The John Walker is a blend in the category ‘super deluxe’. For the meagre sum (sarcasm, anyone?) of 2.600 EUR you will get a unique blend in a Baccarat crystal decanter with a 24 carat guilded neck in…

There are different batches of this ‘royal’ blend from Johnnie Walker, but I was lucky enough to get my hands on a sample from the very first release. This blend is a tribute to the Royal Warrant that…

Admit it, Glenury Royal sounds a lot less impressive than Brora or Port Ellen, but that did not stop Jim Beveridge to create a third expression in the so-called Ghost & Rare series. The Highlander Gle…

The second new Game of Thrones release, launched next to A song of Ice, is this A Song of Fire with the House Targaryen dragon on the label. It has a slightly higher ABV and the heart consists of Caol…

Diageo clearly is not yet finished with Game of Thrones. After the immense success of the single malt series – which will soon be joined by a new Mortlach 15 Year Old ‘The Six Kingdoms’ – two new Johnnie…

Look now, an old bottling of Glenglassaugh. Does not look like much, but then way back then it was more about the liquid than the package, contrary to today. By now the whisky sat in the bottle twice as…

Earlier this year independent bottler Cooper’s Choice launched a single cask Glenglassaugh with no age statement, but with the resounding name ‘Port Bomb’. I guess it’s fair to assume that the influence…

A hand-filled bottle that you can only get at the distillery? That’s a lovely souvenir to take away from a distillery visit. That’s what my buddy Anthony thought when he went to Glenglassaugh last year…

The construction of the hypermodern Lagg Distillery started in 2017. She opened her doors to the public in July 2019. Production is led by the new manager Graham Omand, assisted by James McTaggart – who…

At the end of 2018 the long awaited first release from the Kingsbarns Distillery arrived. Dream to Dram, well done. And obviously we need to approach this single malt in context: young, first release,…