I have been interested by Westland for a long time, the work ethic of their head distiller is quite interesting, he comes from a brewing background and seems to be a bit of nerd when it comes to the…

The blab is going to be strong with this one, feel free to skip ahead. Benriach, much like other blend fodder distilleries has a turbulent history. Opened in 1898, it was shut a few years after in the…

Hillrock Estates is a small farm distillery, in Hudson Valley NY. Their first products were released back in 2012 which in the current whisky climate seems like an eternity. Initially composed solely…

I received a number of mystery samples during a swap with a friend, this was one of them, the first half of the sample was tasted blind without any prior knowledge of what type of whisky I was having,…

Loch Gorm is the heavily sherried expression of Kilchoman's stable, I really enjoyed both the 2016 & 2017 versions but did not have a chance to try 2018 but the reviews on tha one were mixed.The 2019…

I think it would be a fair to say that Kilchoman is the current darling of Islay, it's rather impressive if you consider they've only been in operation for 15 years. The Jim Swan production techniques…

Toiteach A Dha, is a remix version of one of the first regular peated expressions Bunnahabhain released a few years back. It is said to contain a higher proportion of sherry casks than the original but…

Distell has learned to capitalize on what made Bunnahabhain a sought after whisky by brokers and independent bottlers and has raise the profile of this long time underdog. The twelve year old is one that…

No longer the new kid on the block, Arran distillery has grown and taken it's place among the ranks of long established operations. While they've had an NAS cask finished range since day one, their core…

While Middleton’s modus operandi seems to bank on the historical names of Jameson & Power’s I would say that it’s had the most success with the brands It acquired from wine & spirit merchants. Both…