Whisky of the Week review and tasting notes for whiskies that I rated as Excellent. Excellent means that after tasting the whisky, I want to pour a second and third glass. It is whisky that I want to keep on drinking and when the bottle is finished, I will buy another one. Rating: Excellent
One of the hardest things to do is to build a whisky collection on a budget. With an increase in demand and a hunger for unique and aged whisky, prices have been going through the roof and distilleries are releasing NAS versions at crazy prices.
Today I look at whisky from a unique destination, the HammerheadCzech single malt whisky. This is the 1989 Edition. It was the height of the Cold War. In the Soviet Union, the national drink was vodka.
Now and again there are twitter tastings hosted by Steve from Whisky Wire. Most of them are for releases that are not available in South Africa. However, it is a wonderful opportunity to see what interesting whisky is available and what I need to look out for when we travel.
Many people have written about the Macallan distillery and brand. Some people love it, while others hate it. Many stories about it exist; some are true, while others are not. It often makes the ‘Most Expensive Whisky’ lists. It is a polarising whisky and distillery. John loves it. I find it pretentious and old-fashioned. Regardless of my personal view, let’s try theMacallan 15 year oldFine Oak single malt Scotch whisky.
The bottle is nearly done, and I quickly need to capture the tasting notes for this Forty Creek Barrel Select Canadian whisky. I bought it in Canada during my July trip, and there is barely enough left for a tasting.
As a proud South African, I wanted to capture tasting notes for a South African whisky as my first blog post. I chose the Three Ships 10 year oldsingle malt; an award-winning South African single malt whisky produced at the James Sedgwick Distillery in Wellington. One of my favourite distilleries.