Category: Whisky Focus

• Glenmorangie new release: Grand Vintage Malt 1989, presented live by its creator, Dr Bill Lumsden!

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”]   On April 5th 2018, Dr Bill Lumsden, the Master Disiller of Glenmorangie (and also of Ardbeg and GlenMoray) came to New-York City to present his new “baby”. A 27 years…

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  04/15/2018

  Whisky Focus

  bill lumsden, Glenmorangie, glenmorangie vintage 1989, single malt, tasting notes, whisky tasting

• Glenmorangie Signet: Innovative, beautiful, superb taste – enjoy!

  

  [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#131313″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” _builder_version=”3.18.2″ title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.7″ text_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#e09900″ header_4_font_size=”20px” width=”84%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|22px||22px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_5_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” header_5_font_size=”26px” header_5_text_color=”#e09900″] This is an amazing Scottish whisky crafted from a great inspiration of Bill…

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  03/12/2018

  Whisky Focus

  bill lumsden, Bourbon, chocolate malt, corpor, corporate, corporate whiskey, Glenmorangie, Glenmorangie Signet, hennessy, private tasting, Scotch whisky, sctosch, signet, signet whisky, single malt, tasting notes, Team building, whiskey, whiskey education, whiskey expert, whiskey New Jersey, whiskey new york, whiskey online, whiskey online tasting, whiskey private, whiskey review, whiskey school, whiskey tasting, whiskey tasting new jersey, whiskey tasting new york, whisky, whisky education, Whisky expert, whisky new Jersey, whisky new york, whisky review, whisky school, whisky tasting, whisky tasting new jersey, whisky tasting new york, whisky tasting notes

• Redbreast 12 years old – a fantastic Irish single pot still

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Tax collection can sometimes generate peculiar behaviors. Back in the 18th century, the British decided to create a new tax on malted barley that will collect money from the whiskey distillers…

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  02/24/2018

  Whisky Focus

  12 year old; tasting; tasting notes, malted barley, pot still; single pot still, readbreast; whiskey; irish whiskey, unmalted barley

• Yamazaki 18yo, a very refined whisky by the 1st whisky distillery created in Japan

  

  [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_color=”#131313″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px” border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” _builder_version=”3.18.2″ title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center”][/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Japan is the fourth country for whisky production worldwide. A country can not earn this ranking overnight, and the story of whisky and Japan starts in the nineteenth century,…

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  01/17/2018

  Whisky Focus

  Japan, Japanese whisky, single malt, suntory, Taketsuru, tasting, tasting notes, Torii, whisky, Yamazaki, Yamazaki 18

• P&M Corsican Single Malt Whisky, 7 year old, promising

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] France is the first market in the world for scotch whisky consumption, but the country is not even in the top 10 for whisky production. This may change one day as…

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  01/03/2018

  Whisky Focus

  7 year old, award, cask, corsica, French, jim murray, muscat, P&M, patrimonio muscat, single malt, tasting notes, whisky

• Kavalan, Solist, port cask, cask strength, single cask, from Taiwan: a winner

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] The picture shows the bottle n°175 out of a single cask that has filled 217 bottles. Distillation occurred in May 2010 and bottling in March 2017, so the whisky is about…

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  01/03/2018

  Whisky Focus

  cask strength, Kavalan, maturation, port cask, port wine, porto, single malt, solist, taiwan, tasting notes, whisky

• Laphroaig 10 years old, cask strength, batch 009: a special release in 2017

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] This is the type of limited release that you can find only at the distillery or online directly from the Laphroaig website. The bottle is so rare and wanted that they…

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  01/02/2018

  Whisky Focus

  10 years old, 2017, batch, batch 009, cask strength, Islay, Laphroaig, peat, peated, release, Scotland, single malt, tasting notes, whisky

• Redbreast 12 years old, cask strength,  batch B1/17, 58.2%, from Ireland

  

  [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_image=”https://whiskey-gourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/background.png”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.10.1″ background_color=”#131313″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#e09900″ custom_padding=”|5px||5px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.18.2″ meta=”off” featured_image=”off” text_color=”light” title_font=”Josefin Sans||||||||” text_orientation=”center” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.2″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff”] Redbreast is a whiskey from Ireland. It is distilled three times and made from a blend of malted and unmalted barley at equal parts: a pure pot still. It is matured…

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  01/02/2018

  Whisky Focus

  12 years, 2017, batch, batch 1, cask strength, Ireland, Irish whiskey, Irsih, pot still, redbreast, tasting notes, triple distillation, whiskey, whisky