Smokey ("rok" or peat) and rich. Just 3 years old, and of course, hardly the maturest of guests, yet, but tremendous promise for what lies ahead with a few more years of barrel age.

This is an intruiging dram - carefully manufactured and nurtured on the island idyll that is Hven (itself perched between Denmark and Sweden). Hven in Spring, Summer and Autumn is wonderful, as is the…

Superb. Complex. Alcohol noticeable on the unreduced nose. Figs, toffee, caramel, honey and Madeira wine. Oily and complex. 18 yo not sure but Bourbon style finish.

West coast Swedes are more Danish than Swedish - louder, more opinionated, and friendlier. You need to take the ferry from Landskrona the 30 minutes to the fantastic, relaxing, tranquill and beautiful…

Light in colour. Unlike Mackmyra Brukswhisky (see my review) this is a much more complex beast. It has sweetness and some lovely organic acetone notes (not phenolic peat) as well. Its a very smooth and…

So, whisky of the year 2012. A bold claim and statement. First of all, available for £50 only in Glasgow - a steal (well, it is Glasgow after all). The whisky is certainly excellent. It is rich and very…

Light, floral, fruity, delicate, aetherial, fey. These are all words one could and might use to describe this one. And we don't often describe Swedes that way, do we! And not remotely what I was expec…

I think this is perhaps as close to whisky perfection as anything I have ever drunk, over two decades. Of course, the young(er) fiery peaty smoky Islay charmer is there, but, with a supple yet signifi…

Well, where to start with this "oddity" ? Heathrow Terminal 5 to be precise, where I sit now, in First Class splendour, the sumptuousness of the surroundings blending with the opulence of the whisky. Its…

Oh yes indeed. Ardbeg is of course a must for all of us phenolophiles / peatmaniacs. Oh how I would like to go to Islay and pay homage (and money) to sample from the springs of eternal amnesia...but I…