The Whiskey Wash

JULY 4, 2024

So, let’s take a look at every 50 year old whisky that The Macallan has ever bottled. Interested in learning about the oldest Macallan whisky ever bottled? Additionally, the climate in Scotland (generally on the cooler side) means that alcohol evaporates from the cask more easily than water does.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A good chunk of what we’ve recommended below are higher strength bottles, not by an absurd amount, but certainly by a degree that you’ll enjoy. It’s a Highland rather than a Speyside, but we’re looking for similar bottles here, not exact copies. You’re in safe hands here regarding Irish whiskeys of many different varieties.

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And what are the differences between bourbon vs. whiskey? There are numerous different types of American whiskey including bourbon, straight, blended, light, oat, rye, wheat, malt, rye malt, corn, and spirit. For clarity, let’s focus just on bourbon, straight bourbon whiskey, and bottled-in-bond straight bourbon whiskey.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 13, 2024

All images credited to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Single cask whisky offers something truly special—a one-of-a-kind experience in every bottle. Unlike blended whiskies, these come from a single barrel, giving each bottle its own unique character and making them incredibly limited. What Is Single Cask Whisky?

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Bottling Highball Alcohol Scotch Whiskey 98

The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 25, 2024

But if you don’t mind a little hit of sulfur on your whisky, plus that very vibrant grain nose it has, this could still be something very cool to have in your arsenal of alcohol. Read the full article at Review: Perpetuity Blended Scotch Whisky Batch III The Leith Export Company How Should You Drink It?

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Bitters Alcohol Bottling Scotch Whiskey 98

The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 16, 2024

The tasting sheet focuses on each aspect of a whisky, such as sight, nose complexity, aroma intensity, balance, palate complexity, alcohol, balance, and finish quality. The goal of the competition is to simply find the best whisky in the world and acknowledge it, regardless of how attainable the bottling is.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Bottled at cask strength, it offers a refreshingly unique profile, with vibrant pineapple notes and cask spice. When The Dalmore released the King Alexander III it was the first ever bottle of whisky to feature six separate cask maturations across the liquid. It’s certainly worth exploring if you can get your hands on it.

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Wine Rum Bottling Alcohol 105

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 7, 2025

Your body doesn’t immediately know the difference between chemical heat (alcohol) and actual temperature heat. Then, as you add more, it reduces the alcohol burn. Industry experts often dilute to around 30% ABV when tasting (compared to the 40-60% in the bottle). ” similar to how they react when you eat spicy food.

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Alcohol Whiskey Bottling Wine 85

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 18, 2024

However, variety is the spice of life, and as tasty as bourbon is other products in the whisky and spirits world will probably get your pulse racing as fast as a bottle of George T. But it is down to a lot more than some clever marketing and the nicest-looking bottle on the planet (in my opinion). That takes some effort. BUY NOW: $275.06

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Rum Whiskey Bottling Alcohol 105

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 31, 2024

A few of the examples that I’ve listed below are releasing some of the strongest core range bottles. Ardnamurchan Owned by The Adelphi Bottling Company, Ardnamurchan was always going to be a really strong product from the get-go. These are certainly distilleries to pay attention to if you think you’ve had and tried everything before.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 23, 2025

Ncnean Organic Cask Strength Batch MN21 The new cask strength offering delivers Nc’nean’s signature organic single malt in its most natural form, bottled at approximately 59% ABV. The whisky showcases enhanced notes of spiced rye bread, juicy peaches, and tangy lemons compared to the standard bottling. market in late 2023.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 12, 2024

How To Get Around It’s important to remember that Scotland has a strict zero-alcohol drink-driving policy, meaning you can’t even take a sip of whisky and drive. With hundreds of bottles on offer, there’s something to suit everyone’s taste. Fines, penalty points, and bans are at risk if you do.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 26, 2024

The Jura 1975 Matthew Forrest #2620 In the recently published 46th Edition of The Scotch Whisky Industry Review , by Alan Gordon, Jura is named as the best-selling single malt scotch whisky in the UK, with a 7.8% Certainly, living in the UK myself, I always notice the bottles of Jura on the shelves when walking around the supermarket.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Despite this, there’s widespread uncertainty about whether whiskey is gluten free amongst consumers, with confusion increasing due to different allergen labeling laws across markets. Should Whiskey Bottles Be Labeled As ‘Gluten Free’? Gluten free allergen labeling laws for whiskey differ between the United States and UK/EU.

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Beer Whiskey Alcohol Liqueur 52

The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This Glen Scotia whisky was distilled in 1973 and bottled in 1999, the same year that Glen Scotia reopened under Loch Lomond Distillers following two periods of closure in the 1980s and 90s. There were two versions of this bottling release: one bottled in 1996 and one bottled in 1999. The new plant continued as Clynelish.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 7, 2025

Amongst the most widely available heavily peated whiskies, Ardbeg’s 10 Year Old and Corryvreckan expressions are perceivably smoky, peated to 50-55 PPM, the highest core range bottlings of Islay’s distillers. What Does Ardbeg Whisky Taste Like?

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 13, 2024

Prohibition resulted in rising corruption and the growth of organised crime to meet the illicit demand of America’s alcohol consumers. The closure and loss of the United States’ domestic bourbon and American rye whisky distilleries created a supply void that the scotch whisky industry sought to fill.

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Liquor Alcohol Whiskey Rum 105

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 4, 2024

John Walker’s son, Alexander Walker originally created Johnnie Walker Black Label Alexander Walker was responsible for many innovations at Johnnie Walker, including the square bottle. This decision was initially made to enable more bottles to be packed in a small space for transport during export, and to reduce breakages.

