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  GURUMUMMU'S CORNER BAR: Fuck yeah, check my opinions on 141 different alcohol drinks I've reviewed so far. My list includes: 134 whiskies + 7 other booze "Forget - Boozing is the best man can do!" Yours, GuruMummu (grade 9.5 or better): -Highland Park (12 YO) = 10+ -Balvenie (Double Wood, 12 YO) = 10 -Highland Park (18 YO) = 10 -Old Buck (3 YO) = 10- -Old Buck (4 YO) = 10- -Old Buck (5 YO) = 10- -Old Buck (6 YO) = 10- -Old Buck (41.1% version) = 10- -Balvenie (Founder's Reserve, 10 YO) = 9.5 -Dalwhinnie (15 YO) = 9.5 -Auchentoshan 10 = 95/100 (In the following list GuruMummu has marked all the whiskies that are worth to mention, i.e. whiskies that have received at least grade 9 rating.) Aged 10 Years Rating: 75/100 Aged 12 Years Rating: 8.5 (smooth and nutty) Aged 12 Years, d 10/1996, Refill Hogshead, DL ref #5023, b 3/2009, 50% (Old Malt Cask, Douglas Laing) Rating: 8.5 (fruity, light and alcoholic) ARDBEG 10 Years Old (L7 323 14:11 14ML) Rating: 7.5 10 Years Old, Mor (L8, 4.5L bottle) Rating: 7.5 Blasda, 40% Rating: 7 (Medicine) Renaissance Rating: 6.5 (Medicine) Uigeadail Rating: 7.5 ARDMORE Ardmore 1985, d 1985, b 2000, 40% (Gordon & McPhail) Rating: 8 ARRAN Aged 10 Years Rating: 8 (hot and very salty) Arran Fino Sherry Wine Cask, sourced directly from Valdespino, Jerez, 50% Rating: 8.5 (musty but still good) Arran Sassicaia Wine Cask, sourced directly from Tuscany, Italy, 55% Rating: 8.5 (toffee flavoured) AUCHENTOSHAN Select Rating: 9- (fruity, sweet and soft) 
12 YORating: 95/100 AULTMORE Aged 12 Years Rating: 8.5 (Apple with long after taste) BALVENIE
Aged 10 Years, Founder's ReserveRating: 9.5 (pleasant whisky)
Aged 12 Years, Double WoodRating: 10 (100 points) (Nose 25 points: fruity / Taste 25 points: sherry, sweet, medium-bodied / Finish 25 points / Balance 25 points.)
Aged 21 Years, Port WoodRating: 9 (91 points) (Nose 22 points: toffee, anise / Taste 23 points: fruity, full-bodied / Finish 23 points / Balance 23 points.) Balvenie 1993 Rating: 8.5 BEN NEVIS 10 Years Old Rating: 7.5 (fudge) BENRIACH Benriach 1994, Aged 10 Years, distilled 20.6.1994, bottled 12.10.2004, hogshead cask 1630, bottle #256/422, unchillfiltered, 46% (Signatory Vintage) Rating: 8 (81 points) (Nose 20 points: peaty, musty / Taste 20 points: peaty, dirt / Finish 21 points / Balance 20 points.) Benriach 1994, Aged 14 Years, distilled 1994, bottled 9/2008, Madeira Hogshead cask 1652, bottle #165/329, Specially selected and bottled for Finland, 57.5% Rating: 7.5 (A wee bit too smoky to be served as the dessert of candlelight dinner) BENRINNES Mackillop's Choice 1988/2012 Rating: 85/100 BENROMACH Traditional Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 40% Rating: 7.5 (Nothing special. Easy drinking whisky) BLAIR ATHOL Blair Athol 1989, Aged 11 Years, distilled 1989, bottled Sept 2000, Bourbon Hogshead cask, bottle #324, 58.1% (Cadenheads) Rating: 7.5 (strong taste of alcohol) BOWMORE 15 Years Old, 43% Rating: 7.5 Legend Rating: 7+ (smoky, peaty & smooth) BRUICHLADDICH Waves, 7 Years Old Rating: 8 (Salty & smoky) Mςine Mhςr, 3d, 2nd edition Rating: 8.5 (slightly smoky) Peat, 46% Rating: 7 (Butter, peat and slightly smoky) CAOL ILA Aged 12 Years, 43% Rating: 8 (Salty & smoky) CAPERDONICH Caperdonich 1996, aged 11 Years, distilled 16.5.1996, bottled 1.2.2008, matured in Hogsheads, Casks #82226 & 