#dallas dhu

[whiskyconsidered]

Later 2024 industry update

It’s been awhile since I published anything, so plenty has happened around the whisky industry since my last update. I’m not even going to make an effort to be comprehensive in my coverage, rather I’ll stick with a handful of news items that have stood out for me. First off, it’s always exciting when a long-closed distillery gets a new lease on life. 2017 was a very exciting year for whisky…

[maltrunners]

Dallas Dhu 21 Year (1982) Signatory Vintage

Review by: The Muskox Dallas Dhu has been preserved precisely was as it closed to this day, and now operates as a museum. You could turn the equipment on and have it producing whisky today… I’m just saying, if Malt Runners wanted to pool money together to buy a distillery, this would be a good one! Distillery: Dallas Dhu. Bottler: Signatory Vintage. Region: Speyside. ABV: 43%. Age: 21.…

[maltmemorandum]

Dallas Dhu 1991 28 year old Cask#404 Riverstone.

One of bottle which served on Closed Distilleries Tasting Event by Whisky master.

[ormistonwhisky]

Whisky Weekend 16

In stock for the whisky weekend, we have a Dallas Dhu 24 year old from 1970. Dallas Dhu 1970, 24 year old #dallasdhuwhisky #1970s #24years #ormistonwhisky #whisky #whiskyweekend #scotch #singlemalt #whiskylover #whiskygram #whiskyporn #scotchwhisky

[cardest]

Italy & Rome playlist

Pizza. Fiat. Centurions. Fulci. Argento. Morricone. It’s all here in this Roma - Italia playlist. If you love ancient Roman history and horror film soundtracks, this is the playlist for you! Hit play right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC18JtHohAYmD7g1FGA8S-D2B

Nero would enjoy this playlist! But, if there is a song or band I forgot or even a horror film soundtrack, or Italian prog record I mighta missed, let me know! This is one of my favorite playlists. Grazie!

