Whisky With GreatDrams Greg & Kirsty Dillon

The Season One Finale... we talk to Calum Fraser, the Master Blender for The Famous Grouse and answer your questions as well as picking our whiskies of the week...

We will be back after the summer !

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This week we talk all things Dewar's, Craigellachie, Royal Brackla, hear the passion behind the team doing truly innovative things within their team, discuss the cocktail that Greg keeps posting on social that he has fallen in love with and delve into the news and Whisky of the Week.

Whiskies featured this week:

Dewar's Caribbean Smooth - https://shop.dewars.com/collections/blends/products/dewars-caribbean-smooth-whisky
Dewar's Portugese Smooth - https://shop.dewars.com/collections/blends/products/dewars-portuguese-smooth-whisky
Royal Brackla 12 Year Old - https://shop.dewars.com/collections/royal-brackla/products/royal-brackla-12-year-old
Royal Brackla 18 Year Old - https://shop.dewars.com/collections/royal-brackla/products/royal-brackla-18-year-old
Craigellachie 23 Year Old - https://shop.dewars.com/collections/craigellachie/products/craigellachie-23-exceptional-cask-cr0995

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This week we talk all things Father's Day, hear the passion behind the reawakening of the Brora Distillery, get our geek on about cask imparting flavour and delve into the new and Whisky of the Week.

Whiskies featured this week:

Brora Tryptic - https://www.brora-restored.com
Redbreast Dreamcask - https://www.redbreastwhiskey.com/en-EN/
Lakes Distillery Orange Wine Cask - https://www.lakesdistillery.com

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This week we talk all things Tequila... matured in ex-Scotch whisky casks... a Tequila for Scotch drinkers with Storywood founder Michael Ballantyne including a history of the brand and an in depth tasting of the entire range. 

More information on Storywood available here: https://storywoodtequila.com

This week we speak to the awesome Sandy Hyslop, Director of Blenders for Chivas Brothers, about the new Royal Salute 21 Year Old Polo Estancia Edition product and how he goes about creating these wonderful blends he presides over.

We also answer your questions and go through our whisky of the week.

Whiskies featured in this week's show:

Royal Salute 21 Year Old Polo Estancia Edition

Aberlour 20 Year Old Single Cask - https://www.aberlour.com/en/distillery-reserve-collection/

Ardbeg Scorch - https://shop.ardbeg.com/en-gb/ardbeg-scorch-committee-release-p-101461 

In this episode we go into a lot more detail about our DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL win at the San Fran Spirits Competition, and talk about the behind the scenes story of this whisky's creation. 

BENRINNES RARE CASK SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
Available here: https://greatdrams.com/product/benrinnes-rare-cask-single-malt-scotch-whisky/ 
A rather meaty whisky this one, with a thick, creamy mouthfeel owing to the wormtubs used in the process decreasing the copper contact with the spirit. This was matured initially in a second fill Oloroso sherry cask for over eight years then finished for nine months in a first fill Pedro Ximénez cask to amp up the spiciness and the deep, dark winter fruity notes too.
Distillery: Benrinnes
Region: Speyside
Age: 9 Years Old
Distilled: January 2012
Bottled: February 2021
Cask type: 8 years in a second fill ex-Oloroso cask, 9 months finishing in a first fill ex-PX Sherry cask
ABV: 48.2%
Limited: 333 bottles globally

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