Auchroisk 20 Limited Edition
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20 Year Old | 58.1% ABV
Distillery | Auchroisk
"Natural Cask Strength" (OH-thrusk)
Port Ellen 30 9th Release
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30 Year Old | 57.7% ABV
Distillery | Port Ellen
Natural Cask Strength. Distilled 1979. #5884 of 5916 bottled in 2009.
Glen Moray 12
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12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Glen Moray
Dalmore 12 (The)
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12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Dalmore
Matured 9 years in bourbon casks, then half is transferred to other bourbon casks while the other half is put in 30 year old Matusalem oloroso sherry casks for the final 3 years.
GlenDronach Original 12 (The)
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12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | GlenDronach
Aged in both Pedro Ximinez and Oloroso sherry casks.
Caol Ila 12
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12 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Caol Ila
Springbank 10
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10 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Springbank
"Springbank is produced using lightly-peated barley and a unique two-and-a-half-times distillation." 60% Bourbon casks, 40% sherry casks.
Lagavulin 16
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16 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Lagavulin
Scapa 14
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14 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Scapa
Clynelish 14
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14 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Clynelish
Ardmore Traditional Cask
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NAS | 46% ABV
Distillery | Ardmore
Matured in quarter casks.
Glendullan 12 (The Singleton of)
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12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Glendullan
Glenkinchie 10
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10 Year Old | 43% ABV
Distillery | Glenkinchie
"The Edinburgh Malt"
Glenmorangie The Original 10
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10 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Glenmorangie
"The tallest copper stills in Scotland"
Caol Ila 8 1998 (Gordon & MacPhail)
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8 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Caol Ila
Distilled 1998.
Ardbeg Ten
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10 Year Old | 46% ABV
Distillery | Ardbeg
Auchentoshan 10
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10 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Auchentoshan
"The Triple Distilled"
Speyburn 10
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10 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Speyburn
Cragganmore 12
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12 Year Old | 40% ABV
Distillery | Cragganmore
"The Best of Speyside"
Glenrothes Select Reserve (The)
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NAS | 40% ABV
Distillery | Glenrothes
Didn't care for it, too much of a vanilla taste.
This wasn’t the first time I had single malt scotch. And it wasn’t the last.
I was in San Francisco on my way to wine county with Tim and The Sisters. The previous day was a boozefest that began with Bloody Marys at Scoma’s followed by stops at Alioto’s, Butterfly, the Fairmount, Lefty O’Doul’s, and Bar Norcini before dinner at The Slanted Door.
Today started with Bloody Marys, of course, over breakfast at Sears Fine Foods. Tim thought it would be a great idea to get out of the city for awhile so we headed down the coast to Half Moon Bay and had lunch at the Miramar Beach Restaurant. The seafood cocktail was excellent. We hugged the coast on the way back as our next planned stop was The Presidio.
As were about to drive by the Cliff House we agreed we were in dire need of refreshments, so an emergency stop occurred and we headed to the bar. I began to scan and there it was, the Glenrothes Select Reserve. Hmmm, what the hell is a Glenrothes? Tim and I agreed we should try it and out came my camera, and the first “official” photo of the Scotch Safari.