ITALIA & ROMA

001 Goblin - La caccia 002 High On Fire -  Romulus And Remus 003 Braens Machine - Flying 004 Piero Umiliani - Produzione 005 Fantomas - Page 1 [6 Frames] 006 Lucio Fulci's Zombie Theme(1979) 007 Tullio De Piscopo drum pattern - Samba Carnival 008 Quella Vecchia Locanda - Il Tempo Della Gioia 009 Sandro Brugnolini - Amofen 010 Ufomammut - Mars 011 Gerardo Iacoucci - Tradimento 012 Procol Harum - Conquistador   013 LA TERZA MADRE  - Main Theme by Claudio Simonetti 014 Fantomas -  The Godfather 015 Toto Cutugno - L'Italiano 016 CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY - Fear the mohawk reaper 017 Ennio Morricone -  Non Rimane Piu Nessuno 018 Mina - Non credere 019 Bölzer - Roman Acupuncture 020 Jerry Goldsmith The Omen OST - Ave Satani 021 Lou Monte - roman guitar 022 Tony Di Marti - L'Uccellino Della Comare   023 Paul Chain Violet Theatre - 17 day 024 Satyricon -  The Ghost of Rome 025 Ghost - Con Clavi Con Dio 026 Charles Aznavour - Com'a Triste Venezia 027 Jula de Palma - Tua (1959) versione originale 028 Dean Martin - That's Amore   029 FORGOTTEN TOMB - We Owe You Nothing 030 Mike Patton - Ti Offro Da Bere 031 Death SS - Heavy Demons 032 The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Sword of Machiavelli 033 Afterhours - Milano Circonvallazione Esterna 034 Fantomas -  Page 17 [14 Frames] 035 Gluttony -  The Rise Of Pompey 036 Sherpa - Kim (((o))) Tigris & Euphrates 037 Umberto Tozzi Gloria - Italian Version 038 Franco Bracardi & Giorgio Bracardi -  Lo Strangolatore Di Boston 039 Black Hole - Bells of Death 040 Tarantella Pugliese - La Rondinella 041 Pino Villa- A Mucca Pazza 042 Opera IX - Bela Lugosi's Dead 043 MARIO MOLINO - TRAFFICO CAOTICO 044 Lucio Battisti - La Collina Dei Ciliegi 045 Tenebre (Main Title) by Goblin 046 SYK - FONG 047 FUOCO FATUO - Sulphureous Hazes 048 Primordial -  As Rome Burns 049 Abysmal Grief - Crypt of Horror 050 Mike Patton/Mondo Cane - re D'Amore 051 The Man from U. N. C. L. E. Soundtrack - Jimmy Renda Se 052 Stelvio Cipriani - Papaya 053 Fantomas - Page 28 [20 Frames] 054 Carlo Maria Cordio - Rosso Sangue (Absurd) 055 Emma De Angelis - Trip 056 BRUNO NICOLAI-Red Cats (1975) 057 Duncan Dhu - La barra de este hotel 058 FROZEN CROWN - Neverending 059 Pavor na Cidade dos Zumbis (City of the Living Dead, 1980) Theme 060 Jarboe & Father Murphy - The Ferryman 061 Mudhoney - When In Rome 062 Fantomas - Page 21 [11 Frames] 063  Ancient Roman Music - Synaulia I 064 Behemoth - Rome 64 C.E. / Slaying the Prophets ov Isa 065 Clutch - Nero's Fiddle 066 Gluttony -  The Rise Of Sulla 067 Goblin - L'alba dei morti viventi 068 Elvis Presley - Heart Of Rome 069 Bulldozer - Insurrection Of The Living Damned 070 Peggy Lee - When In Rome (I Do as the Romans Do) 071 Osanna - Variazione I (To Plinius) 072 GIULIANO SORGINI - Ultima Caccia 073 Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena 074 Sepultura -  The Vatican 075 Rome Soundtrack 02 The Forum 076 Fantomas -  Page 4 [11 Frames] 077 Gladiator - Theme Song 078 Avantasia - The Glory of Rome 079 Caligula (1979)-Opening Credits 080 Umberto -  Temple Room 081 SODOM - Caligula 082 Lacuna Coil -  Survive 083 Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho leta 084 Lucio Battisti - Emozioni 085 Goblin -  Markos 086 MIke Patton -  Urlo Negro 087 Sandro Brugnolini -  Megattera 088 Fantomas -  Page 25 [34 Frames] 089 The Italian Job Soundtrack- Opening Titles 090 Fabio Frizzi - Un Gatto Nel Cervello 091 Heidevolk - Het verbond met Rome 092 Messiah - Nero 093 Julio Iglesias - Todo el amor que te hace falta 094 Calabria - Luna Calabrisi 095 Various Artists -  Iena Sequence 096 Fantomas -  Page 5 [7 Frames] 097 Perry Como Mandolins In The Moonlight 098 The Beyond Soundtrack - main theme 099 Mercyful Fate - Gypsy 100 Goblin -  Suspiria 101 Ufomammut - Empireum 102 Diaframma - Neogrigio 103 Umberto -  The Psychic 104 NecroDeath - Master Of Morphine 105 The Dirtiest - Cento shot 106 Fantomas -  Page 29 [39 Frames] 107 La Morte Viene Dallo Spazio - Ashes 108 Achille Togliani Fontana Di Trevi 109 MV & EE - Much obliged 110 Isis Synaulia - Musica dell'antica Roma 111 Sandro Brugnolini - Marsuino 112 Giobia - far behind 113 Darvaza - silver chalice   114 Fantomas -  Investigation Of A Citizen Above suspicion 115 Rome Soundtrack - Main Title Theme 116 Nebulae - Carbon 117 Beat Fuga - Shake 118 Gruppo folk naxos - Tarantella siciliana 119 Russian Circles - Milano 120 Kalidia - Circe's spell 121 Harlan Williams, Beneath the Iron Heel of Pagan Rome 122 Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican 123 Vatican - the 5th of metal 124 Extrema - Deep Infection 125 Rod Stewart - Italian Girls 126 Louis Prima - Buona Sera 127 Mike Patton/Mondo Cane - Che Notte! 128 Sinoath -  Saturnalia 129 Piero Piccioni - L'Italia Vista dal Cielo (Lombardia) 130 PIERO UMILIANI - Topless Party 131 Dean Martin - Arrivederci Roma 132 Fantomas -  Page 30 [2 Frames] 133 Sadist - Nadir 134 Hour of Penance - Rise and Oppress 135  Virgin Steele - The Burning of Rome (Cry for Pompeii) 136 FROZEN CROWN - Battles In The Night 137 The Monolith Deathcult - Demigod 138 PIG DESTROYER -  Machiavellian 139 Raw Power  - State oppresion 140 La luna ammenzu o mari - Folk Sicilia 141 Angels and Demons Soundtrack - Main Theme (Hans Zimmer) 142 Lou Monte - Bella notte 143 Fantomas - Page 7 [6 Frames] 144 Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi - Theme of ''Rome'' 145 INFERNO OST Dario Argento - MAIN THEME 146 Hombres G - Venezia 147 Rome Soundtracks - The Battle has began (Caesar's Theme) 148 NORA ORLANDI- Ossessione 149 Stelvio Cipriani - Orgasmo Nero 150 Goblin -  Profondo Rosso - Mad Puppet 151 Duatha - Maximinus Thrax 152 Sodom - City of God 153 Caronte - Invocation to Paimon 154 Demoni (Demons) Soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti  - Killing 155 PSYCHEDELIC WITCHCRAFT - Rising On The Edge 156 James Reyne - Fall Of Rome 157 Fantomas -  Vendetta 158  Rome Soundtrack - 16Th Death of Pompey 159 Alessandro Alessandroni & Sorgini Giuliano - Overcraft 160 The Man from U. N. C. L. E. OST - Che