Umiki is world’s first ocean fused whisky brand finished in Japanese pine barrels. This unique production technique also gave the name to UMIKI – Ocean tree whisky whereby “UMI” means “OCEAN and “KI” means “TREE” in Japanese
2022 Nikka – from the barrel
51,4 % abv but still very smooth, and one of my favorite Japanese whiskeys, very well balanced with lots of flavor has a sweet tone and lingering nice aftertaste. Every whisky enthusiast should have one of these in their cabinet !
2022 Woodford reserve – Distillers select
Amazing bourbon this is the second in a short while added to the bottle
2022 Dalwhinnie – bodega reserve 63 % abv
Drawn from the cask during a visit to the distillery October 22. Very nice whisky 15 y.o. It was not possible to buy a bottle from this but according to the tour guide the closest one to this they had was the one from the “fill your own bottle” in the tourist shop 🙂 … so I bought one. Looking at the fill your own bottle I can tell now that won’t even be close. Nevertheless they are both very nice whiskeys !
And the hand filled exclusive
2022 Monkey shoulder – Smokey monkey
Smokey Blended malt whisky at 40 % abv. This one is batch 9 even though this is good it’s not as good as the original monkey shoulder, it feels as if the smoke is an after thought and has been added just to have a Smokey version rather than being a part of the the full process to produce a nice tasting whisky at reasonable price. It’s still good and good could see myself getting another one if it’s on sale somewhere when I’m traveling.
2022 Highland park – Einar
40% ABV Non age stated Einar is tax free exclusive in the warrior series from highland park. This is Orkney gold in a bottle in my view a very nice and price worthy whisky.
2022 Kura the whisky rum cask finish
Suttle, gentle, smooth but still leave an impression, for me smells a bit of seawater and has a salty after taste not in a bad way though. This is a blend with 40 % abv
2022 Teeling whiskey small batch rum cask
One of the better teelings in my wiew, the rum cask adds sweetness I love. 46 % non- chill filtered.
2022 Glen Keith Distillery Edition
it’s back !!! One of my favorite whiskies when staring to drink malt whisky. Yep fell for the then fruity light smooth tast. This is not as good as the “original” Glen Keith 10 in a square bottle that got discontinued when the distiller went offline but If you leave it sitting And let the air oxidize the content and the abv lower a bit it’s still a very nice dram ! It’s only 40 % abv but still felt a bit boozy when first opened.
2022 Caol Ila – Signatory vintage 2011
Caol ila never disappoint this is no exception, light natural colored bottling from signatory, smoke and sweetness in a balanced and easy to drink but still with a punch at 46% abv . Almost finished the bottle instead of pouring some in the Sofiero.
