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Club night at Robbie’s Drams….. Glancadam tonight, hosted by the recently announced “keeper of the Quaich” Iain Forteath

Overall scores from me 2, 0, 2, 3, 3 #BlindDrams

Dot 5 scores a 3 for me - if my Palette wasn’t screwed I suspect it’d be more up my street and potentially higher but who knows #BlindDrams

Dot 5 Palette: I’m not getting much - I think my cold has finally done for me. Possibly Im getting a bit of smokiness, some bbq meats but likely the power of suggestion reading others posts 🤷🏻‍♂️ #BlindDrams

Dot 5 Nose: meaty, watery BBQ sauce. Fresh cut soft wood. Fine sawdust #BlindDrams

Dot 4 Scoring this a 3 - best dram so far for me #BlindDrams

Dot 4 Palette: some saltiness, creaminess from the nose transfers to the palette, some lemon drops, warming without a spice hit #BlindDrams

Dot 4 Nose: liking this - Cremola foam, ice cream float, American cream soda….. #BlindDrams

Dot 3 Scores a 2 for me #BlindDrams

Dot 3 Palette: I’m getting fizzy, meaty, vegetal and spicy #BlindDrams

Dot 3 Nose: milk chocolate, Bakewell slice and porridge oats #BlindDrams

Dot 2 Scores a 0 from me #BlindDrams

Dot 2 Palette: I’m all over the place with this one. Pencil shavings, tin, a 9v battery on the tongue….. curdled milk. #BlindDrams

Dot 2 Nose: opal fruits then soured cream 🤷🏻‍♂️ #BlindDrams

Dot 1 Scores a 2 for me #BlindDrams

Dot 1 Palette: effervescent, lemsip with a spicy undernote, perhaps cracked black pepper? #BlindDrams

Dot 1 Nose: light, refreshing, crisp apple, grass and a light whiff of smoke? #BlindDrams

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Ardnamurchan single cask? Yes please!

Finishing off the whisky advent calendar

And a dram of this months @summertonclub.com bottle - not one I’ve heard of before but very impressed! Shared among friends and the consensus is a resounding thumbs up 👍🏻

Club night at Robbie’s Drams…… Arran for this evening, with a special dram to try

Had a nice day, been off the drams for a few weeks but the wagon has been well and truly fallen off today!

Having a few drams today, good round on the golf course (one of my best scores ever) accompanied by the Cadenheads 7 stars in my hip flask to keep me warm….. back home and a nice wee selection of dramples so far

Springbank night @ Robbie’s Drams club night in Ayr….

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Ardnamurchan today - arse end of nowhere, rain lashing down and more windy than the scene from Blazing Saddles…… Warm and friendly reception, great tour and a very generous selection of Drams to warm us up on a cold day! 🥃 Ruby Port 5yo is stunning……

Long drive in shitty weather but was great to visit Ben Nevis today. Didn’t get to see everything as they have a lot of work going on at the distillery but we were well looked after and had some good drams! 🥃 Highlight for me was the Coire Leis.

Road trip for some distillery visits - Ben Nevis tomorrow then Ardnamurchan on Wednesday, back home Thursday…… 🥃

Had a great evening with a great friend - dinner then a selection of drams……. Including a sample of a 50yo that I can’t mention but was superb!

@ekstromenator.bsky.social I agree with you, the 18 Speyburn is 👌 Benefits from a higher ABV at 46% Gives chocolate, toffee, nuttiness.

Moving on to a 10yo Speyburn, 40% abv. Visited the distillery this year during the spirit of speyside festival and took their distillery managers tour - I was really impressed. Hadn’t been on my radar much before then but have a few bottles on my shelves now…. 🥃

Sad to see this go, it’s been a great dram from @summertonclub.com Sadly all good things must come to an end….. Old Putney, Port Cask, 46% ABV. #BottleKill 🥃

Continuing the clear out of dramples….. a drivers pack from a recent Glenkinchie tasting night. Clynelish waxen sun, 18yo, 51.6% abv. Dailuaine marbled treasures, 21yo, 54.3% abv. Singleton Glen Ord “into the blue” 17yo, 55.5% abv. 🥃

Next up is the “between you and I” 16yo at 48% ABV It’s been a while since I’ve had some HP and I’m enjoying it 😊

Trying to make my way through the bucketload of miniatures I’ve got….. tonight is the Digital Drams Highland Park drams. Starting with the 15yo at 44% ABV 🥃

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Round to one of the lad’s places last night for a few drams, a cigar and a catch up. Not a bad wee selection…..

Next up is the Royal Lochnagar, cask sample from 2001. 54.8% ABV 🥃

Having a few of my miniatures tonight. Starting with a Cragganmore cask sample, 2001 at 54.6% 🥃

Picked up a couple of bottles of Glenmorangie 10 bottled in the 90’s to try…… Think I’ll do a side by side with the current bottling to see how it’s changed.

Club night at Robbie’s drams, The Glendronach - looks like it’ll be a good night with loads to sample! #Whisky 🥃

An eclectic set of drams at today’s tasting at the Belfry in Edinburgh. Clynelish / Brora - a journey through time. Some amazing drams (10 in total!) which gave a full spectrum of the evolution of this whisky, from 1972 onwards. A few that “weren’t my favourite” but very impressed overall 🥃

Anyone for tea? Not had one of these for ages. Glengoyne Teapot Dram, batch 7.

And another gone. #Bottlekill The Loch Lomond 150th open edition. I do have another couple of these stashed away tho 😊

Continuing the #Bottlekill theme, trying to clear out those bottles on my shelves that I’ve been nursing for too long….. this time it’s the Longmorn 18yo. This drama took me by surprise, how much I liked it. Was my favourite at the Whisky Fringe festival a few years back. 🥃

Going to miss this one - a hand fill fiddich from 2021, bottled at 57.8 % Been putting off the bottle kill for ages it’s so nice. 🥃 #Bottlekill

Had a trip to Glenturret recently, my first visit. Enjoyed the tour (ably hosted by Andrew), and the blending session afterwards. Followed up with a delicious meal at the Lalique restaurant (two Michelin stars no less!) where the food, the service and the staff were superb. 👌

Just a wee dram anyone? 🥃 A fantastic tasting at Royal Lochnagar a while back. Always enjoy drawing from the casks, and getting to try stuff that isn’t generally available to buy…..