Vuole Questa Musica Stasera (Profumo Di Donna) 161 Clutch - Circus Maximus 162 Candlemass - Demons Gate 163 ROME - Uropia O Morte 164 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Cities In Dust (Extended 12 Version) 165 Tony Mottola - You And Only You 166 Musica dell'Antica Roma - Pavor 167 Fantomas - Page 6 [26 Frames] 168 Aborym -  II 169 Scorpions - The Sails Of Charon 170 Blind Guardian -  Lionheart 171 Septicflesh -  Dante's Inferno 172 MESSA - Leah 173 Mike Patton -  Senza Fine 174 Gary Numan - My Centurion 175 Frank Black and the Catholics - Back to Rome 176 Tonino Cavallo - Tarantella Siciliana 177 THE MELVINS - The Bloated Pope 178 Gluttony -  Lucullus In The East 179 Toto - Spanish Steps Of Rome 180 Fantomas -  Page 8 [9 Frames] 181 Mark Lanegan Band - Playing Nero 182 METRALLETA STEIN OST - Telemark 183 Luciano Pavarotti - Sole Mio 184 Jorja Chalmers - red light 185 Blood Ceremony -  Faunus 186 EKPYROSIS - Profound Death 187 Corleone  - Tutto diventerà rosso (feat. Mike Patton) 188 Primus -  The Storm 189 Museo Rosenbach - Superuomo 190 IVANO FOSSATI - MILANO 191 Lucio Dalla - Milano 192 Fantomas -  Page 9 [11 Frames] 193 Alessandro Allesendroni - Remember 194 Le Orme - Felona & Sorona - Return To Naught 195 Rome - The Spanish Drummer 196 Epitaph  -  Beyond the Mirror 197 Ephel Duath - The Passage 198 Three of You - New Life 199 Walter Rizzati I remember (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) 200 Lacuna Coil -  Heaven's A Lie 201 Judas Priest - Nostradamus 202 Triumvirat - Vesuvius 79 A.D. 203 Amedeo Tommasi - Exploration 204 Nero Kane † Lord Won't Come 205 FULCI - Eye Full Of Maggots 206 ULVER - Nemoralia 207 Voltumna  - Roma Delenda Est 208 Adorable - Sistine Chapel Ceiling 209 I Gres - Restless 210 Rita Pavone - Il Geghegè 211 Jahbulong - Under the influence of the fool 212 Theatres des Vampires -  Sangue 213 Antonio - High Voltage! 214 Fantomas -  Page 23 [17 Frames] 215 Sadist - Enslaver of Lies 216 Bunker 66 - (She's Got) Demon Eyes 217 GIULIANO SORGINI - Mad town 218 Zu -  Ostia 219 Moonraker - Miss Goodhead Meets Bond in Venice 220 Franco Micalizzi - I Due Volti Della Paura 221 John Zorn Naked City - The Sicilian Clan 222 Piero Umiliani - Nel Villaggio 223 Mike Patton/Mondo Cane - Cielo In Una Stanza 224 UFOMAMMUT - Warsheep 225 Fleshgod Apocalypse -  Elegy 226 SLASHER DAVE - Fulzzi 227 Panna Fredda - La Paura 228 Meads Of Asphodel - God Is Rome 229 Nora Orlandi - I Robot Original Version (Il dolce corpo di Deborah) 230 Caronte - Exctasy of Hecate 231 White Skull - Will of the Strong 232 Wotan - Thermopiles 233 Chromatics - Faded Now 234 Fantomas -  Page 2 [7 Frames] 235 Schizo - the main frame collapse 236 Ghost B.C. -  Per Aspera Ad Inferi 237 Dream Theater - The Count Of Tuscany 238 Satyricon -  Commando 239 Psico Galera - La Prima Volta 240 Scolopendra - Priest's blood soup 241 Theatres Des Vampires - 'Til the Last Drop of Blood 242 Victrola - Game of Despair 243 Blue Phantom - Diodo 244 Mortuary Drape - My Soul/primordial 245 Fantomas -  Page 11 [10 Frames] 246 Gianni Ferrio - Un dollaro bucato 247 Ataraxia - Canzona 248 Hexvessel - Phaedra 249 Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning 250 Mike Patton -  L'Uomo Che Non Sapeva Amare 251 Idiota Civilizzato - Uno E Nessuno 252 Ennio Morricone - Main Theme for Dario Argento's THE CAT O'NINE TAILS 253 Rhapsody - Ascending to Infinity 254 Monumentum - Battesimo: Nero Opaco 255 Opera IX - 1313 (Eradicate the False Idols) 256 Piedone lo sbirro OST - The Baron's death 257 Goblin - Deep red OST main theme 258 EKPYROSIS - Immolate the Denied 259 L'Impero delle Ombre - II Sabba 260 Monte Kristo - The Girl of Lucifer 261 Ghost - Lady Nite 262 Hallowed - Wake Up In The Night 263 Fantomas -  Page 27 [15 Frames] 264 Giuliano Sorgini - Lavoro cerebrale 265 Death SS - Vampire 266 VOLTURIAN - Broken 267 Cradle Of Filth - The 13th Caesar 268 Fulci - tropical sun 269 Alessandro Cortini - Perdere 270 Francesco Guccini - Bologna 271 Abysmal Grief  - Celebrate what they fear 272 Goblin - book of skulls 273 Tom Waits - In The Colosseum 274 Peggy Lee - Autumn In Rome 275 Ruins - Petit Portrait 276 Urna - Omnis Inifinita Mens Est Gremium Et Sepolcrum Universi 277 Nicolas Gaunin - Noa Noa Noa 278 Lacuna Coil - No Need to Explain 279 Theatres Des Vampires - Morgana Effect 280 Sepultura - City of Dis 281 Opera IX - The Oak 282 Rhapsody - Il cigno nero 283 Cripple Bastards  - Variante Alla Morte 284 Goblin - Witch (Susperia OST) 285 Death SS - revived 286 Henning Christiansen - L'essere Umano Errabando La Voca Errabando 287 Rolling Blackouts - The Second Of The First 288 Giuda - Overdrive 289 Hierophant  - Son of the new faith 290 Giorgio Faletti - Nati a Milano 291 Fabio Frizzi - A Cat in the Brain, Sequence 2 292 Dean Martin - On An Evening In Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma) 293 FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - Monnalisa 294 Valgrind - The Endless Circle 295 Oceana - Atlantidea Suite Part 1 296 Soda Stereo - Paseando Por Roma 297 Blasphemer - The Sixth Hour 298 Raw Power - Dreamer 299 Mike Patton/Mondo Cane - Deep down 300 Lacuna Coil - Swamped 301 Slalom OST by Ennio Morricone - Main theme 302 Stefano Marcucci - INFERNO 303 Lou Monte - Shaddap Ya Face 304 The Case of the Bloody Iris OST by Bruno Nicolai - Main theme 305 Mortuary Drape - Dreadful discovery 306 Antonio Riccardo Luciani - Cinque sottozero 307 Plateau Sigma -  Ouija and the Qvantvm 308 Piero Piccioni - Colpo rovente OST - main titles 309 Riz Ortolani - sette orchidee macchiate di rosso 310 Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse 311 Oliver Onions - Italian Girl 312 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 313 Metamorfosi - Spacciatore di Droga - Terremoto - Limbo 314 Body Count OST by Claudio Simonetti  - main theme 315 Symphony X - Underworld 316 Carlo Savina - Titoli di testa 317 Orchestra King Zerand - Night Song 318 Piero Umiliani - La schiava 319 CLAUDIO SIMONETTI'S GOBLIN - The Devil is back 320 Roman Holiday OST - Main title 666 Fabio Frizzi - Voci Dal Nulla

