I’m back! Malt Mileage whisky blog is back online!!

After a (very) long break it is great to be blogging again. You’ve probably noticed that the site has been down for a while. Well, now it is back online!

Before going offline earlier this year my blog had about 388,000 visits from all around the world. Thanks for clicking through to read about my spirited adventures through Scotland, Italy and Australia.

The most popular posts on my blog have been my posts about whisky making and travel, including my posts ‘How is whisky made and where does its flavour come from? Distilling and Maturing whisky‘ (which guides readers through the craft of making single malt whisky, in case you’re wondering how its made and how it acquires its flavour), ‘Let’s talk about using SMALL BARRELS to age whisky: Does size matter?‘ (which takes a look at the use of small barrels by distillers) and ‘Drinking our way through Italy‘ (which is pretty self explanatory!).

You might also like to read about my visits to Scottish distilleries including Glen Grant, Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Glenlivet, Glengoyne, and Strathisla. My Private tour of the Glen Grant distillery with Dennis Malcolm includes photos and video of how Glen Grant single malt is made.

Blogging has been lots of fun over the years and I look forward to starting up this hobby again soon.

Thanks for supporting and reading my blog!

Cheers

Me at Loch Ness!

Aberlour A’Bunadh (batch #59)

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About to crack open my bottle of Aberlour A'Bunadh batch #59, as its enticing vibrant and deep ruby red colour makes me salivate in anticipation of big punchy cask strength sherry bomb flavour. #whisky #singlemalt #scotch #scotland #aberlour #whiskywithaview #whiskygram #instawhisky #whiskyporn #breitling #cloudy #picofthenight #sherrybomb #boats

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Type: Single malt Scotch whisky

Origin: Speyside, Scotland 

ABV: 60.9%

Age: NAS

Price: AU$130-140

The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh (Scotch Malt Whisky Society)

A couple of blocks away from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens, The Dining Room at 28 Queen Street in Edinburgh offers diners immaculately crafted modern Scottish fare and a huge selection of single malt in a grand four storey Georgian building that imbues old world charm.    

News flash: Bruichladdich to relaunch Port Charlotte single malt whisky

The Bruichladdich distillery is set to relaunch Port Charlotte, which is the Islay distillery’s heavily peated single malt whisky.

Borders Distillery, Scotland’s newest whisky distillery, to open its doors

L-R: George Tait, Tony Roberts, John Fordyce and Tim Carton

Just north of Scotland’s border with England, near the River Teviot, sits the Scottish town Hawick. Hawick sits in the council area Scottish Borders. Many miles away from Scotland’s major whisky producing areas, notably the distillery dense whisky region Speyside, Scottish Borders’ last distillery is thought to have closed its doors in 1837.

In recent years, distilleries have begun sprouting in Scottish Borders. One is the Kelso Gin Company. The other, which is of more interest to whisky fans, is the Borders Distillery.

Fast forward to 6 March 2018. That day, at precisely 10.11am, new make spirit started to trickle out of a copper pot still under the watchful eye of staff at the Borders Distillery – this marked the first time in about 181 years that new make was produced in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland with a view to making it into whisky (well, legally at least!).

Bruichladdich 30 year old (OB, sherry cask, 44.6%, 1986)

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Savouring a few drams of @bruichladdich 30 year old (sherry cask) with organic dark chocolate on a very wet and windy Melbourne evening. I'm in whisky heaven. 😇 #whisky #whiskey #singlemalt #bruichladdich #sherry #chocolate #watch #darkchocolate #organic #maltmileage #whiskygram #instawhisky #scotch #scottish #islay

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Type: Single malt Scotch whisky

Origin: Islay, Scotland 

ABV: 44.6%

Malt Mileage rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Twenty Third St Distillery Hybrid Whisk(e)y

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Thrilled to receive this bottle of Twenty Third Street Distillery Hybrid Whisk(e)y, which is a blend of Scotch whisky and bourbon. I am looking forward to trying this! #whisky #singlemalt #bourbon #whiskey #scotch #scotchwhisky #hybrid #melbourne #australia #street

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Type: Hybrid whisk(e)y (a blend of Scotch whisky and bourbon whiskey) 

Origin: The Scotch whisky is from Scotland and the bourbon whiskey is from the United States. The whisk(e)y is bottled in Australia 

ABV: 42.3% 

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The Botanist Gin

Type: Gin

Origin: Islay, Scotland 

ABV: 46% 

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Bruichladdich’s “The Three Tens”: The Laddie 10 year old, Port Charlotte 10 year old and Octomore 10 year old

Bruichladdich have released a new trio of whiskies they call ‘The Three Tens’ – three ten year old malts, an unpeated Bruichladdich, a peated Port Charlotte and a heavily peated Octomore.  In this post, I review all three whiskies. 

Port Askaig 100° proof

Malt Mileage Rating: ★★★☆

Type: Single malt

Origin: Islay, Scotland 

ABV: 57.1%