The summer is the slow season on whisky blogs but a) I have a lot of samples to get through and bottles to open and b) I’m not sure if this is really a whisky blog anymore—my food posts seem to get a far larger readership these days. Be that as it may, I will be posting the usual schedule of three whisky/spirits reviews a week in July; I will, of course, also have a lot of food-related posts: I’m going to power through my remaining Montreal and Toronto posts this month. And I’ve just discovered that I actually have a couple of restaurant reports left over from our trip to Scotland last June (from Orkney and the Highlands)! There’ll be some Minnesota reviews too, as we’ll be taking advantage of the free babysitting provided by my parents who are visiting from Delhi. And I promise that I will finally post my long-threatened review of Priya Krishna’s Indian (-ish), if only to get those of you who keep asking me about it off my back—yes, I know I promised it last month as well, what’s your point?
As always, here is the long list of potential whisky reviews. If anything catches your eye please let me know in the comments. I will try to get to all leftover requests from June this month.
- Benrinnes 24, 1972 (Signatory)
- Bowmore 10, 1999, Bourbon/Syrah (Murray McDavid)
- Bowmore 11, 1995, Bourbon/Viognier (Murray McDavid)
- Bowmore 16, 1996 (SMWS)
- Bowmore 18, 1998 (Wemyss Malts)
- Brora 25, 1981 (Duncan Taylor)
- Caol Ila 19 (The Whisky Show, 2012)
- Caol Ila 33, 1984 (Gordon & MacPhail)
- Caperdonich 36, 1972 (Lonach)
- Clynelish 23, 1991 (Van Wees)
- Copper & Kings, Butchertown Brandy
- Fitte et Latterade “Domaine Le Chaou” 31, 1987 (Armagnac)
- Fitte et Latterade “Domaine Le Chaou” 30, 1988 (Armagnac)
- Glen Moray 14, 2004 (Old Malt Cask 20th Anniversary Release)
- Glen Ord 15, 1996 (Liquid Sun)
- Glen Ord 15, 1997 (Liquid Sun)
- Glenallachie 22, 1995 (Archives)
- Glenburgie 23, 1989 (Chester Whisky)
- Heaven Hill 6, Bottled in Bond
- Heaven Hill 9, 2009 (Archives)
- Knob Creek Small Batch Bourbon
- Lagavulin 24, 1991, Feis Ile 2015
- Laphroaig 10 CS, Batch 010
- Longmorn 36, 1976 (Malts of Scotland)
- Lous Pibous 1993, Cask 124, L’Encantada (Armagnac)
- Milburn 25, 1975, Rare Malts
- Mortlach 16
- Old Pulteney 14, 2004
- Pellehaut 17, 2000 (Armagnac)
- Speyside 26, 1992 (Archives)
- Springbank 16, Local Barley
- Yoichi, Peaty & Salty
My Annoying Opinions 
‘72 Benrinnes and Caperdonich and ‘82 Brora are the ones I’d like to see reviewed.
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Two of those I have already taken notes on, so are all but certain.
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And apologies: the Brora is 1981 (corrected above).
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