Perhaps not enough Morricone and needs more Goblin. The next update will have more, I am sure. Play it here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC18JtHohAYmD7g1FGA8S-D2B

[whiskymoro]

Dallas Dhu 10 +/- 1980 GM Distillery Labels (40 %)

Nedlagte Dallas Dhu nå, og en tapning fra Gordon & MacPhails Distillery Labels-serie. Den er ti år gammel og tappet rundt 1980. Dallas Dhu er jo et museum nå, men det kommer stadig rykter om at det er i ferd med å starte opp igjen.

På nesen: Malt, appelsin, krydder, røde bær, toffee, litt blomster, lakris og litt eukalyptus. Smaksmessig fikk jeg lynghonning, vanilje, malt og litt anis. Søt. Avslutningen var middels lang, med krydder, honning, brent malt og en anelse nøtter. Halvtørr. Med vann tilsatt kom det til mer røde bær på nesen, vanilje og blomster. Noe fruktigere. Smaken ble litt «tynnere», med malt og fruktsødme. Avslutningen fikk litt hasselnøtter nå, med mer toffee og malt.

En ganske skjør whisky med mye honningsødme og et ganske interessant særpreg, selv om kompleksitet og utvikling kanskje ikke er noe å hoppe i taket for. Litt tid i glasset var fordelaktig, vann bør man være forsiktig med her.

Karakter: 86/100

[only-cats-photos]

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[haroldgross]

New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic

New Post has been published on http://literaryends.com/hgblog/the-celebrations-continue/

The Celebrations Continue

My friends, as part of my celebratory month I fear I have fallen to the cliché of a man my years and had a date that was half my age.

Specifically a 30-year, cask strength Dallas Dhu. I hope that you will all forgive me that stereotype and the continued fall with the sweet young blood-orange pound cake named Bunny, who joined our little tête-à-tête.

While Bunny is no longer available, I do expect to see that 30-year-old again for as long as the essence flows.

[zarryb]

When in Scotland, visit a distillery 🥃✨ But drink in moderation ☝️🙂 . . . . . #distillery #whisky #scotch #highlands #spirits #alcohol #nofilter #inmoderation #spiritsafe #dallasdhu #travelphotography #adventure #lovetotravel #followmeto #passionpassport #scottish #scots #forres #scotland #unitedkingdom #amazing #photooftheday #instagood #igers #theartofslowliving #liveauthentic #livethelittlethings #thehappynow #visualsoflife #nothingisordinary (at Dallas Dhu distillery)

[sousaisyuzen]

シングルモルト初心者の方に【ウイスキーセット】を作らせて頂きました。  Dallas dhu 27y は漢気出してみました…😅  今ではこのレベル手に入らないなぁ…超絶旨い。 (Bar Ovest) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9ecc8AgZp/?igshid=1qxp6hatqy1r0

[doomedandstoned]

Two Rebels Meet at State Lines, Plot Mad Music Making

~Interview by Dan Simone~

On the cusp of a New Year charged with possibilities, Doomed & Stoned carved out some time to visit with Houston doom powerhouse DOOMSTRESS and Cleveland’s SPARROWMILK. Both bands have recently turned loose a split on DHU Records . It's been about three years since Stephanie V. Cantu conducted her in-depth interview with Doomstress Alexis and there have been plenty of exciting developments in the meantime. Our own Dan Simone of Black Spirit Crown leads this spirited conversation with Doomstress and her bandmate Brandon Johnson, who are joined by Sparrowmilk drummer Tomasz Scull, bassist Erin Lung, and guitarist Joe Fortunatos. In this sit down, the bands talk about the pressures of working against the clock to meet vinyl manufacturing timelines, what it's like to work with Kent Stump from Wo Fat in the recording studio, and the importance of having a positive and robust network in the heavy music scene. (Editor)

Doomstress/Sparrowmilk Split by Dark Hedonistic Union Records

Having just months ago released our compilations, 'Doomed & Stoned in Ohio' and 'Doomed & Stoned in Texas,' it seemed like an excellent time to catch up with you all. I understand you recently put out a split. There are a lot of connections between the two bands, is that right?

Doomstress: Yes there are.

Tom: Absolutely! I mean, we’ve all been involved in music for a long time. I’ve been playing with Erin and Joe for quite some time and Joe and I were able to do some touring with Doomstress.

Joe: In 2016?

Doomstress: Yes, August of 2016 was the first outing for Doomstress.

Tom: A lot of that came about because Alexis is my sister, and we have been involved in music forever and I think this was just a cool thing. She asked if I’d be interested in playing on some tunes and we could do some recording here [at Supernatural Kvlt Sounds Studio in Ohio]. It just kind of steamrolled from there.

Doomstress: It was a little over a year before that when Project Armageddon toured and Sparrowmilk played with us in Kent.

Tom: Yeah, we played at Stone Tavern.

Doomstress: Brandon and I, after that show, were like “Hey, we should get Tom to drum for us for something!” and then a year later, you were drumming for us on this record and touring.

Joe: Weren’t you trying to get away from Project Armageddon into a new project? Like you were going to unveil Doomstress? It was in the planning stages for a while, wasn’t it?

Doomstress: Yes it was. I had it in the planning stages for a number of years and just over the last year or so, before I actually started the recording process with Doomstress. I was spending the time getting all of the pieces put together, to get things moving and get my game plan going. Then everything just kind of came together at one time. I couldn’t anticipate how it ended up, which has been awesome, and I thought that this would be a really cool thing to do. Do something a little different than we’d been doing, work with some different people, work with my brother, and yeah, here we are!

Right on!

Tom: It’s been super fun. That, to me, has been the really cool part.

Working with your sister?

Tom: Yeah! And growing up with music, coming up together, listening to music together, and then both playing but living in different places, we would collaborate on some things. I don’t know, like on Christmas Day we’d set up some drums and an acoustic guitar and whatever. [laughs] Other than that, just some jamming during visits and that was always super fun. This was really a great opportunity for us to capitalize on that fun, really.

Doomstress: Try to do something more lasting with it.

Right on, so let me ask you guys this: between the two of you, Tom and Alexis, who got into heavy music first?

Doomstress: That would be Tom.

Tom: Well, that’s because I’m the oldest. [laughs]

Olde Metal.

Tom: But, see now, this is an interesting part, because I have a little one up on her, you know? Because Alexis has had a bunch of interviews and all that kind of stuff. I’ve read a shitload of them, talking about how she got into heavy music through me, and it makes me laugh a little. I’m like, "Yeah, because she ransacked my fuckin’ records when I wasn’t home!"

Joe: Some nefarious dealings were uncovered! [laughs]

Doomstress: But you know what? My brother’s on vinyl now, so it’s all come full circle. I ransacked his records, so now I’m like, “Hey, come on, let’s do a record together!”

Tom: Right.

Now you’ll each have your own side, so you don’t have to worry about it, Tom.

Joe: Well, that’s actually a good point to bring up about the split right now. You know, we wouldn’t even have been involved unless Alexis had suggested it to Robert [Black] over at DHU Records. He didn’t know about Sparrowmilk, he only knew about Doomstress, and they were going to do that 7” together.

Doomstress: Right.

Joe: So the vinyl wouldn’t have even come about -- not only between brother and sister, but between the two bands -- because, like I said, Robert didn’t even know about Sparrowmilk yet. So we want to thank Alexis, for sure, for introducing us to Robert, and Robert for being totally on board, which I think is totally kick-ass!

Tom & Erin: Thank You!

So now, specific to the vinyl. Joe, you played guitar on both tracks, is that correct?

Joe: I played rhythm guitar on “Bitter Plea,” which is the new song that’s also on Second Rite.

Supernatural Kvlt Sounds - The Second Rite" (CD) by Doomstress

That’s the new Doomstress album.

Joe: Correct. During that tour, this was kind of home base, because Tom and I both live near here, so they [Alexis and Brandon] just asked me, “Why don’t you lay down the tracks, since you’ve been playing them live for the last two weeks?” So that’s how that recording came about.

Tom: Yeah, and I thought it was really cool that that worked out that way, too.

So, Tom, you did some of the recording for the new Doomstress LP and you recorded the songs on the split?

Tom: Yeah.

Joe: Tom has recorded all of the Doomstress songs so far and played drums on all of them.

So Erin, I understand that you did some of the art for the split?

Erin: I did the art for the Sparrowmilk side of the split.

Right on, so was there any kind of collaboration, from an art direction standpoint, between the two bands?

Erin: We thought about it. It had been mentioned early on, but then we realized we just needed to get art done. [all laugh] Sometimes you just have to create art, you know? Get the artwork done. Because Alexis had first said that it would be cool to have some color, or thematic element, that would tie the sides together if you opened it up and it was like a full spread open album cover, where there would be some kind of artistic thread between the two pieces.

Doomstress: Right

Joe: Was it originally going to be a gatefold?

Erin: We thought about it, but then we realized we just had to get it all together and fucking get it presented to the label, so that in the most professional sense it’s just ready to go as a product.

Joe: Yeah, and this stuff has been turned in for a year.

Yeah?

Erin: Yeah, there’s a timeline. Get all of your shit together quick, you know what I mean? Not that it was rushed or anything, for certain, but for the sake of expediency I was like, "Ok let's do it, let's just get the whole package together."

Doomstress: Because it does take so long to get vinyl out.

Joe: So the timeline was long and Robert over at DHU wasn't even sure at the time when he was going to be able to get it in to manufacturing. So the sooner he had it, the sooner he could slot it in. And then he had all of the other stuff going on, the 7” on top of this, so to even get the release date we have now, we had to get it in fairly quick when we found out we were doing it.

Erin: Joe and I have both done other artwork for Alexis and for Doomstress -- flyer design and videos and all kinds of stuff. And she hires other great artists for logo work and stuff.

Doomstress: I employ Sparrowmilk! [all laugh]

Joe: We’re like the retained art department. Between all of us, Tom records and plays on it, I’ve played and toured with them, Erin’s done flyers and t-shirt design, and I’ve done a couple of the videos.

Tom: There’s been all kinds of collaboration prior, really, to the formation of either of these projects.

This split album, is it kind of a natural progression or an evolution of this collaboration?

Tom: I think so.

Doomstress: We’ve always had a good connection between all of us and this just helped deepen it.

Joe: It’s almost like an art collective, in a way, because we all do so many things.

Erin: Absolutely!

Joe: Everybody has these talents and we just call on whatever that person does and if somebody has the time and someone else needs a thing -- "Hey, Tom, we're gonna record?" "Yes" "Hey, Joe, we need a video?" "Yes." "Hey, Erin, can you do a shirt?" "Yes." -- if we can do it, we do it.

