Clynelish 22 yo 1995-2018 (56.7%, Daily Dram)
Benrinnes 21 yo 1997-2019 (56.3%, Daily Dram)
Let’s try some drams from the Belgian independent bottler « Daily Dram ». Those are in fact not chosen blindly since it reminds me of the Massen festival of 2019. The 2020 edition was cancelled for obvious reasons this year so let’s get those DD’s like back in the days, should we?
Plantation Extreme Saint Lucia 2007-2020 UK (58.9%)
Plantation Extreme Guyana 1993-2020 BE (51.9%)
Plantation Extreme Jamaica 1996-2020 GER (60.3%)
Plantation Extreme Jamaica 1984-2020 FR (74.8%)
Plantation released the Extreme 4 series with a total of 8 bottlings. Each is country specific and I had the chance to taste four of them.
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.8%, OB, Italy)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.2%, OB, Denmark)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.5%, OB, Germany)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (52.6%, OB, France)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.5%, OB, USA)
Here we go! Today we gonna try five more Kilkerran 15yo and try to find some good booze!
SBS Barbados 2000-2020 (53.2%)
SBS Australia 2007-2020 (55%)
SBS Brazil 2011-2020 (56.7%)
SBS El Salvador 2008-2020 (55%)
SBS Guyana 2003-2020 (59.7%)
SBS Fiji 2009-2020 (57%)
SBS means Single Barrel Selection. This is a Danish independent bottler who releases only Single cask rums from different countries. Here you’ll find the whole line-up of their new 2020 bottlings review.
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (53.1%, OB, UK)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (53.5%, OB, Austria)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (53.2%, OB, Distillery)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.1%, OB, Taiwan)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (51.6%, OB, Holland)
Kilkerran 15 yo 2004-2019 (52.1%, OB, Belgium)
For their 15th anniversary, the Glengyle distillery realeased a bunch of 15yo Kilkerran bottlings. There are lot of cask type and every bottlings are country-specific. Let’s try most of them!
William Larue Weller 12 yo 2006-2018 (62.85, OB)
George T. Stagg 15 yo 2003-2018 (62.45, OB)
Two Worlds « La Victoire » – batch 1 (54.7)
I’m not a fan of bourbons to be honest but the ones I tasted in the past were cheap and reduced. A really good friend told me this « Two World » small batch is worth a try, so I grabbed two samples of well known top-notch bourbons I had on the back of my shelves. Let’s try those now!
L’Esprit Travellers 2005-2017 (67%)
L’Esprit Travellers 10th anniversary 2007-2017 (66.1%)
Today let’s discover two rums from a french bottler called L’Esprit. Theses are a bit similar on the paper, they come from the Travellers distillery in Belize.
Bunnahabhain 7 yo 2008-2015 (58.6%, OB)
Bunnahabhain 14 yo 2004-2018 (53.2%, OB)
Bunnahabhain 36 yo 1975-2011 (56.8%, The Perfect Dram)
At first, I just chose two young Bunnahabhains to test but I couldn’t resist to the call of that ’75 one!
Hampden Great House 2019 (59%)
Hampden Great House 2020 (59%)
Velier Hampden Yellow Shouldered Grossquit 2012-2020 (ABV%)
Velier Hampden LROK Rufous Tailed Flycatcher 2010-2020 (ABV%)
I had a chance to already taste the new Hampden Great House 2020 & the two new « Birds » single cask for Belgium selected by The Nectar.
Corman Collins Port Mourant 2003 (45%)
Corman Collins Hampden 2001 (60.4%)
Corman Collins Caroni 1999 (61%)
Hubert Corman is a Belgian independent bottler since many years now. His shop is located in Battice, where I went several times to catch some of his bottlings.
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