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Jun 3, 20221 min read

Old Speyside (Tamdhu) 43 (Eiling Lim) 1973

Sample 11/12 of the May tasting set Initial Nose: Chrysanthemum, flowers, cream, vanilla, wax, honey, papaya, apricots, hint of nuts...

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Jun 3, 20221 min read

Braes of Glenlivet (Braeval) 15 (Signatory Vintage) 1979

Sample 10/12 of the May tasting set Initial Nose: Sherry notes come forward, spices of nutmeg, cinnamon, damp earth, fruit notes of...

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Jun 3, 20221 min read

Balvenie 15 (OB) 1977 Single Barrel

Sample 9/12 of the May tasting set Initial Nose: Flower garden bed, earthy, preserved meats, Chinese sausage (lap cheong), oily, lemons...

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Jun 2, 20221 min read

Glen Grant 15 (100 Proof) 1980s

Sample 6/12 of the May tasting set Initial Nose: Light smoke, light spices, slight funk, lemon jam Nosing after time: Cream, cinnamon and...

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Apr 16, 20221 min read

Imperial 23 (Elixir Distillers) 1995

Part 2 of 3: The second dram of the night at The Auld Alliance is from the sadly closed distillery Imperial selected by Hideo Yamaoka....

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Mar 14, 20221 min read

Glenrothes 33 (VA.MA Import) 1967

The second dram of the night for at Swan Song's 4th anniversary is from one of my favourite Speyside distilleries, Glenrothes. Personally...

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Jan 31, 20221 min read

Longmorn TSCxSS, 2002, 18 Year, Ex-bourbon

The review for today is at a bar that is very close to my heart, The Single Cask. As this blog is called "whiskystudent," there must have...

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Jan 24, 20221 min read

Imperial 19 G&M 1996

Today's whisky to be reviewed is an independent bottling by Gordon & MacPhail from the Imperial Distillery. This was a whisky enjoyed...