Whisky Curiosa, the Mike Padlipsky legacy
Mike Padlipsky was one of the founders of the original ARPA MALTS-L which is now run as the Maniacs mailing list (MM-MALTS-L). Mike died of an illness in 2011. Bill Ricker inherited the collection of photos of all his empties which stretch back into mid 20th Century, and kindly made them available for publication here.
Also see Mike Padlipsky’s Research Notes for his tasting notes.
Mike’s rating scale was based on a rating of a checkmark √ being Very Good (worthy of further attention), and went up and down from there with modifiers.
Glen Grant-15 and 10 year old
Glen Grant 10 year old (empty) back-label
Glen Grant box
Aberlour VOHM 10 year old
Lagavulin 15 year old, 45% in stone jug
Laphroig 15 year old tin box
G&M Linkwood and Mortlach 15 year old in tartan boxes
Gordon & MacPhail Macallan 10 year old in tartan box
G&M Glenfarclas 8 year old, 100 proof (57%) in tartan box
Tormore GL 10 year old in hexagonal bottle
Tormore GL 10 year old in hexagonal bottle, back side label
Macallan 25 year old Anniversary edition in woodbox
Macallan 25 year old Anniversary box inside look
Pinch 12 year old blended whisky
Haig Dimple 4/5 Quart 86% proof
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