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Shhh...Listen.That is the sound of THREE solid weeks of silence on Dr. Whisky, with a whisper of my ass heading to the airport again.And it will continue until I get more than two successive nights in my own bed. Lots of time on the road February through mid-March, but rest...

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Penderyn Aur CymruMadeira FinishSingle Malt Welsh Whisky46% abv£35$70 USDWriting very quickly as I am off to New Orleans in an hour. Congratulations, Saints!This bit of Welsh gold was first released in 2004 and comes from Wales' only single malt distillery. Founded in 1998, Penderyn began distilling in 2000 and was...

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Hudson Single Malt WhiskeyTuthilltown Distillery46% abv$40 (USD)There is some real, old-fashioned, hand-crafted, family-run whiskey-making going on in the Hudson Valley. If it has taken you until now to realise it then, brother, there is no time to waste. While other American distilleries are working hard to replicate the hand-crafted, small...

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Connemara 12yoIrish Single Malt Whiskey 40% abv£55$95 (USD)Another Irish drop, and an unusual one at that as it's only distilled twice (most Irish is triple-distilled). And in pot stills, no less, the way God intended..."The saviour of Irish whisky", the artist formerly known as John Teeling, purchased this County Louth-based...

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Connemara Cask Strength Peated Irish Single Malt Whiskey 57.9% abv £44 $65 (USD)$95 (CAD)Don't yet know if this will be a string of all Irish whiskies (couldn't have waited til mid-March, Doc?), but we will just take it one dram at a time.We tasted the 40% abv version of the...

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Jameson Irish Whiskey 40% abv£17 $25 (USD) $30 (CAD)Married to a member of the Haig Scotch whisky dynasty, founder John Jameson moved from Scotland to Ireland and began making the water of life in 1780. Originally produced at one of the six Dublin distilleries, Jameson is now distilled way...

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Old Pulteney 30yoHighland Single Malt Scotch Whisky44% abv£250Ending my string of "new" releases here on the malt mission with a drop from Old Pulteney. It would be more accurate to call these "recent releases" as by the time I have gotten around to publishing them every other enthusiastic whisy nerd...

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The Balvenie 17yo Madeira CaskSpeyside Single Malt Whisky 43% abv£67 $130 (USD)Dr. Whisky's most recent post attracted a good share of attention. This attention took various forms and lead to variable responses from varied corners of this world wide wondernet. I won't be linking them or summarizing them from here,...

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...I wonder what they meant.Welcome to 2010, whisky lovers. It has been over 3 years since this blog began and the frontier of the whisky web has changed greatly in that relatively short period of time. I remain grateful for your support, links, and refererals online in in person. With...

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When neighbours' stoops, yards, and windows become aglow in white, red and green, when mangers appear in churches, local parks, and Catholic school playgrounds, when you can hear 15 versions of Silent Night in a single visit to Macy's, you know it's that time again.Perhaps I will do 8 Drams...

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Benromach 10yo Speyside Single Malt Whisky43% abv £29 $50When I was in Scotland in July I was in touch with Ian Chapman at Benromach and after a short volley of emails he very kindly invited me to see their distillery. Upon arrival, I was greeted by Ian, David Urquhart and...

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Bladnoch 8yo Lowland Single Malt Whisky 46% abv£36A first! Dr. Whisky has not yet featured a dram from Bladnoch distillery. Well after 370 Malt Missions, it's about fricking time. And appropriate premiere for the distillery as this release is the oldest edition made wholly of spirit produced by the current...

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Mackmyra Special : 03 "Small Casks, Big Flavour" Swedish Single Malt Whisky 48.2% abv£57Hi. Haven't seen you since mid-November. How are you? Where are you? I am good, thanks. I am working in south Florida and I am determined to get a few posts our about new/recent releases up starting...

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Honest McGee"Medicial Elixir"bot. Oct 31, 2009Blended American Whiskey abv% uknown $¢£ pricelessIt's about time that I wrapped up this pentad of American whiskies and what better way to do it than with something terribly unique and wholly unusual. I was intending to feature Parker's latest Heritage release but when Greenback...

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Michter's 10yo, GH-1Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey47.2% abv$75 (USD)"Michter's: the Whiskey that warmed the Revolution."In 1753, Swiss Menonite farmer John Shenk joined the American tradition of whiskey making and built a farm distillery in Schaefferstown, PA for "local use". Within four generations the family distillery became a commercial venture (apparently on...

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Four Roses Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey TN 85-4L 50% abv$40 (USD)Although Wikipedia tells us that Four Roses was possibly named after original founder Rufus Mathewson Rose, his brother and two sons, Four Roses' website tells the story of Paul Jones, Jr., founder of Four Roses, whose love interest...

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Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey 45% abv£50$45(USD)Keeping the American theme going with a few more drops from whiskEy country up my labcoat sleeve. Sorry if it takes me weeks to pull 'em out.Typical of American whiskey, the Bernheim story is shrouded in mystery, some confusion, and even a little...

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Just before setting off to Scotland, friend and colleague Andrew Weir sent me a link to the new Johnnie Walker short film/ad "The Man Who Walked Around the World."When I first viewed it, there had been 3000 views. There have now been 130,000, I believe the viral will continue to...

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In Scotland again and it feels great. Landed to beautiful weather, good friends, and a killer curry at Kebab Mahal Walked into an OddBins and a Tesco to take note of the increases of whisky prices across the board since leaving the UK a year and a half ago. Everything...

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Stranahan'sStraight Rocky Mountain Whiskey batch 32, 11/22/06 47% abv $55As promised, here come some more world whiskies, starting with this sweet drop from firefighter/booze-lover partners Jess Gerber and George Stranahan. Using Rocky Mountain water and Rocky mountain barley, 80% from within Colorado, Stranahan's holds fast to the belief that the...

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Armorik Whisky Breton Single Malt Whisky 40% abv £28 $50(USD)It's taken me a heck of a long time to finish this "week" of world/non-Scotch whiskies here on this whisky/whiskey blog, or as a friend called it, Dr. Whisky's Casebook. And I think we are going to try another five world...

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Mackmyra Special '01'Eminent Sherry' Swedish SIngle Malt Whisky51.6% abv £80 (plus)Not only a pioneer in Swedish whisky making but in whisky making across Europe, and indeed the world, the first Swedish whisky distillery spawned another in Spirit of Hven (2007) and inspired a look-alike bottle from Braunstein's Stauning in Denmark....

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Mackmyra 1st EditionSwedish Single Malt Whisky 46.1% abv£50 $85 (USD)Mackmyra is a small success story from an adorable wee distillery 2 hours north of Stockholm and this is their "first edition", an expression that followed the experimental, popular, and critically acclaimed Preludium series.Released in June 2008, Mackmyra First Edition is...

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Antiquity RarePremium Indian Whisky 42.8% abv $20 (USD)From the spirits stable of Vijay Mallya's United Spirts Ltd (UB Group), Antiquity is a high end Indian whisky and is among the most expensive domestic spirits on the market.Now, I should probably be putting "whisky" in quotation marks as the SWA, EU...

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Old Weller Antique"The Original 107 Brand" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey53.5% abv£25 $23Fuck Scotch. There, I said it.And you have ALL been thinking it. And typing it all over the world wide interweave. You know you have.Fuck Scotch.Say it!Doesn't that feel good?Money grubbing capitalists colouring their computer-produced imported barley spirit shit...

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