Erin: The Alexis and Doomstress network is pretty kick ass, as far as the people they’ve gotten to work with and go and tour with them.

Joe: Yeah, they have people down in Houston who they bring on tour. They have a couple different drummers and another guitarist, who kicks ass.

Doomstress: Right, Matt [Taylor] does a lot of leads for us now since, when was that Brandon?

Brandon: The April tour.

Doomstress: Our April tour when we toured with Disenchanter we started giving him some more lead duties and now we’re going in to the studio this Friday, in Dallas with Kent from Wo Fat, to do guitar solos and vocals for the full-length, so Matt will be coming with us to get him on the record with a couple of solos.

Joe: Matt’s in the family now! But we can’t understate the importance of Kent Stump from Wo Fat at this point, either, because he’s been mastering all of this stuff. He mastered the Doomstress songs, he mastered the Sparrowmilk songs on the split, and he mastered [Sparrowmilk’s] album.

Articles of Separation by Sparrowmilk

Which just came out recently.

Joe: Yeah, the Sparrowmilk album came out in March, but Kent has mastered all of the Doomstress stuff. So that’s Kent Stump’s role in this entire whole thing, and obviously Wo Fat is an amazing band. I’m not sure if he owns it or is part of it, but it’s Crystal Clear Sound in Dallas, Alexis?

Doomstress: Yes, he and Michael, his drummer from Wo Fat, they own and run it.

Joe: It’s a full service studio, a beautiful place.

Brandon: It’s actually the oldest recording studio in Dallas.

Doomstress: When Mothership was mixing their first album, I sat in for a little of that at the studio. I happened to be there, that was really cool. So I’m really looking forward to doing some recording with him now and then, with any luck, we might be able to get him to throw a little something down on one of the songs for us.

That would be rad. So I’m wondering if there is any more co-planning going forward? Do you guys have any projects that you’re thinking about doing together?

Doomstress: Hopefully we’ll get to play together again. We did that this past May, we played Louisville together. I think it was a Metal Mondays night.

Erin: Yeah, we were us going to go down and see the show.

Doomstress: So they came on down, and we were just like, "Hey, use our cabinets and our drums, just bring y’all's essentials." That was pretty awesome. It was like a little mini-reunion.

Tom: Yeah, I had just mentioned to Joe and Erin that I was going to go down there and then I mentioned it to Lexi, and she said let’s have a party. So she checked with the club and got it sorted, because we were going to do some gear sharing, and then it was just a road trip.

Erin: And like you said, we just had a party.

Well, thanks guys. Anyone have anything else to add?

Doomstress: We just released our CD on No Slip Records. It was really cool to work with another Robert -- Robert Pilson over there at NoSlip Records, out of Georgia. We got to meet him in October when we toured through Atlanta. Speaking of touring, we’ll have a tour announcement coming up in February. Mostly southern states, but we will be playing Descendants of Crom 2 up in Pittsburgh in September, and that will put us up in the Cleveland area, so we’ll be working out tour plans for that pretty soon.

That sounds great! Well thanks for your time.

Doomstress: Thanks for having us, man, good talking to you!

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Dallas Dhu 1979 Murray McDavid

Review by: Raygun Another closed distillery up. Dallas Dhu shut down in 1983 and  now houses a distilling museum. This is also noteworthy for being a Murray McDavid release which doesn’t have a bizarre finish. I guess the pioneers of ACE’ing at one time played things straight. Reviewed from a sample. Rested about 10 minutes. Distillery: Dallas Dhu Bottler: Murray McDavid Region/style:…

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Dallas Dhu 1975-2013 Gordon & MacPhail.

I would withhold detailed comment as I enjoyed conversation. Slightly leaf mod and soft malty, faintly peach.

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What are the odds?

With all the recent flurry around doomed distilleries reopening, I thought it would be a fun exercise to rate the likelihood of various “lost” distilleries recommencing production. This is, of course, the purest speculation--I have no insider insight into the industry, only some fairly basic understanding about the condition of the closed distilleries. But of course anyone who thinks a revival is completely impossible need only look at the two day span from Oct. 9-10 2017 when we learned in short order that Brora, Port Ellen and Rosebank were all coming back from the dead--facts that no one save the utmost industry insiders could have seen coming.

Without further ado, here’s an alphabetical list of closed facilities with my thoughts on how likely/unlikely a revival is. Note that I’m including only facilities closed within living memory, with a single exception (discussed below):

Banff

Will it reopen?��Not a chance.

Why? The distillery was not only closed, and demolished, the last remaining warehouse burned to the ground. I suppose they could build a new distillery on the site and call it Banff, but any link to the original facility is gone, baby, gone.

Ben Wyvis

Will it reopen? It’s complicated. The distillery closed in 1976, and was demolished in short order. However, the stills were removed and now power the Glengyle distillery in Campbeltown, which produces a single malt whisky called Kilkerran. Meanwhile, closer to the original location of Ben Wyvis, a brand new distillery called GlenWyvis is set to commence distillation this November. Are you confused yet? I know I am!

Why? Jesus, did you not read what I just wrote above?

Brora

Will it reopen? Hells yes it will!

Why? Well, the buildings and distilling equipment are all in place and have been sitting idle next to its younger sibling, Clynelish, since it closed in the first place, so relatively speaking, the obstacles to reopening it have always been pretty low. Plus, Diageo just announced that it would be back in production circa 2020, so unless there is a sudden and massive downturn in the industry, a Trump-induced apocalypse, or the town council in Brora feels really stingy with permits, we will have our Brora back.

Caperdonich

Will it reopen? Uh, no.

Why? ‘Twas sold and demolished, and its stills were spread to the wind.

Coleburn

Will it reopen? I’m putting the odds on “yes”.

