Feis Ile bottlings are no longer the exclusivity of Islay producers. Quite a few bottlers jump on the bandwagon with great eagerness. This Bowmore from 1999 was released for Feis Ile 2016 in Douglas…

Max Righi – whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few times – is de man behind the Italian bottler Silver Seal. He is considered to be the successor of Sesante. Those are big shoes to fill! But he does…

Commitment to Malt is a Dutch whisky society founded by three franchise holders of Gall & Gall – a well-known Dutch chain of liquor stores. They have around 800 members, so it does not come as a surprise…

Ah… Feis Ile, the Music & Malt Festival on Islay… a dream for collectors, for every distillery obviously has a special bottling for this occasion. In 2018 Bowmore launched this 15 years old malt on first…

WhiskyClub.co from Taiwan has, in collaboration with the Kuva Spirits Collection, bottled a cask of Glenrothes 1997. No less than 300 bottles from this first fill sherry but were bottled, but… in three…

In September 2018 Glenrothes announced she would be replacing the Vintage releases with a brand new series with age statements, listening to the name Soleo Collection. This was the first, and influencial…

Stairway to Orkney? Whoever thought that up, should get a medal. After all, this is a club bottling for McShefie, who have a staircase in their logo. Well done! And make no mistake, it’s a unique whisky…

In 2018 Signatory Vintage celebrated their 30th anniversary and bottled some exquisite single casks – presented in a fantastic chest with glasses and certificate – of which I was able to try quite a few…

There is not all that much info to be found about this Highland Park that was bottled for some Belgian dudes (Eric Vermeire, Jan Vissers, Geert De Clercq and Erik Vervoort). Someone whispered into my ear…

A little over a year ago I tried the Highland Park 17 Year Old The Dark, which had matured on sherry casks and was supposed to represent autumn. I felt it tasted great, but was too expensive. More than…