Whisky Whiskey 158: Cardhu 18 Year Single Malt Whisky

11 January, 2026

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The first ever Distillery purchased by John Walker & Sons was Cardhu, though originally written Cardow. I’d always wanted to try a single malt release of this stuff, and thankfully my oldest sister and her family had given me a sample box as a Christmas present with this in it for me to try. I look at the history of Cardhu, starting with the original owner being busted multiple times for illegal Whisky distillation…as well as review their 18 year offering. It’s not what I expected…

Duration 8 minutes and 58 seconds

Show Notes

Bottle Statistics: Drink Score: 🥃 Cost:C3, Quality:Q3
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle, Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto and Steve Branam.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Ian Gallagher and Jamie Russell.
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John Chidgey

John Chidgey

John is an Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineer, software developer, podcaster, vocal actor and runs TechDistortion and the Engineered Network. John is a Chartered Professional Engineer in both Electrical Engineering and Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) and a semi-regular conference speaker.

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