82227, bottle #157/887, 43% (Signatory Vintage) Rating: 7.5 (Average Speysider, splendid choice to serve to your whisky hungry drunken friends) CLYNELISH 14 Years Old Rating: 8 (Floral & sweet) CRAGGANMORE Cragganmore 1997, Aged 12 Years, d 17.3.1997, b 14.4.2009, Hogsheads casks #1115-1116, b# 156/775, 43% (Signatory Vintage) Rating: 7.5 (watery) CRAIGELLACHIE Craigellachie 1998, Aged 11 Years, d 3.2.1998, b 23.3.2009, Hogshead casks #58+59, b 644/973 (Gordon&McPhail) Rating: 8 (Peppery and woody) DALMORE 12 Years Old Rating: 7.5 (boring whisky) DALWHINNIE
15 Years Old, 43%Rating: 9.5 (97 points) (Nose 24 points: newly cut grass / Taste 24 points: citrus, smooth, vanilla / Finish 24 points / Balance 25 points.) DUFFTOWN DISTILLERY Singleton of Dufftown, Aged 12 Years Rating: 8.5 (Pleasant whisky for daily use) Singleton of Dufftown, Aged 15 Years Rating: 8.5 FETTERCAIRN Fettercairn 1824, Aged 12 Years Rating: 8 (sweet & very drinkable) GLENBURGIE Aged 10 Years Rating: 8+ (Fruity and sweet with a hint of pepper) GLENFARCLAS 8 Years Old Rating: 8 (Medicine) Aged 12 Years Rating: 9- (Sweet and toffee) 25 Years Old Rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Nose 23 points: cognac / Taste 21 points: tar, salty, dry / Finish 18 points / Balance 23 points. Good whisky.) GLENFIDDICH Aged 12 Years, Caoran Reserve Rating: 8.5 (86 points) (Nose 19 points: toffee, light, fruity / Taste 23 points: sweet, apple / Finish 20 points / Balance 24 points.)
Aged 12 Years, Special ReserveRating: 9 (good basic whisky)
Aged 15 Years, Solera ReserveRating: 9 (90 points) (Nose 23 points: fruity, honey / Taste 23 points / Finish 22 points / Balance 22 points.) Aged 21 Years, Havana Reserve Rating: 8- (79 points) (Nose 19 points: rum, sherry, honey / Taste 21 points: honey, floral / Finish 18 points / Balance 21 points.) 30 Years Old Rating: 8.5 (86 points) (Nose 19 points: fruity / Taste 23 points / Finish 22 points / Balance 22 points.) GLEN GARIOCH 8 Years Old Rating: 8 (hint of smoke and fruitiness) 15 Years Old Rating: 7.5 (very strong perfume and salty) 1797 Founder's Reserve Rating: 8 (Fruity and honey) GLENGOYNE 10 Years Old Rating: 8 (easy whisky) 12 Years Old, Cask Strength, 57.2% Rating: 7.5 (Bitter and spicy)
21 Years OldRating: 9 (sweet and fruity) Burnfoot Rating: 8 (Smooth and dry) GLENGLASSAUGH Glenglassaugh Vintage 1986, bottled 2004, 40% (Macphail's Collection) Rating: 7 (basic whisky) GLEN KEITH Aged 10 Years Rating: 8.5 (Buttery and sweet) GLENKINCHIE 12 Years Old, 43% Rating: 8.5 (floral, lemon & quite pleasant whisky) GLENLIVET
Aged 18 YearsRating: 9 GLEN MORAY Aged 8 Years Rating: 8 (Okay whisky) Aged 12 Years Rating: 8.5 (toffee and fruit) GLENMORANGIE 18 Years Old Rating: 7 (71 points) (Nose 16 points / Taste 19 points / Finish 18 points / Balance 18 points.) The Lasanta, Sherry Cask Extra Matured Rating: 8.5 (honey and spicy) GLENROTHES
Select ReserveRating: 9 (Sweet and smooth) GLEN SCOTIA 12 YO Rating: 8 (A bit spicy) GLENUGIE Glenugie 1977, 26 Years Old, 338/498, selection number 3, 46% (Murray McDavid) Rating: 9- (89 points) (Nose 21 points: vanilla, floral / Taste 21 points: salty, sweet, salmiac / Finish 23 points / Balance 24 points.) HIGHLAND PARK
Aged 12 YearsRating: 10+ (very smooth, slightly smoky)
Hjδrta, Aged 12 YearsRating: 9 (quite the same as basic 12 year old) Aged 15 Years, Edition One, Earl Magnus of Orkney bottling, 1 of 5976 bottles, 52.6% Rating: 8.5 (pungent, needs water)