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Bottling Alcohol Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 98

The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

In an innovative collaboration, American actor Nick Offerman has partnered with Islay’s oldest distillery, Lagavulin , to release a series of limited Offerman Edition bottlings. A Lagavulin Offerman 2 nd Edition bottling followed in 2021, launched for the US market and distillery visitors. Finish: A gentle chili spice to finish”.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 20, 2024

Renowned across the world for its signature flavours of iodine and smoke, Laphroaig embodies what we think of when it comes to Islay scotch whisky. Elsbach & Co US Import bottlings, have inspired excitement amongst collectors and enthusiasts for decades. As a result, Ian Hunter was frequently travelling abroad on sales trips.

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

How Do We Know That This Macallan 10 Year Old Was Bottled In The 1970s? This Macallan 10 Year Old was bottled in the 1970s, which we can determine from a few key details. First, the bottling volume is listed as 26 2/3 Fl. Before this transition, scotch whisky bottles used fluid ounces for volume measurements.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 10, 2025

Well explain the science behind the smoke and suggest five beginner-friendly bottles to help you begin your journey into peated whisky. Price: Approximately $40-$50 Tips for Enjoying Peated Whisky Add a splash of water: This helps open up aromas and soften the alcohol burn, revealing flavors beyond the smoke.

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Bottling Alcohol Scotch Whiskey Whiskey 104

The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A selection of scotch whiskies bottled in the 1970s. The beauty of working within the rare scotch whisky sphere is that I get to see some fantastic old and rare bottles, produced many decades ago. These bottles were sold at prices that seem jaw-droppingly low in today’s ever-expanding market.

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Alcohol Bottling Whiskey Scotch Whiskey 98

The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 25, 2025

Method 1 – Freeze and Dilute Freezing the whisky reduces the volatility of harsher compounds, while a splash of water lowers the alcohol concentration and releases flavor molecules masked by ethanol. How: Store the bottle in the freezer for a few hours. Pour 30ml into a glass and add 510ml of room temperature spring water.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 13, 2025

The latest release is a Tobermory 27 year old sherried single malt with only 2,857 bottles available globally, making it the rarest in the collection. ABV, it has the highest alcohol content in the series. P riced at 395, the expression became available worldwide on March 12 after a brief exclusivity period with Berry Bros. &

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 30, 2025

Scotch whisky regions may be less important these days in the industry, but some whiskies remain the foundation stones of their local styles. More and more distilleries are now bottling experimental releases, ensuring we whisky drinkers have plenty of options to explore. The other is The Macallan.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 7, 2024

That is the fermentation of wort the liquid produced from grain – to which yeast is added to produce alcohol (amongst other by-products) for eventual distillation. Esters can be found outside of alcohol making too. They can be found in any situation where alcohol bonds with organic or fatty acids through condensation.

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 9, 2025

The historic launch comes from Isle of Tiree Distillery , one of Scotland’s smallest whisky producers, crafting just 2,000 liters of pure alcohol annually through traditional production methods. You can purchase your bottle here. Nose: Candy sweetness from the bottle. Appearance: Pale, glowing amber with tawny highlights.

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 5, 2025

While Clynelish continued to produce its signature waxy and maritime malt, primarily for blending, Brora lay dormant until 2021, its legacy preserved in a limited number of highly sought-after bottlings. million litres of alcohol. The whiskies had to be aged between 18 and 30 years old and distilled in the years 1969-1981.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It’s still entirely possible to find outstanding scotch whiskies for under £100, with plenty of impressive options available. Although scotch whisky prices have reached record highs, many distilleries remain dedicated to offering excellent bottles at accessible price points.

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Bottling Bar Alcohol Scotch Whiskey 98

The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Often side-lined as the stage where distillers are merely looking for maximum alcohol yield, we instead choose to focus on it. By running small-scale wash fermentations to establish the flavors and alcohol created by various yeast strains, we then scale up our favorite washes, running each for a two-week period.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 9, 2025

. “If we find it’s at its absolute peak, showing beautiful balance and complexity, we might decide to bottle it as a 30-year-old.” Six years before bottling, the team began preparing bespoke sherry casks for a finish, confident this batch could handle the journey. ” But some casks show the potential for more.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 21, 2025

This gap between perception and reality reveals a puzzling truth about India’s alcohol market one where even dramatic tariff cuts might fail to transform Scotch from luxury to everyday purchase for the world’s largest whisky-consuming nation. Consider a bottle of Scotch that retails for 100 in the UK.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 9, 2025

The facility can produce up to 1 million liters of pure alcohol annually, significantly enhancing the already vibrant distilling landscape in Fife. Eden Mill St. The company plans to fill hundreds of additional casks with new-make spirit for maturation.

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The Whiskey Wash

DECEMBER 7, 2024

This lighter distillate can penetrate deeper into the wood, aided by its higher alcohol content. Dont be afraid to experimentwith a full bottle, theres plenty to try! Straight-neck stills produce a lighter spirit, akin to the styles of Glenmorangie or Jura , which pairs beautifully with a variety of casks.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 4, 2025

By contrast, true single barrel (or single cask) releases are relatively rare typically limited editions yielding just a few hundred bottles, each with its own unique character. Chemists have shown that diluting whisky to about 20-30% alcohol actually releases more aromatic compounds. Regulations vary by country.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 3, 2025

Some argue there’s no point pouring an $80 whisky into a cocktail when a $20 bottle will do just as well. Annabel Thomas of Ncnean is also a strong advocate for the mixing of single malt scotch, as is detailed in one of her guest articles. These arguments aren’t without merit.

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