The North Texas Spirits Society met for a tasting of Scotch Whisky and the lineup was pretty spectacular. I can honestly say that there wasn’t a single poor that I would consider average – they were all very good. The standouts for me were the Glendronach 21 Year Single Cask (see my review here), Linkwood-Glenlivet 23 Year and Lagavulin 12 Year 2014.
Whisky List:
- MacAllan 14 Year 1990 (Provenance, 46%)
- Bladnoch 25 Year 1990 (Exclusive Casks, 51.5%)
- Coleburn 21 Year 1979 (Rare Malts, 59.4%)
- Linkwood-Glinlevet 23 Year (Cadenhead, 55.3%)
- Mortlach 21 Year (Cadenhead, 53.5%)
- SHamamoto Custom Blend (58.8%)
- 2 parts Aberlour A’bunadh (Batch 45, 59.8%)
- 1 part Aberlour A’bunadh (Batch 30, 60.2%)
- 2 parts Tamdhu Sherried Cask Strength (Batch 1, 58.8%)
- 2 parts Glendronach Cask Strength (Batch 3, 54.9%)
- 1 part Macallan Cask Strength (58.6%)
- 1 part Macallan Cask Strength (59.0%)
- 3 parts Macallan Cask Strength (60.1%)
- Glenfarclas 24 Year 1990 (K&L Wine Merchants, 50%)
- Glendronach 21 Year Single Cask Oloroso Sherry Butt 1990 (#2209, Spec’s Exclusive Selection, 53.8%)
- Bowmore 25 Year (AD Rattray, 47.9%)
- Two Brewers Peated Single Malt (43%)
- Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength (L7, 55.7%)
- Lagavulin 12 Year 2014 (54.4%)
- Ardbeg Supernova 2010
As is the custom of the group, there are bonus offerings from several members of the society that are revealed after the official lineup is completed. I was really impressed with all 3 of the older offerings, particularly the Longmorn 15; however, the Buchanan Deluxe bears mentioning as the best blend I’ve ever tasted. I wish that they still made them like this one! I have the 2 Cairdeas offerings, so you should see them reviewed eventually.
Bonus Pours:
- Springbank 15 Year (bottled pre-2006)
- Longmorn 15 (bottled in 1980’s)
- Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015
- Laphroaig Cairdeas 2016
- Buchanan’s Deluxe 12 Year (bottled in 1960’s)
