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DALWHINNIE

Established: 1898
Status: Working
Location: Dalwhinnie, Invernesshire
Visitor centre: Yes
Website: No



• 15 Years Old, 43%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9.5 (95 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 23 points: warm, hot, full-bodied, spicy, sweet, fudge / Taste 24 points: sweet, full-bodied, caramel, fruity, green apple, fruit cake / Finish 24 points: long, hot and warm finish / Balance 24 points.)

I tried to lighten things with a gag which I remembered from
the old "in statu pupillari" days.
'Sort of makes you say to yourself "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes," what?'
'I beg your pardon?'
'Latin joke,' I explained. 'Quis - who - custodiet - shall guard -
ipsos custodes - the guardians themselves? Rather funny, I mean to say,'
I proceeded, making it clear to the meanest intelligence,
'a chap who's supposed to stop chaps pinching things from chaps
having a chap come along and pinch something from him.'
(P.G. Wodehouse - The Code Of The Woosters)




• Aged 20 Years, natural cask strength matured in refill European oak cask, d 1986, b 2006, b# 00544, Limited Edition, 56.8%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 9+ (94 points)
(Colour: amber / Nose 24 points: autumn apples in a plastic bag, ether, winey, fruity, leather, praline, tobacco, gunpowder and piney after water / Taste 24 points: full-bodied, hot, sweet, fruity / Finish 23 points: long, hot and sweet finish / Balance 23 points. Just great whisky.)

"But the wretched creature did not seem to be making any resistance,"
observed Sir Francis.
"That was because they had intoxicated her with fumes
of hemp and opium."
"But where are they taking her?"
"To the pagoda of Pillaji, two miles from here. She will pass the night there."
"And the sacrifice will take place-"
"Tomorrow, at the first light of dawn."
The guide now led the elephant out of the thicket, and leaped upon his neck.
Just as he was about to urge Kiouni forward with a peculiar whistle,
Mr. Fogg stopped him, and, turning to Sir Francis Cromarty, said,
"Suppose we save this woman."
"Save the woman, Mr. Fogg!"
"I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that."
"Why, you are a man of heart!"
"Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly.
"When I have the time."
(Jules Verne - Around The World In Eighty Days)




• Distiller's Edition, 1990, Oloroso caskwood, L2522345M000, 43%
Legless Scotsman's rating: 7.5 (77 points)
(Colour: sunset amber / Nose 20 points: sweet, pale, tobacco / Taste 19 points: sweet, burnt heather, medium-bodied / Finish 19 points: sweet and medium / Balance 19 points.)





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