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Busy pouring samples and these old Benriach smell absolutely incredible! Billy Walker knows what he's doing 👌🏻 Still some sample packs left so if you'd like to join the tasting on 14 March, or just buy a set, please let me know. Slàinte 🥃

A superb Benriach whisky tasting coming up on 14 March, including:

•16yo Claret
•17yo Burgundy
•17yo Solstice (Peated Port)
•21yo Authenticus (Peated BBN/Sherry)
•22yo Albariza (Peated PX)

I've had 3 of these before and they are exceptional! If you're keen to join, please DM or comment. Slàinte 🥃

#BlindDrams Tonight was a little Tour de France, exploring Scotch Whisky with a French influence - a celebration of the auld alliance. It was an experiment of sorts, but I hoped you enjoyed it. Either way, merci for taking part and #PardonnezMonFrancais - Santé 🥃

Many thanks to Cliff @cliffmann.bsky.social for a superb selection, really enjoyed it mate, and I'm going to have to source a bottle of the Port Charlotte. Thank you also to Brian, @maltmusings.bsky.social for another #BlindDrams 🥃

#BlindDrams Dram Cinq was a Port Charlotte in Pomerol wine - a prestigious, small Bordeaux wine region known for opulent, velvety, full-bodied red wines. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SM ⏳9yo 🏁Pomerol Wine 💪🏼54.5% #️⃣3000 btls💰£90-£110

#BlindDrams Dram Quatre was from Fragrant Drops who have brought together Balblair, all the way from Ross-shire, with Sauternes, a world-renowned French sweet white dessert wine from the Bordeaux region. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SM SC ⏳12yo 🏁Sauternes💪🏼58.2% #️⃣274 btls💰£90-£95

#BlindDrams Dram Trois is a departure for James Eadie, ageing a Dailuaine from Speyside in Cognac - hailing of course from the Cognac region where white wine is double-distilled in copper pot stills, then aged in French oak. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SM SC ⏳18yo 🏁Cognac💪🏼50% #️⃣232 btls 💰£90-£95

#BlindDrams Dram Deux was a Lindores Thiron 2025. The Abbey was founded by monks from Thiron in 1191. In 2018 the distillery commisioned a number of casks made from the French oak trees that grow in the forests around the village of Thiron-Gardais. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SM ⏳NAS 🏁French Oak 💪🏼49.4% #️⃣NK 💰£65

#BlindDrams Dram Un is a DL Epicurean, a Lowland blended malt in Calvados cask - apple brandy distilled from cider in Normandy & aged in oak. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿BM ⏳NAS 🏁Calvados 💪🏼48% #️⃣1800 btls 💰£38-£60

Wow. I guessed Calvados😁

Dram 5
Score: 5/5
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Dram 5. Palate: Sweet, salty, and dirty. Farmy, earthy, briny, dunnage, dry and vegetal peat. Sweet and sour sauce, leather, wet wood, red wine, caramel toffee, smoked berries, mocha #BlindDrams

Dram 5. Nose: Smoky, leathery red wine. Like walking into a tannery or taxidermist's workshop. Light acetone, fresh berries, ripe plums. Fruit-flavoured milk bottles, floral, Dubai pistachio chocolate #BlindDrams

Dram 4
Score: 4/5
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Dram 4. Palate: Syrupy, chewy. Sweet peat, slightly ashy, glazed gammon, Chinese five spice, fresh leather, sweet tobacco, stewed berries, apricot jam, lemony lemonade, #BlindDrams

Dram 4. Nose: Sweet, salty, and sour. Berry jams, cola toffee, glazed ginger, sweet spice, a little meaty, pork crackling, char, pickle juice, sour cherries #BlindDrams

Dram 3
Score: 2/5
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Dram 3. Palate: A tad watery, clear apple juice with a drop of lemon juice in it. A touch floral and quite woody. Lightly fruity, cereal, dry grass #BlindDrams

Dram 3. Nose: Very light and yeasty. Sweet lemon, vanilla, icing sugar, a light fruitiness #BlindDrams

Dram 2
Score: 3/5
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Dram 2. Palate: Earthy, meaty, musty, and a little dirty. Fig roll, blackberry jam, fresh guava, herbal, burnt orange, savoury spices #BlindDrams

Dram 2. Nose: Nectarines and apricots. Orange effervescent tablets, chardonnay, honey, Danish pastrries #BlindDrams

Dram 1
Score: 2/5
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Dram 1. Palate: Fresh, light, and fruity. Tastes quite young. White-flesh fruits, yeast, zesty citrus, ginger and pepper spice, vinous, and some char in the background #BlindDrams

Dram 1. Nose: Very perfumed, smells like Calvados. Floral, very ripe and fragrant pears, lemon-scented hand cream, bready, yeasty, potpourri, fresh roses #BlindDrams

Sorry to hear this, Ben 😢

Time for a beer and what better than this Schlenkerla Doppelbock. Cheers 🍻

Weekend sourdough done 👌🏻

It has been a while but time for another tasting & this is a special one! 5 x 30ml Benriach:

•16yo Claret
•17yo Burgundy
•17yo Solstice (Peated Port)
•21yo Authenticus (Peated BBN/Sherry)
•22yo Albariza (Peated PX)

14 March, here on Bluesky.
Please DM/comment if interested 🥃

All ready to go for next week's #BlindDrams #BTC61 🥃