The Whisky Mafia

3. december

• Destilleri: Bowmore
• Navn: –
• Region: Islay
• Aftapper: Bottled by independent company A D Rattray for Mackay Corporate Insurance Brokers.
• Alder:  18 yo
• Procent: 40 %
• Diverse info:
  Surely there are few locations more evocative than the shores of Lochindaal, an area positively steeped in rich Scottish folklore. It’s no wonder then that Bowmore has a whiff of magic about it (or perhaps that’s just the whisky). The oldest distillery on Islay, Bowmore still retains its own floor maltings; and while they can no longer meet all of the busy distillery’s requirements, they still contribute a third of the malt used in every mash.

  Just because something is old, doesn’t mean it’s old-fashioned, and Bowmore’s eco-friendly heat recovery system not only cuts down on those pesky bills, it also heats the town swimming pool!

  

2. december

• Destilleri: Inchgower
• Navn: –
• Region: Speyside
• Aftapper: Hunter Laing i “Old Malt Cask”-serien
• Alder:  21 yo
• Procent: 50 %
• Diverse info:

  Inchgower is a favourite among blenders, but they didn’t manage to get their hands on this one! It’s an independent bottling of Inchgower, aged in a Sherry butt for 21 years. This was distilled back in October 1995 and bottled in September 2017. A release of 708 bottles.
  

1. december

Velkommen til dette års kalender, vi håber den vil smage jer 😀 .
Og så er der sneget sig en lille fejl/gimmick ind i årets kalender, til ære for en af vores faste deltagere. Den kan dog først spottes, når vi kommer noget længere hen i kalenderen!
Rigtig god fornøjelse.

Morten og Mikael

• Destilleri: Bladnoch
• Navn: –
• Region: Lowland
• Aftapper: Gordon & MacPhail i Connoisseurs Choice-serien
• Alder:  1986 – 1998
• Procent: 40 %
  

TEST * TEST * TEST * TEST

Synes heldigvis at vores kalender er lidt mere spændende, end bare en enkelt flaske;o)

Godt nytår

Kære whiskyjulekalendervenner 2017.

Her på årets sidste da, vil Morten og jeg gerne sige tusinde tak for deltagelsen i dette års kalender.
Vi håber den smagte og gjorde december i anelse sjovere.

Skulle I have lyst til at deltage næste år, så gem kassen og glassene, så trækker vi 50 kr. af prisen.
Jer der har deltaget i år, vil få mulighed for tilmelding som de første, inden vi evt åbner for andre.

Rigtig glædelig jul og godt nytår, må whiskyenglene være søde og bringe masser af god whisky i jeres retning.

Mvh

Morten og Mikael

24.december

• Destilleri: Tamdhu
• Navn: –
• Region: Speyside
• Aftapper: Hunter Laing & Co i deres Old & rare serie
• Alder:  30 år
• Procent: 53,9 %
• Diverse info: Distilled at Speyside’s Tamdhu distillery in July 1987, this single cask bottling from Hunter Laing & Co.’s Platinum Old & Rare Selection has been matured in a single sherry butt for three decades. Bottled in July 2017 free from chill-filtration and without articial colouring, only 533 bottles have been produced at a natural cask strength of 53.9% abv.

23. december

• Destilleri: Allt A’bhainne
• Navn:  1993
• Region: Speyside
• Aftapper: First edition
• Alder:  22 år
• Procent: 51,4 %
• Diverse info: One of only 177 bottles produced, this expression from The First Editions range was distilled in 1993 at the Allt A’Bhainne distillery in Speyside, where it spent the next 22 years maturing in a single bourbon barrel.  

22. december

• Destilleri: Auchentoshan
• Navn:  1999
• Region: Lowland
• Aftapper: Cadenhead i deres small batch serie
• Alder:  17 år
• Procent: 55,5 %
• Diverse info: Matured in 2 bourbon hogsheads bottled 2016 by Cadenhead’s for the Small Batch series. 498 bottles.
  

21. december

• Destilleri: Arran
• Navn:  Exciseman . Smugglers III
• Region: Island – Isle of Arran
• Aftapper: Original destilleri aftapning
• Alder:  NAS
• Procent: 56,8 %
• Diverse info: The third and final release in the series, The Exciseman brings together whiskies matured in bourbon quarter casks and Madeira casks. (The latter being a nod to casks used by illicit distillers on Arran, who acquired them from Madeira smugglers.) Rather than a celebration of the feared exciseman, this Arran single malt “pays tribute to the exuberant character of those striving to outwit the Government’s representatives”!
  

20. december

• Destilleri: Caol Ila
• Navn:  Feis Ile 2017
• Region: Islay
• Aftapper: Douglas Laing i Provenance serien
• Alder:  6 år
• Procent: 50,6 %
• Diverse info:  A Special Commemorative Bottling, Celebrating Islays Feis Ile 2017 Festival