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Sam 'Slams Drams' Swindells
@swinny34.bsky.social
Personal Trainer
Loves drams
Hates fascist demagogues
Limmy - you're the man we're all waiting to hear from now the boys have done it! ⚽ Is this the proudest you've ever been to be Scotch??
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Pour your own" is a policy I wish a few whisky bars in this country would adopt!
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's a great dram. Like the barrel proof, but slightly lower ABV and better than half the price.
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
All great shouts, especially that Bunna; it's a special dram. Some others I've spotted:

Aberlour Casg Anamh £43.95
Jack Daniels Bottled in Bond £28.44 (a real bargain)
Highland Park Cask Strength Batch 4 £54.99
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14YO £37.99
WormTub 10YO cask strength £35.23 (MoM bottling)
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Well done! Owning a brick & mortars store selling anything is not an easy feat these days so keep it up 👍🥃
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Congrats guys - a remarkable achievement!
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Agreed, the mouth feel is definitely one of its plus points. I think the flavours I picked up with it are likely due to having had the Dailuaine first as it's a bit of a vanilla-sweet bourbon bomb. I think it might actually shine better on it's own so will come back to it in a few days.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Great review. Interesting that the recent Dramface review also mentions olives (perhaps revealing Ramsay Tavish's true identity...) but this isn't a note I get, nor anything herbal. For me, it's a very worthy follow-up to DE3 - lots of effervescence & tropical fruits; a very similar flavour profile.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Looks and sounds awesome. I have an unopened bottle of the Chronicles Edition 1 waiting for a special occasion. Was lucky to try a sample on their tour a few years ago and it really blew me away. It seems they save their best casks for these bottlings.
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
DE3 was fantastic and sadly I finished my bottle earlier this year. I actually find the flavour profile of DE9 remarkably similar.
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Phwoaar what a line up! I'm neck deep in Halloween festivities but currently plying my brother in law with DE9. He's definitely a fan but my wife keeps telling me to shut up about fermentation times & yeast varieties!
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Such a cracking, utterly insane whisky. There's still bottles left on their website by the looks of it
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Wow, what a fantastic way to celebrate the big 3-0!
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
The canary in the coal mine perhaps? Something tells me there could be plenty of "limited time only" 50-60% off deals in the lead up to Xmas...
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Happy Birthday old yin! 👴
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It was a really cracking night. A sort of combined birthday/ Xmas present from my parents and brother and he treated me to a dram of Suntory 12 in the intermission. A lovely sweet and floral whisky but not sure i'd fork out £130+ for a bottle.
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM