Whisky felling #20. Christmas malts: Glenglassaugh 30 yo 42.0%, Macallan 12 yo Exceptional cask 2005/2017 cask #10 65.9%, Glenfarclas 1973/2002 cask #4788 46%, Glendronach 28 yo 1990/2019 cask #7905 51.7%, Highland Park 20 yo 1983/2003 distillery only 56.4%

There is an idea that the best whisky for Christmas should come from sherry casks. Let's try to find out if that's true.

Valerii birthday and line of rarest malts: Glen Flagler 1972 Silents Stills, Coleburn 1983 Silent Stills, Hillside 1971 Silent Stills, Glencadam 1972 Silent Stills, Linkwood 1987 Cadenhead, Linkwood 1972 GM, Ben Nevis 21 yo (1996) PST, Old Pulteney 32 yo (1985) cask #202, Glendronach 25 yo Grandeur Batch #8, Bunnahabhain 26 yo 1988/2016 AC, Bunnahabhain 45 yo 1968/2013 Samaroli, Port Ellen 1975/1998 Silents Stills and Laphroaig 27 yo

Every time in September we go to banya visit Valerii whisky and birthday party :) 

Ukrainian Whisky Connoisseur's Club tasting #105 tasting: Dalwhinnie Triple matured 48%, Mortlach 11 yo 2002/2013 Whiskies Of Scotland 54.8%, Mortlach 17 yo 1997/2014 Whiskies Of Scotland 54.8%, GlenDronach 12 yo Manager's cask choice 58.3%, Aberlour 15 yo distillery only bottling 53.7%, Aberlour 16 yo (bottled 2015) distillery only bottling 56.5%, Longmorn 18 yo 1996/2014 Whiskies Of Scotland 52.5%, Glen Moray 20 yo 1994/2014 Whiskies Of Scotland 46%, Strathisla 25 yo 1988/2014 CS 53.2%

My dear readers! Awfully sorry for fewer posts in 2017, actually I've got plenty of notes saved in my phone but not published yet, will try to catch up during this winter :) This very tasting took place in 2016 and was dedicated to Speyside and in particular the malts that are hardly available anywhere except for the distilleries. 

Small session of samples: Glendronach CS batch #4 54.7%, Invergordon 46 yo 1966/2012 DR 51.9%, Bunnahabnain 11 yo PX finish distillery only 54.6% and Bunnahabhain 11 yo Rubha A' Mhail 57.4%

That would be random selection of samples I've tried recently. Just to dot the i's. 

Glenglassaugh 30 yo, Glenglassaugh 39 yo, Glendronach 25 yo Grandeur, Brora 30 yo IM and Ardbeg Kelpie CR

Initially it was planned as comparison of two Glenglassaugh, but then three more malts were added.

Ledaig 9 yo Maltbarn, Springbank 12 yo (batch #9), Glendronach Grandeur 25 yo (batch #7) and Dalwhinnie 29 yo 1973

Quite a break occurred (summertime, you know), so let's open July page with 4 very decent malts. 

Another Friday: Glendronach 2002 single cask, Bunnahabhain 25 yo Artist #3, Glen Garioch 21 yo Mba

Why not taste some new malts on Friday evening?.. That was rhetorical question of course :) 

Glendronach Parliament 21 yo, Benromach 30 yo, Laphroaig 18 yo Berry Best and Port Ellen 28 yo DL Platinum

Can't find the right idea for this tasting: sherry and bourbon? Speyside and Islay?

Ukrainian Whisky Connoisseurs Club - December 2016 tasting

Last tasting in 2016 was including the best malts we've met during this year. And also some new expressions bottled exclusively for UWCC and Whisky Corner. 

Whisky Dram 2016

Second Single malts Festival that took place on 12.11.2016 in Kiev. Possibly the best whisky event in Ukraine so far. Over 60 brands available for tasting, lectures from whisky ambassadors, rare bottlings and so on, and so on. Though let's start from the very beginning.

Sherry gems of Speyside 08.07.2016

Sherry gems of Speyside. One more summer tasting with Kiev malt band: Sergii, Valerii, Alex and Andrii. The idea was to take different sherried speysiders from small to large.

Summer tasting 27.07.2016: Glendronach 15 yo, Islay and Linkwood 31 yo Cd

What about drinking some Islay in summer?.. Off-the-cuff tasting with Sergii took place this week.