This summer, Isle of Jura has released a heavily peated special limited edition commemorative bottling for the Crinan Classic Boat Festival 2007.
I personally love the peated touch and according to our polls many more of you do. So, this beauty that comes from cask number 24 should light up on your face. The 1999 Heavily Peated is Distilled on the 18th of January the same year. It was re-racked from American White Oak in September 2004 into an Oloroso Vina 2a Sherry butt from Gonzalez Byass. It’s original strength is 63.5% and then bottled at 52.1%.
Tasting note according to Juras website:
COLOUR – Copper gold with honeyed highlights.
NOSE – A phenolic explosion like an Autumn bonfire coupled with a seductive tang of damp salt and peat drawn from Small Isles Bay.
PALATE – Reduce with soft still water. Not for the faint hearted. Feel the full force of sharp winds and driving rain in your face as this complex malt rolls over the palate to reveal its character of smoke, peat, tar rope and hints of lemon gorse.
Find more information on how to get your hands on a bottle or two over at Isle of Jura’s website.
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Heaven Hill Distilleries, USA’s largest independent family-owned spirits producer and marketer, has announced the release of the first edition of Parker’s Heritage Collection, a limited annual series of rare, aged American Whiskeys that pays tribute to 6th Generation Master Distiller Parker Beam.
Heaven Hill is the world’s second-largest holder of aging American Whiskey with over 700,000 barrels, including many world-renowned brands rich in the history and heritage of the American Whiskey industry. [click to continue…]
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Avenue Vine reports that Bourbon lovers around the country are raising a glass to the U.S. Senate today for passing a resolution, just before it adjourned, officially declaring September 2007 “National Bourbon Heritage Month,” according to the Distilled Spirits Council.
Read the full story over at Avenue Vine
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Full Proof has released a limited edition of 204 numbered bottles filled with a Single Malt from the Kurizawa distillery.
The bottles are bottled ad Full Proof from cask 2221 and retails at a price of €105.
I personally bought two of the Hanyu 1988-2006 that are now sold out and I must say it’s something else to place on the table in front of your friends
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