Aged 18 YearsRating: 10 (very smooth, smoky)
Aged 21 Years, 47.5%Rating: 9 (Very nice and sharp) Highland Park vintage 1991, Aged 16 Years, distilled 17.9.1991, bottled 1.2.2008, matured in sherry butt, cask #15096, bottle #689 of 810, 46% (Signatory Vintage) Rating: 8- (Too much smoke and spice) IMPERIAL Speyside 1991, Imperial Distillery, Cask 99/48 1.2, distilled 5/12/1991, bottled September 2001, bottle #2517/2600, 40% (Private Collection, Gordon&McPhail) Rating: 8 (Okay whisky. Salmiac was quite strong.) ISLE OF JURA 10 Years Old Rating: 7.5 (salty and dry) KILCHOMAN Bottled exclusively for Germany, cask 363/06, Bourbon, d 20.12.2006, b 29.3.2010, Single cask release, 60.3% Rating: 8- (Tarry and peaty) KNOCDHU DISTILLERY anCnoc 12 Years Old, 40% Rating: 7+ (73 points) (Colour: pale / Nose 19 points: floral / Taste 19 points: peppery / Finish 19 points / Balance 16 points.) LAGAVULIN
Aged 25 YearsRating: 9 (92 points) (Nose 23 points: medicine, smoke / Taste 23 points / Finish 23 points / Balance 23 points.) LAPHROAIG 10 Years Old, original cask strength 57.3% Rating: 7.5 Cairdeas Rating: 65/100 LITTLEMILL Aged 12 Years Rating: 7 LOCH LOMOND Single Highland Malt (No Age Statement) Rating: 7.5 (Salty, weird scent.) 21 Years Old Rating: 7.5
Inchmurrin, Aged 12 YearsRating: 9 (citrus and fruity) LOCHSIDE Lochside 1991, bottled 2003, 43% (Connoisseurs Choice, Gordon & McPhail) Rating: 7.5 (crispy) MACALLAN 12 Years Old, Fine Oak Rating: 6.5 (66 points) (Nose 18 points / Taste 15 points: salty / Finish 16 points / Balance 17 points.) Macallan 1989, Old Malt Cask collection, Aged 19 Years, d January 1989, b February 2008, 352 bottles, sherry butt DL res #4122, matured in a refill Hogshead, 50% (Douglas & Laing) Rating: 8 MACDUFF Glen Deveron, Aged 10 Years, 1998 Rating: 8 (Fruity and creamy) MILTONDUFF 10 Years old Rating: 8 (Toffee and banana) MORTLACH Mortlach 1989, Aged 11 Years, Raw cask (Black Adder) Rating: 7 (72 points) (Nose 16 points: mild, sherry / Taste 17 points: salty / Finish 20 points / Balance 19 points.) OLD PULTENEY Aged 12 Years Rating: 8 (Salty and sweet with hint of cow milking station) PORT ELLEN Aged 24 Years, distilled November 1982, bottled August 2007, bottle #183/228, filled from one sherry butt 3652, no chill filtered, no colouring, "Finnish edition", 50% (Douglas Laing & Co) Rating: 8.5 (85 points) (Nose 21 points: smoky, peaty / Taste 20 points: peaty, salty, sea / Finish 21 points / Balance 23 points.) ROSEBANK Rosebank 1991, Aged 13 Years (Signatory Vintage) Rating: 6+ (63 points) (Nose 16 points: scent of a fireworks / Taste 16 points: very mild / Finish 16 points / Balance 15 points.) ROYAL LOCHNAGAR Aged 12 Years (including bottles: L7 302 & L8 176) Rating: 8 (lovely whisky)
Distiller's EditionRating: 9 (Smooth, fruity & sweet. Very pleasant.) SCAPA
