Balvenie 10 years – Founder’s Reserve (1980’s)
AN IMPROMPTU BRUNCH – Score: 7.5/10 While rummaging through my collection of over six thousand bottles, I came across this unusually shaped bottle from the Balvenie distillery—a format more common…
Glen Scotia – Double Cask
A FAUX BOURBON - Score: 7.5/10 Glen Scotia is the unsightly duckling of Campbeltown, the oft-overlooked sibling among the region’s three distilleries. All eyes seem perpetually fixed upon Springbank and…
Ardmore 2009 13 years – cask #706475
A HOMEOPATHIC WHISKY – Score: 7/10 Strangely enough, some distilleries are more enjoyable through independent bottlings than in their official releases. Caol Ila, Glen Moray, and Ardmore are notable examples—far…