Why? The buildings are still there, and to my knowledge, the same goes for the distilling equipment. It is currently in the hands of a smaller firm in the whisky business (the parent company of independent bottler Murray McDavid) that might just want to have its own distillery. They’ve also made some noises about maybe firing up the stills again. So I’m gonna say it’s a matter of time on this one, despite the so-so reputation of the spirit.

Convalmore

Will it reopen? 50/50, although that may be wishful thinking.

Why? The distilling equipment is gone, but the buildings are still there. Although the whisky was almost unheard of in its lifetime, recent (very old) bottlings have won plaudits, massively raising its profile as a sought-after connoisseur’s whisky. The complicating factor is its somewhat messy status. William Grant and Sons owns the old buildings while Diageo owns the brand, and has the right to issue bottlings. Something would have to give in that equation: then again, a similar situation just resolved with Rosebank...

Dallas Dhu

Will it reopen? Maybe a little less than 50/50, although this may be more wishful thinking.

Why? It never really went away, since it was converted into a museum, but to my understanding, it is a museum that preserves all the old distilling equipment. Why not start it up again? The again, perhaps the folks at Historic Scotland are fond of their museum.

Glen Albyn

Will it reopen? Hell no.

Why? Uh, it’s like, totally a parking lot in Van Nuys now. But seriously, I suppose at some point it’s inevitable that distilling will return to Inverness (right? right?), but when it does, it will be a new thing, even if they call it Glen Albyn, or Glen Mhor, or Millburn.

Glen Flagler

Will it reopen? Not a chance.

Why? Well, it wasn’t exactly a distillery in its own right to begin with, it was a malt whisky produced within the friendly confines of the Moffat distilling complex, which was mainly concerned with grain. Plus, it took its name (albeit indirectly) from an American industrialist, not a pristine Highland glen. Moffat is long gone, and until I hear of someone marketing some fine Glen Minot or Ben Vanderbilt whisky, I will maintain that the trend for naming whiskies after American industrialists is out of fashion.

Glen Mhor

Will it reopen? No. Nope. Uh uh.

Why?See Glen Albyn, pretty much verbatim.

Glenesk/Hillside

Will it reopen? Almost certainly not.

Why? It was demolished, had precious little history or brand continuity (no one could even decide whether to call it “Hillside” or “Glenesk”), and wasn’t particularly beloved.

Glenlochy

Will it reopen? Probably not.

Why? The original site has been mostly relieved of its original buildings and redeveloped in other ways. I can, however, conceive of an enterprising soul deciding that the West Highlands need moar distilleries, building a new plant in Fort William, and calling it Glenlochy, for history’s sake.

Glenugie

Will it reopen? Nope.

Why? The site was sold to completely unrelated interests, and as far as I know, all the distilling equipment is long since gone.

Glenury Royal

Will it reopen? Nah.

Why? Probably has the best reputation of any of the “definitely not coming backs”, so in some sense, you might expect it to be refurbished, but since the original site has been demolished and repurposed, that doesn’t seem likely at all.

Imperial

Will it reopen? Spoiler alert! Soylent Green is people! No, wait. Darth Vader is Luke’s father! No, no, no. Dalmunach is Imperial!

Why? The tricksie hobbitses at Pernod-Ricard demolished the Imperial distillery and built a new distillery on the same site called Dalmunach. It is currently, quietly producing malt whisky.

Inverleven

Will it reopen? Negatory, Ghost Rider.

Why? Another one of those weird Lowland malt distilleries that operated as part of a larger grain distillery, in this case Dumbarton. Inverleven’s stills were removed and sent elsewhere before Dumbarton itself was decommissioned and demolished to make way for housing.

Killyloch

Will it reopen? No.

Why? Are we starting to sense a theme? Killyloch, like Glen Flagler, was part of the Moffat grain complex. It met the same fate as Glen Flagler and the site itself, and given the total obscurity of the whisky and the rather unromantic, industrial nature of the site, not to mention its total demolition, it is highly unlikely to see a revival.

Kinclaith

Will it reopen? Probably not.

Why? Part of the Strathclyde grain plant in Glasgow, the stills are long gone, although Strathclyde continues to produce grain whisky. Glasgow is also already getting one or two new, dedicated malt distilleries, so don’t expect to see this industrial relic rise from the ashes anytime soon. Still, since the facility it was a part of is still going strong, I suppose it is slightly more likely to come back from the dead than its peers at the defunct Moffat.

Ladyburn

Will it reopen? Lol, no.

Why? Can anyone make a wild guess about the nature of this distillery? Why yes, yes it was a Lowland malt distillery that was part of a larger grain plant. How did you know? In this case, that plant was Wm. Grant & Sons’ Girvan distillery. Girvan is still there, but the equipment used to run Ladyburn is long gone. The rare few who have actually tasted the extremely rare and expensive whisky have said that it is pretty dreadful, even at great age. Furthermore, there is a new malt distillery onsite now—Ailsa Bay—that by all accounts produces a very good whisky. I guess they could bottle some Ailsa Bay as Ladyburn, if they really want to get sentimental?

Linlithgow/St. Magdalene

Will it reopen? Unlikely.

Why? The distilling equipment was removed, and most of the buildings were converted to apartments, so any direct revival is a lost cause, but as with any number of others, I suppose one could build a completely new distillery close to the old site and call it St. Magdalene. But one probably wouldn’t.

Littlemill

Will it reopen? No.

Why? The stills were removed, the remaining buildings burned down, and no one ever really loved it, anyway.

Lochside

Will it reopen? No.

Why? The site was completely demolished.

Millburn

Will it reopen? Probably not.

