The Dalmore Single Highland Malt 12y
The Dalmore Distillery was established in 1839 by a man named Alexander Matheson and is located in Alness, Scotland. The distillery is located in northern Scotland, thus the moniker “Single Highland Malt”.
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Oban 14y
Oban was the first single malt scotch I ever tried and for this it will always occupy a special place in my heart. That first sip of single malt goodness was many years ago and since that fateful first sip I have made it a point to never buy the same scotch twice. I have in essence become scotch hobo, bouncing (virtually) from one distillery to the next; a veritable whisky vagabond. At the Aleppo Smoker a few weeks back, I had a sip of the Oban again to see if perhaps my memory was making more of it and than it actually was. That tasting brought me home and back to earth at the same time. I bought a bottle the very next day. After all, rules are made to be broken.
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The Balvenie DoubleWood 12y
This past Christmas, my wonderful wife bought me a bottle of Balvenie DoubleWood. DoubleWood is a 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky that is matured in two distinct casks throughout the life of its maturation process. It starts its journey from malt to whisky in a traditional American oak bourbon whisky cask and is then transferred to a Spanish oak cask that has been previously used to age sherry. The traditional whisky cask makes sure the DoubleWood grows up to be a fine, upstanding Scotch, while the sherry cask acts as a finishing school designed to add depth and character.
