It is always great to be back at Cinderella Whisky Fair! This year, 2020, was my seventh fair in a row! The fair was celebrating its 12th anniversary and there was a lot of special bottlings for the fair.
It was 1560 guests attending the first trip. The organiser expected around 1500 the next two trips as well. I did as last year and attended the first two trips. Attending two trips allows me to spend a lot of time at the different stands.
This year I spend time at:
- Selected Malts, tasting their lovely Glenallachie SC from 2008, Caol Ila, Zippin
- Bunnahabhain, tasting An Cladach and Eirigh Na Greine
- Spirit of Hven, tasting their Alkaid, MerCurious and Hvenus
- Glenfiddich, tasting Winter Storm and Fire & Cane
- Highland Park, tasting the SC for Viking Line 2019 and 2020 and Valfather
- Teerenpeli, tasting Kulo and the lovely 12 YO for Viking Line
- Bowmore, tasting the 1973! 43 YO – Wow!
- Old Pulteney, tasting the lovely SC and 2006 Traveller’s Exclusive
- Glenfarclas, tasting the SC 2009 and 2011 for Viking Line
- Speyburn, tasting the 16 YO Travel Exclusive and the lovely SC for Nordic Travel Retail
- Clydesdale brought the interesting Japanese whisky Kaiyõ, Amrut Naarangi, Tullibardine The Murray and Bunnahabhain Berry Bros SC #4002 15 YO
- Annandale, tasting the lovely SC #528 first-fill bourbon, SC #822 first-fill Oloroso butt and a couple of peated whiskies
- BenRiach, tasting the Peated Quarter Casks, the Peated Port SC and
- GlenDronach, master vintage 1993 25 YO
- Bruichladdich, tasting the lovely SC #924 and #2517
- High Coast, tasting Small batch no 13 and Archipelago 2020
- Arran, tasting Brodick Bay 20 YO and 21 YO
- Paul John, tasting Classic and the lovely SC Peated
- Kilchoman “Unpeated” Sherry Hogshead
- Hazelwood 18 YO
- Ailsa Bay release 1:2 Sweet Smoke
- Westland, tasting therig Garryana and American Oak
- Craigellachie SC #128 19 YO
- Tjærdalen Craigellachie SC #901049
Maybe I will be back next year? I hope so 🙂
-Tone
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