles Davis’ So What, with the grain as the smooth bass line and the spices taking the horn section.

Overall score

8.0

Glenmorangie
Single Cask 1784

ABV 55%

Comments: Perfect for this time of year, and for me, a dessert whisky.

Overall score

8.9

Hinch
Peated Single Malt

ABV 43%

Comments: 43%? Really? Those chilli spices make everything feel much stronger. Punchy and mouth tingling. Different.

Overall score

9.0

Lady of the Glen
PX Octave Tamdu

ABV 61%

Comments: A few drops help balance it out and shows its true colours.

Overall score

8.2

Method and Madness
French Limousin

ABV 46%

Comments: One for the sweet-toothed, and possible an excellent accompaniment to a pint of stout.

Overall score

8.7

Port Ellen
39 Years Old

ABV 50.9%

Comments: Venerable, velvety and lemon-scented loveliness. Give it the time it deserves.

Overall score

8.6

Rebel Yell
French Barrel Special Finish

ABV 45%

Comments: Serious Manhattan territory here. Delicious and all the hallmarks of a stonking Bourbon.

Overall score

9.0

Signatory Vintage
1995, 23 Years Old

ABV 57.4%

Comments: Wonderful stuff, like eating a peach in a room where someone has smoked a Havana the night before.

Overall score

8.6

Signatory Vintage
Staoisha 2014, 4 Years Old

ABV 60.3%

Comments: Like walking through a pine forest with a bunch of flowers.

Overall score

8.6

Signatory Vintage
2010, 8 Years Old

ABV 60%

Comments: Creosoting a fence on a hot day, eating pickled onions and burnt bacon.

Overall score

7.9

Signatory Vintage
1995, 23 Years Old

ABV 55.4%

Comments: Approaching the sherry bomb territory. This should have a place in your drinking repertoire.

Overall score

8.7

Signatory Vintage
2007, 12 Years Old

ABV 64.1%

Comments: It takes Speyside and turns the perceived style on its head. Dark and mysterious stuff, watch out for the ginger too.

Overall score

8.9

Sullivans Cove
Double Cask Single Malt

ABV 45%

Comments: Like eating popping candy and Liquorice shoelaces.

Overall score

9.0

Sullivans Cove
American Oak Single Cask

ABV 47.4%

Comments: Making an Old Fashioned in a greenhouse with tomatoes ripening.

Overall score

8.2

Teeling Whiskey
30 Years Old

ABV 46%

Comments: Like a Victoria sponge soaked in Bourbon.

Overall score

8.5

Teeling Whiskey
Chestnut Cask finish

ABV 55.1%

Comments: The nose promised Narnia, but the palate takes you to frying bacon outside Tom Sawyer’s tent.

Overall score

8.7

The BenRiach
Batch 16 Cask 3791 Port

ABV 55.3%

Comments: A stonking whisky with some lovely red fruit elements.

Overall score

8.8

The BenRiach
Batch 16 Cask 7881 Rioja

ABV 53.1%

Comments: Could be an interesting base for a whisky-led Bloody Mary. Great stuff and well balanced.

Overall score

9.0

The Glenlivet
12 Years Old Double Cask

ABV 40%

Comments: Like the alcoholic equivalent of a Crunchie bar ice cream with orchard fruits.

Overall score

8.4

The Temple Bar
15 Years Old

ABV 40%

Comments: A good solid whiskey with those intriguing and interesting rum-like notes playing on the nose and palate.

Overall score

8.2

The Tyrconnell
16 Years Old, Oloroso & Moscatel Cask Finish

ABV 46%

Comments: Takes you on a twisting journey though French vineyards and the undergrowth.

Overall score

8.7

Wemyss Malts Family Collection

ABV 46%

Comments: Those spices really work the tastebuds. However, the palate doesn’t promise what the nose lays out.

Overall score

7.9

Wemyss Malts Family Collection

ABV 46%

Comments: Takes its time to open up, but there is a cracker of a whisky in here.

Overall score

8.7

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