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#blinddrams Kendal 2024 Dwane drinking Bunna 25 from a giant Glencairn. Marketing gold.
September 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#blinddrams Kendal 2024 Dwane drinking Bunna 25 from a giant Glencairn. Marketing gold.
#blinddrams great line up tonight, delicious interesting drams. well done to the Renton kids. a fitting tasting - cheers Kate. 🥃
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#blinddrams great line up tonight, delicious interesting drams. well done to the Renton kids. a fitting tasting - cheers Kate. 🥃
#blinddrams going back to dram 1 it’s coming across really bright and extra fruity now.
September 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#blinddrams going back to dram 1 it’s coming across really bright and extra fruity now.
#blinddrams number 5 a bit of a late night dram, lots of flavour but not massive depth. I’d guess a heavily peated Ben Nevis and we score it 3.
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#blinddrams number 5 a bit of a late night dram, lots of flavour but not massive depth. I’d guess a heavily peated Ben Nevis and we score it 3.
#blinddrams dram 5; nose rich and complex, sweet cured bacon, charred oak, dog biscuits, sponge fingers, scotch broth
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#blinddrams dram 5; nose rich and complex, sweet cured bacon, charred oak, dog biscuits, sponge fingers, scotch broth
#blinddrams dram 4 score; 4 for us, loving the complexity and agree it could be a Scotia.
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#blinddrams dram 4 score; 4 for us, loving the complexity and agree it could be a Scotia.
#blinddrams dram no.4 firsts nose; sellotape, new car, cobblers shop, heather smoke
September 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#blinddrams dram no.4 firsts nose; sellotape, new car, cobblers shop, heather smoke
#blinddrams dram 3 scores a 3 for us.
September 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#blinddrams dram 3 scores a 3 for us.
#blinddram dot 3; rich nose, highland toffee and coke basted ham, driftwood bonfire, salty rotting seaweed on the strand line, mustard powder, on the palate, big fruity toffee, Moffat toffee. stewed plums.
September 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#blinddram dot 3; rich nose, highland toffee and coke basted ham, driftwood bonfire, salty rotting seaweed on the strand line, mustard powder, on the palate, big fruity toffee, Moffat toffee. stewed plums.
#blinddrams dram 2 very tasty it’s a 4 for us.
September 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#blinddrams dram 2 very tasty it’s a 4 for us.
#blinddrams dram 2; great deep nose with coal oil and shoe oil, hay and grist, on the palate it is peppery toasty, industrial, some bitters, dusty vanilla and a little white pepper. salty finish.
September 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#blinddrams dram 2; great deep nose with coal oil and shoe oil, hay and grist, on the palate it is peppery toasty, industrial, some bitters, dusty vanilla and a little white pepper. salty finish.
#blinddrams dram 1; this is growing on us, and water brought it alive. but I would not rush out to buy a bottle. so it’s a 2 from us.
September 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#blinddrams dram 1; this is growing on us, and water brought it alive. but I would not rush out to buy a bottle. so it’s a 2 from us.
#blinddrams no.1 a little farmy on the nose, some stewed fruit, a nice toasty sweetness on the palate, Madeira cake, toffee, salt, and a peppery finish. quite oily and chewy.
September 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#blinddrams no.1 a little farmy on the nose, some stewed fruit, a nice toasty sweetness on the palate, Madeira cake, toffee, salt, and a peppery finish. quite oily and chewy.
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Dram 1 was the second batch since the Douglas Laing takeover of Strathearn, who ferment for 144 hours (6 days) using Maris Otter barley. It’s matured in a combination of bourbon, sherry and virgin oak casks, bottled at 50% and has an RRP of £80 #BlindDrams
May 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Dram 1 was the second batch since the Douglas Laing takeover of Strathearn, who ferment for 144 hours (6 days) using Maris Otter barley. It’s matured in a combination of bourbon, sherry and virgin oak casks, bottled at 50% and has an RRP of £80 #BlindDrams
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Dram 2 was an English single grain whisky from @circumstancewhisky.bsky.social Fermented for a whopping 12 days, it’s 51% malted rye and 49% malted barley using mead and french saison yeasts and aged for 3 years in a single Tawny Port cask bottled at 48.2%. £55 direct from their website #BlindDrams
May 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Dram 2 was an English single grain whisky from @circumstancewhisky.bsky.social Fermented for a whopping 12 days, it’s 51% malted rye and 49% malted barley using mead and french saison yeasts and aged for 3 years in a single Tawny Port cask bottled at 48.2%. £55 direct from their website #BlindDrams
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Dram 3 takes us back north to Speyside and to Glen Elgin distillery, who typically ferment for 90 hours. This is a 6 year old from Claxton’s matured in a sherry cask and bottled at 50% abv. £58 direct from their website #BlindDrams
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dram 3 takes us back north to Speyside and to Glen Elgin distillery, who typically ferment for 90 hours. This is a 6 year old from Claxton’s matured in a sherry cask and bottled at 50% abv. £58 direct from their website #BlindDrams
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Dram 5 is from Laphroaig, who typically ferment for 55 hours, but here they gone up to 115, to dial up fruit and soften the peat. As a result of this experiment, Laphroaig have extended all their fermentations. It’s matured in ex-bourbon casks and bottled at cask strength 59.6%. RRP £160 #BlindDrams
May 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Dram 5 is from Laphroaig, who typically ferment for 55 hours, but here they gone up to 115, to dial up fruit and soften the peat. As a result of this experiment, Laphroaig have extended all their fermentations. It’s matured in ex-bourbon casks and bottled at cask strength 59.6%. RRP £160 #BlindDrams
#blinddrams 5 smoky cereal notes, salty bonfire on a pebble beach, in the mouth juicy ripe white fruit, p richly peat, fresh chilli, slightly soapy, clean medium finish - would guess a young Carol Ila
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#blinddrams 5 smoky cereal notes, salty bonfire on a pebble beach, in the mouth juicy ripe white fruit, p richly peat, fresh chilli, slightly soapy, clean medium finish - would guess a young Carol Ila
#blinddrams 4 citrus and smoke, clean lemon barley water, dusty vanilla, white fruit, prickly spirit, oily fruit, citrus urinal blocks, dusty dry finish - peated cask perhaps?
May 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#blinddrams 4 citrus and smoke, clean lemon barley water, dusty vanilla, white fruit, prickly spirit, oily fruit, citrus urinal blocks, dusty dry finish - peated cask perhaps?
#blinddrams dram 3 dusty dry nose, toasted oats, oily sweetness, nice white fruit development in the mid-palate with some slight spiciness, toffee, vanilla, damp spring forest floor, soft nuttiness, short finish.
May 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#blinddrams dram 3 dusty dry nose, toasted oats, oily sweetness, nice white fruit development in the mid-palate with some slight spiciness, toffee, vanilla, damp spring forest floor, soft nuttiness, short finish.
#blinddrams 2 a little prickly initially, slightly over-toasted sugar, red whine vinegar, cask char, STR, red berries, heater, white pepper, peach melba. Young again, is it scotch?
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#blinddrams 2 a little prickly initially, slightly over-toasted sugar, red whine vinegar, cask char, STR, red berries, heater, white pepper, peach melba. Young again, is it scotch?
#blinddrams 1; zesty lemon, preserved lemon, crunchy minerality, pine sap, mead and toffee. Young but accomplished.
May 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#blinddrams 1; zesty lemon, preserved lemon, crunchy minerality, pine sap, mead and toffee. Young but accomplished.
I’m looking forward to my first #blinddrams tasting tonight
May 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’m looking forward to my first #blinddrams tasting tonight
