Whisky Whiskey

This was the most expensive and oldest Whisky in the Advent Calendar I’ve been working my way through. I look into some of the history of the Glen Grant Distillery, it’s capacity and then try to decide if the most expensive and oldest offering in the Advent Calendar, was actually the best…or not.

With John Chidgey.

When one of the family that owned the Lantenhammer Distillery set out to build his own and named it Slyrs, many in Germany weren’t paying too much attention. When they started producing world-class Whisky they quickly made a name for themselves. This offering was finished in ex-Pedro Ximénez Casks and the resulting Whisky is quite special.

With John Chidgey.

The Kinglake Distillery is off-the-grid in rural Victoria and is surrounded by Australian Bushland. This Ausskey has an interesting mash bill, and is predominantly aged in American Oak but also some French Oak ex-Tawny Port barrels, which is unusual for Australian Whiskies and leads to quite an interesting and complex dram.

With John Chidgey.

The disused Corowa Flour Mill was sold for a dollar, transformed into a small craft Distillery with no plans for much expansion, but when their First Drop sold out inside 24 hours their plans were changed. Situated on the banks of the mighty Murray River in New South Wales, the Mad Dog Morgan is matured in Muscat Barrels from the nearby Rutherglen Winery to create something, that’s pretty special.

With John Chidgey.

Another Ausskey with the distillery named after the founders family names’ Gaelic translation, I cover the history of the Distillery, and how the Forge offering is made. Will this be a hail to the Chief kinda Whisky? Let’s find out…

With John Chidgey.