This 22 years old BenRiach appeared in the so-called Wood Finish Series. It has brothers on PX, Madeira, Claret, Burgundy, Rioja, Moscatel, Gaja Barolo, Sauternes and Tawny Port, but I wish to try the…

This new 21 years old release from BenRiach was one of the first achievements of Master Blender Rachel Barrie, when she joined the company after leaving Morrison-Bowmore. For the compostion, she used no…

This 24 years old Teeling is part of the oldest stocks that the Teeling brothers were able to ‘liberate’ from the old Cooley stocks. The whisky first matured in former bourbon casks and then got a finish…

I confess, I tried this one before, a little over two years ago. At a Teeling tasting in my neck of the woods. I remember it vividly as I posted a photos of this bottle on social media, while it was some…

Knowing that Teeling only came on steam in 2015, this Revival must be from older Cooley stocks. A 12 years old Irish whiskey that matured on former cognac and brandy casks? Sound promising.Well, now,…

Teeling is slowly but surely building an ironclad reputation. A lot of credit goes to the so-called ‘family stocks’ from Cooley that remained behind when Beam-Suntory took over the distillery in 2011.…

Writers’ Tears is, as it clearly says on the label, ‘distilled, matured and bottled in bond for Walsh Whiskey Distillery Ltd’. That means this is sourced whiskey (produced near Cork, that’s all I’m…

The Belgian bottler Brachadair, run by the soft-spoken Patrick Vanderlinden, has two new bottlings out. A Caol Ila and an Irish. The last one drew my attention with its lovely name ‘Éirinn go Brách’,…

This is already the fifth edition in Jan Vissers’ so-called Italian Car Series. Yes, Jan has a soft spot for Italian race cars. The label sports a so-called ‘Sharknose’, a Ferrari 156 that Belgian racer…

Teerenpeli is a family company, founded in 2002, in the heart of Lathi, Finland. The original distillery was built in the basement of the famous Taivaanranta restaurant, but in 2015 they moved to a much…