Tasting Reviews

2024-10 – Randy D.

A gathering of the group around the dining room table where we stayed until all of the world’s problems were solved.

Except… for the notes of the meeting. Vanished. Means we may need to test these ones again! Oh no!


Round 1: Tamnavulin Double Cask

Cost: $60 CDNRegion: Speyside

Fun Facts:

  • Tamnavulin Double Cask was the first release from the distillery since the 1990s!

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  • Notes: This is a terrific one (from my memory). A very easy drink, and a great starter scotch.

Round 2: Port Askaig Islay 8 Year Old

Cost: $100 CDNRegion: Islay

Fun Facts:

  • Enjoyably smokey and elegant – a neat introduction to the range.

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  • Notes: It’s Islay, so it is gonna have some peat.

Arran Machrie Moor Peated Malt

Cost: $120 CDNRegion: Arran

Fun Facts:

  • It’s named after the mystical peat bog on the western part of Arran, which is strewn with standing stones.

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