Why? The site is now a restaurant, although I don’t know the status of the distilling equipment. Given that single malt is still soaring as a category, I’d be surprised if Inverness doesn’t get its own distillery at some point, but what form that will take and whether it will take the name of one of the town’s “heritage” distilleries, I don’t know.

North Port/Brechin

Will it reopen? No, no, no.

Why? An unloved whisky whose distillery has long since been bulldozed.

Parkmore

Will it reopen? It just might.

Why? This is actually really bizarre, since the distillery has been closed since around 1930, far longer than any other distillery on this list. Still, the old buildings are standing, and by all accounts, they are in excellent condition. It would take some investment and probably would need mostly new distilling equipment installed, but bringing this one back is not completely out of the question, and it would probably generate some excitement just on account of how long it has been lost.

Pittyvaich

Will it reopen? No.

Why? No one ever loved poor Pittyvaich, and it had only a very brief life to begin with (1975-1993), making it an unlikely candidate from a heritage perspective. Also, the buildings have now been demolished. So no.

Port Ellen

Will it reopen? That’s what they’re telling me!

Why? Diageo just shared the good word earlier this week. It will be a bit of a job, since the distilling equipment was removed, but the buildings are still there. Unless there is a nasty hitch with licensing or a sudden and terrible downturn in the industry, Port Ellen will be producing again sometime around 2020.

Rosebank

Will it reopen? Yup.

Why? Cuz they said so!

That’s 28 closed malt distilleries on this list. Three are definitely reopening, according to their respective owners. Another three—Ben Wyvis, Imperial, and Ladyburn—kinda sorta already live on-ish, in a manner of speaking. I would place a modest wager on Coleburn coming back online. Finally, there are another three—Convalmore, Dallas Dhu, and Parkmore—that I would give some modest chance of coming back, even if none of those are especially likely (I would say Parkmore is the most likely, closely followed by Convalmore, with Dallas Dhu a ways down there). That leaves another 18 that probably forever lost. So the final tally?

Almost certainly coming back: 3/28

Kind of still alive, in a zombie-ish sort of way: 3/28

Good chance of coming back: 1/28

Might come back: 3/28

Rest in peace forevermore: 18/28

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Rare Whiskey Collection Expected to Fetch $10 Million at Auction

For more than two decades, Richard Gooding traveled the world in search of his favorite whiskeys. Next year, the more than 3,900 bottles he collected will be sold in two auctions, including rare offerings from storied distilleries such as Macallan, Bowmore and Stromness.Whisky Auctioneer, an online auctioneer based in Scotland, announced the sale on Monday and expects the collection to fetch more than $10 million.Mr. Gooding, a Colorado businessman, was a frequent traveler to Ireland and Scotland, where he attended auctions and purchased whiskeys directly from distilleries, according to a video about the collection.As well as buying rare vintages, he bought one-of-a-kind whiskeys for tasting with friends. Mr. Gooding, who died in 2014, was the scion of a distribution and bottling empire; his grandfather started the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Denver in 1936. The younger Gooding inherited the company from his father and took over as owner and chief executive from 1979 to 1988, according to his obituary. In 1988, he sold the company to PepsiCo and spent his remaining decades as a philanthropist and whiskey collector.His collection includes rare offerings, such as a 60-year-old Macallan Valerio Adami 1926. Only 12 bottles of the single malt Scotch were bottled with a label created by the pop artist Valerio Adami. Last year, a bottle from the Scottish distillery sold for $1.1 million at auction.Mr. Gooding’s collection also includes a bottle of Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare. One was sold in October for $1.9 million at a Sotheby’s auction in London, a record price, Spirits Business website reported.“Macallan, as a distillery, is the most collectible,” said Jeffery Lindenmuth, the editor of Whisky Advocate, a consumer magazine that focuses on industry news and tastings. “They consistently break records at auction.”Mr. Gooding had eclectic taste, and was interested in aviation, boat design, architecture, food, travel and fashion, the obituary said. He was enamored of custom suits, which he wore with ties from Leonard, a Parisian clothing designer known for its brightly colored prints. But mostly, he loved whiskey.Until recently, the collection was housed in Mr. Gooding’s “pub,” a room in his home designed to showcase each bottle.“His mission was to collect a bottle that represented every single distillery,” his wife, Nancy Gooding, said in a statement. “He loved every aspect of it, from researching the many single malt distilleries to visiting them and tasting their whiskies.”Among the bottles to be sold in two separate auctions in February and April are some from Scottish distilleries that are no longer operating, including the Stromness Distillery, which closed in the 1920s, and Dallas Dhu, which closed in 1983 and now houses a museum. Mr. Gooding also collected whiskeys from the United States, Ireland and Japan.Collectors have been driving up prices in recent years, particularly for whiskeys made in Scotland and Japan. Mr. Lindenmuth said rare American whiskeys at auction often sell only for thousands of dollars, while those from Scotland and Japan can fetch $1 million or more. “Nothing seems to rival them,” he said.Mr. Lindenmuth said the most high-priced bottles at the auctions are unlikely to be bought for drinking. “These will end up in the hands of another collector,” he said. “People buy them for speculation, bragging rights or they are trying to complete a collection.”Of note is that the collection is being sold by an online upstart instead of Sotheby’s, a dominant player in the whiskey auction business.In whiskey auctions, buyers pay a premium based on the selling price of the item. At Sotheby’s, for example, buyers pay a premium of 21 percent, Lindenmuth said. The premium at Whisky Auctioneer, by contrast, is 10 percent. “It’s a shrewd move on the part of the seller,” he said. Source link Read the full article

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Dallas Dhu distillery, bis 1983 in Betrieb, jetzt reines Museum. Man kann alles bis ins Detail ansehen.