14 Years OldRating: 9 (Fruity, sweet and honey. Absolutely drinkable). SPEYBURN Aged 10 Years Rating: 8 (mild) SPEYSIDE DISTILLERY Drumguish Rating: 7+ (Characterless and a bit fruity) SPRINGBANK 10 Years Old, 46% Rating: 8.5 (87 points) (Nose 23 points: toffee, fruity / Taste 23 points: salty, smoke / Finish 21 points / Balance 20 points.) Longrow, Aged 7 Years, 5.5 years at refill bourbon, 1.5 years at fresh gaja barolo, d October 2000, b January 2008, outturn 12 120 bottles, 55.8% Rating: 7.5 STRATHISLA Aged 12 Years Rating: 8.5 (sweet and citrus) TALISKER Aged 10 Years, 45.80% Rating: 8 (Spicy and slightly smoky. Too much pepper for me but very warming). TAMDHU Fine Single Malt Rating: 8.5 (Nice Speysider. Sweet with a hint of smoke.) TOBERMORY Aged 10 Years, 40% Rating: 7.5 (76 points) (Nose 19 points: fruity, grassy, hint of mint, praline / Taste 19 points: salty, peppery, salmiac / Finish 18 points: quite light finish / Balance 20 points.) Ledaig Aged 7 Years, 43% Rating: 8+ (84 points) (Colour: pale / Nose 20 points: smoky, tar / Taste 21 points: smoky, salty, sour / Finish 21 points: short finish / Balance 22 points) Ledaig (N.A.S.), 42% Rating: 7 (salty and watery) TOMATIN Aged 12 Years Rating: 8 (mellow, smooth & fruity) TOMINTOUL Aged 10 Years Rating: 7.5 (Fudge and pepper, nuthin' special to say on this one) Peated Tang Rating: 8 (Peaty Speysider, smooth with spices) TORMORE Tormore 1990, d February 1990, b August 2001, limited to 240 bottles, Oak Hogshead #1963, 65.6% (Blackadder) Rating: 8 UNSPECIFIED SCOTTISH SINGLE MALTS (This is some cheap supermarket (Tesco?) single malt whisky. It is unknown to me from which distillery it comes from...) Rating: 4 (42 points) (Nose 10 points: floral / Taste 12 points: salty / Finish 10 points: very short / Balance 10 points.)
Aged 3 years, Cask strength 70.6%Rating: 10-
Aged 4 years, d 20.3.2004, b January 2008, Cask strength 70.6%Rating: 10-
Aged 5 years, Bottle #86 & Bottle #99, Cask strength 70.6%Rating: 10-
Aged 6 years, Cask strength 70.6%Rating: 10-
Aged 6 years, 41.1%Rating: 10-
The Belgian Owl Single Malt, bottling: 2008, First fill
Bourbon cask, non chill filtered, colouring free, handcrafted, spring barley raised in Belgium, 46%Rating: 9 (Fruity & alcohol, might need some water to open. Pretty nice anyway). Amrut Single Malt Whisky Rating: 8 (Vanilla and spicy).
Classic Blend, 40%Rating: 9.5 (very fruity, fudge. This blended whiskey is excellent when thinking about price-quality ratio) GREEN SPOT Green Spot Rating: 8.5 REDBREAST 12 Years Old Rating: 6.5 Miyagikyo, 10 Years Old Rating: 8 (Soft whisky.) Yoichi, Aged 10 years Rating: 8.5 (Nose 23 points: floral, fruity / Taste 21 points: salty, salmiac / Finish 20 points / Balance 24 points. Total points: 88) 10 Years Old Rating: 8 Preludium 05, b 8.8.2007, cask #23 298, 48.4% Rating: 8 Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey Rating: 8.5 (Sweet & smooth) JACK DANIELS Jack Daniels Old No 7 Rating: 9 (Have this while listening to your fave rock band - I prefer Skynyrd) JIM BEAM Red Stag Black Cherry Rating: 7 (very very sweet cherry. Probably better with some mixer) BLENDED WHISKY RATINGS: Rating: 9 (Splendid blended) GRANT'S Rating: 8 ISLAY MIST, AGED 8 YEARS Rating: 10 (just like Laphroaig 10 yo) JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL Rating: 10 (Very lovely blended whisky that is similar to malt whisky.) MANSION HOUSE Rating: 7.5 VAT69 Rating: 9 WHITE HORSE Rating: 7- OTHER BOOZE: Rating: 9 KOSKENKORVA (classic booze from Finland) Rating: 8 REGA FULO CACHACA (classic booze from Brazil) Rating: 9 (very tasty with sugar and lime) RUSSKY STANDARD (vodka from Russia) Rating: 8 RUSSKY STANDARD IMPERIAL Rating: 10+ (a bit better than Platinum) RUSSKY STANDARD PLATINUM Rating: 10 SHAMAN VODKA (Finland) Rating: 9+ (Suprisingly good. Delicious) |
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