Ledaig. On Reddit, that place where bad and good things happen, I’m the third most prolific reviewer of Ledaig. Last I checked. Let’s do that now, before I screw up and put my foot in my mouth, again. Alright, it basically backs me up. I think. Who knows if people have been archiving? Whatever. When it comes to?Ledaig, I’m happy to not be the leader.… Continue reading 6 Ledaig Reviews
Last night the Toronto Whisky Society had a fantastic event with Mike Brisebois of the Distell Group of distilleries (Bunnahabhain, Tobermory/Ledaig, Deanston) and shared some amazing drams with the 30+ attendees! Reviews will trickle onto the site and pictures onto our instagram over the next few weeks, but here are some pics of the event, the highlight of which was an 18yr Distillery Exclusive bottling … Continue reading Distell Group Tasting with Mike Brisebois
The past few years I’ve had more and more Ledaig. It’s pretty simple to see why: The whisky tastes good at a young age, isn’t from Islay but is peated, and my fellow whisky friends are big fans of it. Thus when I had the chance for a friend to bring back a bottle of Ledaig 19 1997 Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask from Alberta, I… Continue reading Ledaig 19 1997 Carn Mor Celebration of the Cask
Thanks to /u/ForbiddenWaffle for this mystery pour. There’s something magical about whisky. And I don’t mean that “believing stickers make you smarter” thing that Gwyneth Paltrow is slinging or whatever religion is selling or Cardboard Crack: The Spending type Magic. No, I’m talking about the idea of different casks giving different results. Yes, I know statistically most casks age along a profile and are close to that… Continue reading Ledaig 11 2005 Signatory Cask Strength Collection (Cask 900157) [MYSTERY]
Thanks to /u/xile_ and /u/devoz for giving me these samples. Somehow, without falling over and turning into a puddle of alcohol, I’ve hit 1,500 whisky reviews. It’s an odd moment. I started out with the mentality that people only read my reviews because they were funny, I mentioned pop culture moments, and I made dick jokes. Especially the dick jokes. If I learned anything from Shakespeare, it’s that the… Continue reading Ledaig in 4 Parts [1,500th REVIEW]
Thanks to /u/throwboats for sending me this sample. I’m terrible at guessing Mysteries. Just awful. I concern myself with this because I’m worried it means I’m shit at reviewing whisky. Which is silly, because the fact I’m shit at reviewing whisky has no bearing on my mystery sample discernment. I kid, of course. I know I’m not shit at it. Though I do worry about my ability… Continue reading Ledaig 11 2005 Hermitage [MYSTERY]
Thanks to /u/throwboats for this sample. This is yet another continuation of my ongoing series that I’m calling “Scotch Malts, Wife’s Selection”, in which my wife goes through my backlog of SMWS (Scotch Malt Whisky Society) samples that I haven’t reviewed yet, pours them blind, and then I review it blind. Picture this: You’re about to go to a whisky friends house to finish up a swap.… Continue reading Ledaig SMWS 42.19 “Smoke threatening the laundry”
Thanks to /u/CatharticIntent for this sample. This is yet another continuation of my ongoing series that I’m calling “Scotch Malts, Wife’s Selection”, in which my wife goes through my backlog of SMWS (Scotch Malt Whisky Society) samples that I haven’t reviewed yet, pours them blind, and then I review it blind. I jump around quite a lot on distilleries I drink. When asked “what whisky do you… Continue reading Ledaig SMWS 42.24 “The bee’s knees…”
Thanks to /u/xile_ or /u/devoz for this sample This is a continuation of my ongoing series that I’m calling “Scotch Malts, Wife’s Selection”, in which my wife goes through my backlog of SMWS (Scotch Malt Whisky Society) samples that I haven’t reviewed yet, pours them blind, and then I review it blind. Part of this series has the following issue: There’s some more typically peated, Islay malts as part of… Continue reading Ledaig SMWS 42.29 “Marvelous Maritime margaritas”
Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample This is a continuation of my ongoing series that I’m calling “Scotch Malts, Wife’s Selection”, in which my wife goes through my backlog of SMWS (Scotch Malt Whisky Society) samples that I haven’t reviewed yet, pours them blind, and then I review it blind. If I’m at a pub, I’ll order a Ploughman’s. Even though I’m typically concerned with the quality of… Continue reading Ledaig SMWS 42.21 “Ploughman’s on the beach”
Thanks to /u/devoz for sharing this dram with me. Recently I wrote about my trepidation about writing about Glenburgie. They were on the rise. Today we see another distillery, Ledaig, that had a similar situation. While others were excited and cheering about Laphroaig or Ardbeg, this little Island whisky slowly made it’s way up. It helps too that the unpeated version, Tobermory, had a niche, love hate… Continue reading Ledaig 11 Signatory Cask Strength Collection
Thanks to /u/devoz for this sample. Yadda yadda yadda Toronto Whisky Society meeting blah blah blah Ledaig etcetera etcetera etcetera someone lost an eye. It’s pronounced Le-Check. Ledaig 18 1994 Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Co-op Wines & Spirits is, for lack of a better term, a lost gem that makes me want to move out West. You see, Co-op Wines & Spirits had this bottling made a… Continue reading Ledaig 18 1994 Gordon & MacPhail Exclusive for Co-op Wines & Spirits
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