Port Charlotte 17yo 2002-2020 (49.7%, Thompson Brothers)

Here we go with a Port Charlotte from the independent bottlers Thompson Brothers so let’s hope it’s good! I like this label very much!

Velier Caroni Tasting Gang 1996-2019 (63.5%)
Velier Caroni The last 1996-2019 (61.9%)
I loved the Tasting Gang concept, if you want to read more about how the selection was done you should take a look to my friend Roger’s article about it.

Port Charlotte OLC: 01 9yo 2010-2021 (55.1%, OB)
Port Charlotte BR: 01 10yo 2007-2018 (62.8%, OB)

It’s not always easy to navigate through Port Charlotte official releases as they are very frequent. So let’s try two Port Charlotte official bottlings that were advised by friends.

Kill Devil Hampden 2007-2018 (63.5%)
Twelve Hampden 2007-2018 (68.5%)
Flensburg Hampden 2007-2020 (66.8%)
Ester bombs alert! The 2007 vintage normally means C<>H mark, there is no doubts it’s gonna be funky! But esters and young didn’t match every time in my own experience so let’s see how they are!

Longrow 2007 11yo 2007-2019 (56.9%, OB)

The last Longrow I tasted was very good so I looked after another one on my stashes and here is what I found.

A speyside distillery 18yo 2001-2020 (52.3%)
Hazelburn 18yo 2001-2020 (47.4%, OB)
Longrow 10yo 2020 (53.7%, OB)


Let’s try some bottlings released for the Virtual Open day of the Campbeltown festival 2020!

Aberlour 18yo 2002-2020 (62.6%, OB for LMDW)

Today I am trying an Aberlour and to be honest I didn’t tasted a lot of those in the past! The last one was an Abunad’h and it was decent, so today I hope that I will taste a great one!

Caol ila 8yo 2011-2019 (59.4%, Asta Morris)
Caol ila 7yo 2012-2020 (55.9%, Asta Morris)

I already found some pearl among those frogs in the past so let’s try some young Caol Ila from the Belgian bottler Asta Morris and see what’s going to happen!

Glen Elgin 31yo 2004-2015 (47.2%, Signatory Vintage)

When I was looking at good price/quality ratio I though about this dram, it’s clearly not the same pricetag as the drams in the last article but I can tell you that it’s worth every euros you put in.

Ben Nevis 10yo (46%, OB, ~2017)
Benromach 10yo 2017 (43%, OB)
Lagavulin 16yo (43%, OB, ~2017)

Let’s try some cheaper dram today so we can maybe find some great price/quality ratio!