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Review of the Bunnahabhain Turas Math #1, an Islay single malt whisky matured in Manzanilla and Amarone casks. It is part of ...
Review of Tenjaku Pure Malt, a Japanese whisky with a vague provenance. A very light product, not very authentic and quite hard to recommend.
Review of four single malts from Thy distillery: beechwood smoked, caramel malt, bog bourbon and PX limited edition. Whisky ...
Review of the Tormore Blueprint Cask series: three 10 year old single malts from the Tormore distillery. Bourbon barrel, ...
Review of three Calvados bottlings from Malternative: a 19 year old, a 1987 and 1964 vintage, all from Christian Drouin.
Review of three Glendronach single malt whiskies: Ode to the Valley, Ode to the Embers and Ode to the Dark. Glendronach whisky matured in sherry casks.
In October I revisited the GlenDronach 15 Year Old, which turned out a really nice surprise. I thought it would be a good idea to try its older brother again as well (my favourite back in 2009): ...
Here are the Diageo Special Releases 2021. This year they’ve chosen the theme Legends Untold, a kind of enchanted world / fantasy theme: the labels include elves, wolves, magical trees, a white horse, ...
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare – Glenury Royal (43,8%, OB 2019) Nose: a sense of old age again, a bit dusty in a good way. Some vague fruits (tinned pineapple, peach, dried pear), biscuits and ...
This is the new Port Askaig 25 Year Old for North America. Composed from a small batch of casks from an undisclosed Islay distillery, it is different from the batch (es) we had in Europe until now.