Port Charlotte Scottish Barley is made from 100% Scottish-grown barley that has been peated to a level of 40ppm. For the maturation ex-bourbon casks were used almost exclusively, with a smaller part…

‘The Chita’ single grain whisky is produced by Beam Suntory at their Chita grain distillery in Aichi prefecture and was released in Japan on 1 September 2015. It is a vatting that consists of at least…

Bowmore Small Batch was initially launched in 2012 under the name “Small Batch Reserve” but was renamed “Small Batch” one year later. It is entirely matured in first-fill and second-fill ex-bourbon casks…

Laphroaig distillery (the name means "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay") was established in 1815, by Alex and Donald Johnston. It was sold to Long John International in the 1960ies and subsequently…

Between 1998 and 2004, Diageo released four different Rosebank bottlings in their 'Rare Malts' range. This review refers to the third release from 2002, bottle no. 5,637 of a 20-year old version. Sadly…

Darach Ùr means ‘fresh oak’ in Gaelic and was launched in 2008 as an exclusive travel retail expression. It was matured in new American oak casks from a family-run cooperage in Bardstown/Kentucky.The…

In 2014, Ichiro Akuto released the final bottlings of the Hanyu Card series, both called Joker: one with a colour label, the other with a monochrome one. This review refers to the ‘Colour’ version, a…

This particular Bowmore expression was distilled in 1989, matured exclusively in port casks and released in 2013 as a 23-year old. It was launched as a limited edition of 12,000 bottles but is still…

This is the new no age-statement single malt released by Nikka on 1 September 2015 as a result of the radical restructuring of their whisky portfolio due to drastically depleted stocks. This bottling has…

Lochside distillery was located north of Montrose in the Eastern Highlands and began its life as a beer brewery. In 1957 it was rebuilt into a malt and grain whisky distillery by Macnab Distilleries (the…