Callum
@glenscotia.bsky.social
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Whisky drinker, unofficial. One half of Callum and Kate.
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Brian's Malt Musings 🥃
6 days ago
But of course the drams have nothing to do with Ports. They were all Port matured or finished!
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5 Score Brian, I tried so hard, the noses were mostly encouraging, dram 4 fooled us into a false sense of deliciousness, but this is back down to a 2
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6 days ago
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5F MEdium length, very sweet, floral, bitter aftertaste
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6 days ago
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5P Sweet, red fruits, oaky, pepper, spirity, acetone, glue, overly sweet, who put sugar in my whisky?
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6 days ago
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5N Light orange, fresh, elastic, roses, diluted cherry juice, pink candy sweets/shrimps
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6 days ago
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4 Score In a galaxy far far away, Brian picked 5 drams as good as this one for a blind tasting. But the galaxy was far, far away, unfortunately. Score a very well deserved 4.
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6 days ago
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4F Long, warming, stone fruit, balanced
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6 days ago
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4P Nice mouthfeel, thick and oily, touch of peat, sweet, fruity, well balanced
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6 days ago
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4N Darker reddy brown, red fruits, chocolate, plastic/polyethelene, elastic band, vaguely tawny port
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6 days ago
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3 Score Better than the first two. Quite enjoying it in a strange kind of way (okay, I'm trying to convince myself), so I'll give it a 3
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6 days ago
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3F Glue, acidic, quite long, metallic
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6 days ago
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3N Reddy orange, red apples, cheap soap from a guest house, countryside freshness, linen on a washing line, eraser
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6 days ago
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CJF Renton
6 days ago
2 Score - 0/5
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2 Score Hmmm, I wanted to like this but I don't really. Score 2
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6 days ago
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2F Sweet, too long, bitter, green leaves
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6 days ago
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2P Harsh, spirity, grain/rye, white pepper, lots of wood influence, chewing on bark from a pepper tree (that makes as much sense as picking this dram), Moroccon pastry
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6 days ago
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2N Golden yellow, fruit, salt, a bit of dunnage, musty, grainy, a bit muted
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6 days ago
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1 Score Nose was really promising, so encouraged by it, but the palate was not for me, no sirree - score 1
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6 days ago
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1F Bitterness, saccharine, quinine, too long, weird, help
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6 days ago
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1P Cream soda, effervescent, grainy, so disappointing after the nose, creamy, oak tannins, overly sweet, yuck
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6 days ago
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1N Pinky orange, salty, coastal, Unpeated, some light gentle bourbon, stone fruit/apricots, touch of farmy funk
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6 days ago
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5 Score An obvious 5
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about 1 month ago
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5F Long, smoky, peaty, sweet, fruity
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about 1 month ago
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5P Big bold and oh so smoky, a field of burning sheep, farmy, baked peaches, very more-ish
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about 1 month ago
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5N At last we have some colour, brown, Germolene, peat, medicinal, burning/singed socks, some sweetness, Walnut Whip, taro desert, fruity
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about 1 month ago
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4 Score Under duress it's gone up from a 3 to a 4
#peerpressure
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about 1 month ago
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4F Smoky, salty, wood tannins, really nice
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about 1 month ago
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4P Decent mouthfeel/coating, earthiness, fresh linen, bonfire smoke, ashy
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about 1 month ago
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4N Darkest in colour so far but only just, some oiliness in the glass, slight peat?, salty, dirty, more like a decent whisky, higher abv, sweet wood, bourbon, prickly on the nose
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about 1 month ago
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3 Score L'ecole de natation marque trois points Score 3
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about 1 month ago
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3F short/medium finish, touch of wood, fresh cherries, bleach
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about 1 month ago
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3P Hey, that's quite decent - hay, bourbon, menthol, cough sweets, peppery, rocket leaves, the cherry fizz from a Double Dip Swizzelstick
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about 1 month ago
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3N Swimming pool, bleach watered down, citrus, dry wood staves, quite bland, Blackpool rock
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about 1 month ago
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2 Score Some good elements, some not so much Score 2
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about 1 month ago
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2F Medium length, vegetal, greenhouse, sugar, lingers (unfortunately)
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about 1 month ago
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2P Vegetal, burnt toffee, damp wool, a field of cabbages, quite harsh and spirity with water, salty and sweet
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about 1 month ago
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2N Light yellow in colour, chicken & thyme crisps, salty, bourbon, green apple, touch of sulphur, spent matches, candy sweets
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about 1 month ago
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1 Score Nose was the best thing about it, and even that was reserved Score 2
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about 1 month ago
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1F Shortish finish, pepper, leaving salt and biterness in the mount, not a pleasant finish
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about 1 month ago
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2P Salty, farmy, bitterness, moreso with water, grapefruit, cloudy lemonade, citrus peel
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about 1 month ago
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1N It's a bit reserved, a touch of salt, bourbon, fresh, seems young, medium abv, malty, slight umami, sour apples, beef Monster Munch
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about 1 month ago
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C'est le grand jour ! Qui d'autre a hâte de goûter à ces spécialités françaises ?
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@cliffmann.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Brian's Malt Musings 🥃
about 1 month ago
Tonight from 8pm the Blind Tasting Consortium's 61st outing!
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Pardonnez mon français
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Looking forward to the next
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to be hosted by
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It seems to have a French theme, but who knows? 🤷♂️
about 1 month ago
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5 Score Great dram, a definite 5
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3 months ago
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5F Very long, fruitcake, ashtray (in a good way), is very good
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3 months ago
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5P Lovely, rounded, old sherry cask, decent abv, ashy, dark fruits/cake, cigar box, bonfire, smokychor
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3 months ago
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5N Brown, dark fruits, sherry, quite oily, sultanas, peated, old, full, well balanced, slight woodiness
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3 months ago
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4 Score Blind Drams #60 has finally arrived, cracking dram, really enjoyed it, a clear 4
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3 months ago
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4F Long, smoky, unctuous, warming, humidor
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3 months ago
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