A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF WHISKIES,ONE INSIGHT AT A TIME
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Single malt whisky from the Hellyers Road distillery in Tasmania (which Mike wrote a blog post about a while ago). This is the Original "Roaring Forty" expression, named after the 40km/h winds which blow in the rain-clouds, making the production of this whisky possible. It's aged in American white oak barrels
Australian single malt here from Hellyers Road, bottled for La Maison du Whisky as part of their Cellar Books series. This is a "Slightly Peated" expression, matured for 12 years in 100 litre casks. Very, very cool indeed.
A 10 year old Tassie single malt, produced at the excellent Hellyers Road distillery. This expression spends a decade slumbering in American oak bourbon casks, developing oodles of yummy vanilla-y notes alongside touches of cooked fruit and soft baking spices.
The Pinot Noir finish of the Hellyers Road varieties is matured in American White Oak casks first (see Hellyers Road Original Whisky), then finished for six months in Pinot Noir French Oak casks from Tamar Ridge, Tasmania. A delightful blend of two of Tasmania's greatest talents, it is marvelous to wonder what we may see produced here in the future. Hellyers is available in many European countries in addition to Australia. This is not currently available in the US.
"The Dundee range includes The Dundee Blended Scotch Whisky, Old Dundee Blended Scotch Whisky Aged 12 Years and Angus Dundee Blended Scotch Whisky Aged 30 Years. Every product in this brand range is wonderfully balanced. ""The Dundee"" has been blended from a selection of quality malt and grain whiskies, skilfully chosen to give character and distinction. Each individual whisky used in the blend has matured for many years in oak casks to achieve a smooth flavour. ""The Dundee"" will appeal to those who appreciate the art of a wonderfully balanced blend."
Amador Whiskey Co. Double Barrel marries the best of Kentucky Bourbon with Napa Valley wine barrel finishing. Its journey began in the heart of Bourbon country, where we selected exceptional Kentucky Bourbon that came to life in new charred American oak barrels. We transported this treasure westward along the 38th parallel to California, where we finished the Bourbon with our family’s Napa Valley wine barrels. This double-barrel aging technique creates characteristics from the individual barrels that are then blended together to make exceptional Bourbon, far greater than the sum of its parts.
Scotch whisky made by ancient recipes from barley malt is distilled at least twice, aged 3 years. Soft and lightweight, an excellent base for cocktails.
Seagram's 7 Dark Honey is a liqueur from Seagrams made from their 7 Crown whiskey and, as the name suggests, dosed with honey, as well as spices and other sekrit ingredients. It's bottled at a hefty, for a liqueur, 35.5% and is a subtly flavoured addition to the Seagram's range
For decades, Gibson’s whiskies have been distilled, aged, blended, and bottled at the Schenley distillery in Valleyfield, Québec. But late in 2008, most of the blending and bottling moved to the Hiram Walker distillery in Windsor, Ontario. Still, the Gibson’s reputation is such that distillery employees in Valleyfield talk proudly of their past association with Gibson’s and at least one of them quietly squirreled away a stash of Valleyfield bottles when it was announced that production was about to be moved to Windsor. Meanwhile, workers at the Hiram Walker distillery exhibit similar pride at the coup of having snagged the Gibson’s contract.
Smooth Ambler Contradiction is a Bourbon whiskey produced by the Smooth Ambler Distillery in West Virginia, United States of America. It is a blended Bourbon whiskey, created by marrying two different kinds of Bourbon whiskeys, which inspired the name of the whiskey.
A blend of the finest imported malt and grain whiskies with local matured spirit.
Old Smuggler is a brand of blended Scotch whisky, part of the Campari Group, an Italian spirits and alcoholic beverages conglomerate. This is a no-age-statement blended whisky It is one of the most successful brands in smaller South American and European countries of Argentina and Belgium respectively.
