Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Now get that song out of your head !! That Boutique-y whisky Company prides itself with sourcing whisky from all around the world. Long gone are the times when whisky was only made in Scotland and Ireland although many would still have you believe this were true…
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The Gael Batch 2 – J J Corry
J J Corry Its time for a little more Irish whiskey, and to say I am excited about this release is rather an understatement !! Now we all love a story and there are no better story tellers than the Irish. little green men guarding treasure and magical fairies at the bottom of the garden,…
12 Year Old Single Irish Malt – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Irish Whiskey The simple fact is that whisky has a deep origin and chequered history within Ireland and that alone makes Irish single malt whisky / Irish pot still whisky a very underrated product, or should I be saying whiskey ? well whichever spelling we go with it still boils down to the fact Ireland…
Teaninich 11 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Teaninich Founded back in 1817 by Captain Hugh Monro who was the owner of the estate where the distillery is built. In 1831 the distillery is then sold to John Munro who is the younger brother to Captain Hugh Monro. John Munro then leases the distillery to Robert Patterson in 1850. The distillery changes hands…
Craigellachie 9 year old batch 2 – That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Day 23 and we have a little Craigellachie.. Who let the worms out ? Ok it don’t have the same ring as the song but hopefully you know where I’m going with that one.. The Craigellachie distillery was founded in 1890 and built by the Craigellachie- Glenlivet Distillery Company with production starting in 1891.. Today…
Aberfeldy 21 year old That Boutique-y whisky Company
Day 7 from the Boutiquey Advent Calendar offers up this Aberfeldy 21 year old.. Now who does not like an Aberfeldy single malt, nestled in the picturesque Village of Aberfeldy on the Southern bank of the upper Tay the distillery is owned by Dewars ( Bacardi ) the Distillery was founded back in 1896 and has…
Rock Oyster Cask Strength, batch 2 – Douglas Laing.
Douglas Laing was established in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, specialising in the selection and release of specialist, craft Scotch Whiskies. Douglas Laing hand select the finest, and often rarest, Scotch Whisky stocks from across all of Scotland’s Whisky regions and bottle them under a handful of different categories ( XOP, Old Particular, Clan Deny…
BenRiach Triple Cask, Cask Strength, Batch 2..
A tripple cask explosion from BenRiach.. What’s not to like about that ? Throw in the fact it’s cask strength and “you had me at hello “ This latest batch 2 Release follows on from the award winning batch 1 which won the silver outstanding award at the international wine and spirit competition in 2016…..
Secret Distillery #1 Batch 2.. “ That Boutique-y Whisky Company”
Well what do we have here ? Only a well sherried 9 yo whisky from a secret distillery somewhere in the Speyside region.. Hmmm which one could it be.. Looking at the label we have red doors but unfortunately so do a few of the distilleries so no help there.. Let’s see what we can…
Cameronbridge 24 year old – Batch 2 That Boutique-y Whisky Company
Cameronbridge Distillery It’s all about the Grain.. Cameronbridge Distillery was originally founded back in 1813 by John Edingon and co but did not obtain a legal license until 1824 when Home Haig ( one of the founders of DCL which later became UDV and Diageo) originally set it up as a malt distillery but was…