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Dankie :P

It's this one that was on their website: https://www.whiskybrother.com/blogs/news/whisky-competition-vol-2 :) :) :)

I won all this from Whisky Brother!

Always good to try a new distillery! By the way, what do you think about that Three Ships 9yo?

For sure, I can do a blind tasting with regular glasses, but it could be a factor. Guess it all depends on what you have in the lineup and how well you know it etc. Will definitely try it sometime regardless.

Aha, good idea! :p Or I'll wrap brown paper around my glasses and do a hobo themed tasting :)

Yeah come to think about it I don't know why I added it to the list. I wouldn't order from them online either as I can just go to them, sorry lol.

Thank you! I didn't know about Bottega.

Oh well, thanks anyway! I think I should just jump in and try it so that I can get to experience some variety.

Does anyone know good local online whisky retailers or liquor stores with online shops that ship nationally? I know of some of the obvious ones like Makro, Takealot, Whisky Brother, Wild about Whisky, and Norman Goodfellows, but would like to make sure in case I don't know of any other good ones.

Cool. Incidentally, has anyone tried the 9yo Fino one?

This is quite interesting. It's a blend from Ian Macleod distillers (I think they started way back as independent bottlers). They do pretty good bottlings, I think. They also do Smokehead and own Tamdhu, Glengoyne, and Rosebank. Anything small batch, 46%abv, non-chill-filtered and natural...

Has anyone tried Boplaas whisky? They are a local winery/distillery and make some cracking single grain whisky (from 100% maize). Before you dismiss it out of hand for being grain whisky, let me say that the kicker with this distillery is the casks that they use for finishing. They produce...

The BT barrel is also available separately now at WhiskyBrother.

Anyone know where you can buy some opaque tasting glasses to do a proper blind tasting?