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[big-kahuno]

[maltmemorandum]

Cardhu 12 year old Bot.1980s.

Comfortable calm malty and fruity old Cardhu. Gooey fruits and caramelized malty with minty and mellow leaf mold aroma. Elegant enough malty fragrance. With watery mouthfeel, gradually bitter sweet malty soak into and light leaf mold flavor with hint of old woodiness. Bitter sweet finish then dry orange peel bitterness, milky malty and spices remains.

[firewaterxo]

Hey guys. How's it going? . It's finally Friday and it couldn't have come sooner! Had a rough week so it's time to relax with an easy sipper 😉 Today we have the Cardhu Gold Reserve 🥃. . Cardhu is a very important whisky actually, especially for the Johnnie Walker blends 🙂. It's also a very good whisky and a great start for anyone looking to start their whisky journey 😉🥃. . Here is my review of the Cardhu Gold Reserve: . Nose : Honeyed fruits, apricots, oranges, strawberry, red apple, toffee and ginger if we add a drop of water. . Palate: It's dry and oaky, red apples, honey and chocolate. Toffee and a bit boozy since this is rather a young whisky. . Finish: Short, oaky and spicy with a hint of caramel. . Overall it's a good whisky, thought maybe a bit young, but it's a very good whisky for beginners 😉. . What are your plans for this weekend? 🙂🥃. . Cheers guys and have a great weekend!🥃✨🥃✌🏻️🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. . #whisky #whiskey #scotch #shotonsony #cardhu #cardhuwhisky #goldreserve #nonchillfiltered #firewaterxo #scotchwhisky #whiskyporn #whiskygram #whiskybar #bottle #drinks #apple #cluj #romania #scotland #whiskylover #cheers #drinks #singlemalt #scotchwhisky (at Cluj-Napoca) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e94RfHiYN/?igshid=y1pcq5b8prhj

[whiskyaesthetic]

See you at Dragonstone! . . . #cardhu #cardhugoldreserve #housetargaryen #diageo #dragonstone #gameofthrones #singlemalt #scotch #whisky #whiskey #aquavitae #uiscebeatha #uisgebeatha #whiskyaesthetic #womenwhowhiskey @diageo https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYxmNqH7iZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pbydih98z34i

[praxjarvin]

Series Finale Time! #gameofthrones #housetargaryen #whisky #cardhu #cardhuwhisky #poutroneoutforKingsLanding https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqlHF8Btqt/?igshid=hps5yuv1z3pw

[greatdrams]

Johnnie Walker transformation plans submitted for Cardhu and Clynelish

Johnnie Walker transformation plans submitted for Cardhu and Clynelish

Plans to transform the visitor experiences at Cardhu and Clynelish distilleries have been formally submitted as part of a major Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky investment programme.

The detailed planning applications have been completed for both distilleries following community consultation events and have been filed with the relevant local authorities – Moray Council for Cardhu and…

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[whiskyconsidered]

Cardhu 12 Y.O.

Greece is a wonderful country to visit--great natural beauty, marvelous remnants of its ancient civilizations, and generally excellent food. One way in which it is (or at least was, c. 2000) somewhat wanting is on the drinks front: one can drink the cloying Metaxa, Greece’s national brandy; one can drink Amstel (actual Amstel, not Amstel Light); one can drink various rough, but not entirely unpleasant, Greek wines (the resinated Retsina is always interesting!); one can drink Ouzo, if one is fond of both excessive sweetness and also hard-hitting anise flavor; or, if one must consume single malt Scotch, one can drink Cardhu, which in the early aughts as now, came in an exceedingly tacky (think Crown Royal) distinctive squat bottle.  Cardhu has a rather interesting history. Located near the Speyside village of Knockando (also home to an eponymous distillery), it began its life as an illicit distillery in the early years of the 19th century, owned by farmer John Cumming. By all accounts, it was actually John’s wife Helen who ran the operation. In the early years, the whisky was apparently a heavy make, the product of some rather small stills. Helen Cumming’s daughter Elizabeth took over the operation from her mother, and in 1884 she sold the old stills to one William Grant, for use in his brand new Glenfiddich distillery, at the same time purchasing a new, larger set for Cardhu to go along with an overall revamp of the aging farm distillery. By the early 20th century, Cardhu was in the hands of Diageo precursor DCL, although even that didn’t stop association with the Cumming family; DCL’s chairman in the ‘60s was one Ronald Cumming, a great-grandson of John and Helen.  Cardhu has long been a key component in the various Johnnie Walker blends, but it was also one of the earliest single malt offerings from the Diageo stable. By the early 2000s, it had developed a devoted following not just in Greece, but also in France, and especially Spain. Stocks were stretched dangerously thin, and in response, Diageo made the highly controversial decision to rename the distillery to its original version as “Cardow” while continuing to market a blend of several different malts under the somewhat misleading moniker of “Cardhu Pure Malt”. This spurred a considerable uproar from single malt aficionados and others in the whisky industry, and Diageo was forced to back down: Cardhu is now once again Cardhu, the whisky is once again sold exclusively as a single, and new clarity has been demanded around terminology, with terms like “pure malt” and “vatted” falling out of favor and terms like “blended malt” and “single malt” being clarified.  As for the actual whisky? Well, I don’t recall being especially impressed in my times drinking it in Greece, however, the recent 12 Y.O. in my collection is pretty nice stuff. My detailed thoughts--

Cardhu 12 Y.O. 40% abv

Region: Speyside Nose: Lots of pear. Light. Sweet grass and sage honey. Granny Smith apple. Spring leaves. Appealing and very fresh. Body: Light and slightly hard, sharp. Palate: Lots of pear and applesause with ground cinnamon. Floral and somewhat perfumy--pastel sweets. Earl Grey tea. Digestive biscuits. Finish: Drying and becoming more malty; dry grass. Short. Score: 87/100 Price: $35-45 Availability: Wide, but not universal.

[whiskyflavour]

Cardhu 12 years - For anyone who is starting to explore the world of single malts, Cardhu 12 years is complex enough and easy to drink. Read more to discover why it started being called the “liquid gold”. #cardhu #Cardhu12years #scotch #whisky - Link in bio!