Speyside 1993 17 Year Old Sherry Butt Speciality Drinks

Speyside A Splendid Speyside Surprise 17 Year Old 1995 Anam na h-Alba

Anam na h-Alba means as much as ‘the soul of Scotland’ and is a German independent bottler, run by Tom Skowronek. Tom only bottles at cask strength and without chill filtration. This 17 years old ‘secret’ Speyside malt was launched in 2012 with only 60 bottles. It was one of Tom’s first releases. The sweet nose offers butter, honey, beeswax and...

Score 86/100

Speyside Spey Tenné

The Tenné from the Speyside Distillery is een Speyside (doh!) whisky that first matured for 8 years on ex-bourbon casks before receiving a 6 month finish is port cask, which explains its salmon pink color. Tenné is Gaelic for ‘tawny’, referring to the red/brown hue of the port wine. The port casks come from the Quinto do Filoco bodega, a family...

Score 74/100

Speyside Spey 18 Year Old

The 18 year old whisky from the Speyside Distillery, simply Spey 18, matured on fresh sherry casks and was bottled at a drinking strength of 46%. Only 1.500 bottles were launched. I am told it is very popular in Taiwan. Well, it is not like I ever go there. Ha, that is more like it! Good nose on all kinds of fruit. A real salad of fresh fruit...

Score 83/100

Speyside 12 Year Old

I write this review not to tell you how bad this whisky is (and it is bad . . . very bad), but to illustrate my personal range of scores. This is the worst whisky I have ever scored. Now, I have my only crazy scoring system: five categories (nose, taste, finish, balance/complexity, and aesthetic experience). These categories are scored from .5...

Score 67/100