Am now out of detox, so I attended a tasting recently sponsored by the Singapore Business Times and Marlene Leon of "La Maison du Whisky," a local whisky boutique featuring an array of 6 expressions.



Macallan 1967 sherry oak

Nikka 1987 Miyagiko Honshu @ 62% ABV

Blanton Bourbon 1998 (where's the ginger ale?)

22 year old Cardhu @ 57.8% ABV

12 year old Red Breast Irish

30 year old Port Ellen

Unfortunately, Singapore is becoming a non smoking country. I guess they have their reasons. Had to save the R & J for later with our Tasmanian single malt.

BillH:

Finally another conniseur of Tasmanian Single malts. I like the Sullivans Cove. Any recommendations?

Hi Saxon. I wouldn’t go so far as to rank connoisseur. I also admit to being biased towards Sullivans Cove whiskies due to the fact that my company is the major stake holder in Tasmania Distillery. Nevertheless, several good single malts are produced in Tasmania by the small handful of distilleries, notably: Sullivans Cove, Lark and Bakery Hill. There’s an interesting history regarding Tasmanian whisky distillation. SC has been, as mentioned in a previous post, rated a 95 in Jim Murray’s 2007 “Whisky Bible”. Most recent accolade is “World’s Best Other Single Malt” (first and second place) in Dave Broom’s World Whisky Awards. TD’s rather pleased with that. Where did you encounter Sullivans Cove?

I went to Australia four years ago and one of my friends there had some Sullivans Cove. I was in in Melbourne. and could not find it anywhere. I kept searching and finally saw it on the internet. I asked my friend to bring me a bottle which he did. I contacted the company and they offered to ship a bottle to the US for around $75 USD. Not a bad price for a good single malt.

As a stockholder do you know if it will be regularly imported to the US?

Not in the near future. Tasmania Distillery's total output is 60,000 liters per year, a mere drop in the bucket compared to the Australian annual whisky consumption of around 10 million liters. Due to the size of the unique still, production is limited. Sullivans Cove will always remain a rare whisky and TD a boutique distillery. On the other hand, you can order a bottle direct from Patrick Maguire via the distillery website for your enjoyment or contact me directly. I recommend the 60% ABV French oak maturation. Not cheap, but... Cheers

Sulivans Cove and The lark Distillery are in my home town of Hobart.

To me they are very tasty but I had the pleasure of trying a 47 year old Balblaire which was quite feisty to say the least.

If you are ever contemplating visiting Tasmania and enjoy a whiskey or two I recommend www.tarraleahlodge.com (dont say I sent you as they will set you on fire and throw you out!)

There are a few more boutique distilleries underway in Tasmania and if you guys are interested I will keep you posted.

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Originally posted by smoore:
I enjoy the Dalmore Highland Single Malt.
Dalmore also makes a Cigar Malt. I have never seen it. Anyone ever heard of it. Or better yet tried it?

Scott

Dalmore Cigar Malt is GREAT! Keep as a staple here at home,goes great with Fuente Opus X,Fuente Hemmingway,858's etc...Padron 26 & 64 Anniversary too.
Hell It's great Straight up with a spalsh too!

I had the pleasure of tasting some Dalmore in Scotland with an army friend of that clan. He had some fine "family special".

On another note my Australian friend brought me another bottle of Sullivans Cove.

Which SC did you get?

I like the regular Dalmore better than the "cigar" because it has a little more bite to match rich Habanos. Old Pulteney 12 year when on sale here for $30 remains a favorite as well.

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Heres a new one from Tasmania. www.nantdistillery.com.au
Im going to check it out soon in November when they are looking to finish their renovations.

Waiting for Nant Distillery with bated breath. Mr. Bill Lark seems to have a hand in there somewhere. All the Tas whiskies that I've tried are excellent. As Faulkner said, "There's no such thing as a bad whisky..."

As far as I know BillH he has had a very big hand in over seeing the set up of the production. I had the pleasure of meeting him once and he certainly knows his stuff.

just to suggest to try "old smuggler". its blended and cheap as hell but really freakin tasty! was a scotch freak untill i started smoking cigars. ruins the taste of the cigar to me when drinking and smoking.

I find an Islay single malt is a very good taste treat to add to any full body cigar , I had Bowmore Islay last night with the big 6 x 60 Edge maduro, great paring IMHO , Enjoy, Vince