I was looking forward to tasting this Carsebridge for four reasons. First: this grain distillery from the Lowlands is no more (it was closed in 1983 and demolished in the 1990s); second: it is the very…

Talisker remains very popular. And while this one is fairly young with its 8 years on first fill bourbon hogsheads (and not cheap with a price tag of 85 EUR), I’m sure it will fly off the shelves. But…

Cladach is this year’s ‘secret bottle’, like Collectivum XXVIII was last year’s. In other words, this was revealed late in the game. Cladach means as much as ‘coastline’ and is a blended malt, composed…

Inchgower is something of an unknown, a workhorse for Diageo’s blends. You will not come across it as a single malt very often. It even makes its debut in this year’s Special Releases and what an entr…

Pittyvaich was built in 1974 to make malt for the popular Bell’s blend. The distillery was short-lived, however, closing in 1993 after just 19 years of operation. That’s less than the time this malt…

Someone whispered into my ear that the Oban 21 ‘does not deliver’. That’s a pity. But allow me to try it for myself. Lo and behold: it is a sniper. It starts somewhat closed, almost sneaky, but given…

The Diageo Special Releases is a yearly party for whiskylovers in which Diageo launches some gems – albeit with a hefty pricetag – often malts that we rarely get to tasted and often – but not always –…

This Irish single malt whisky is a so-called joing bottling from two Belgian players: Liquid Art & Beacon Spirits (for the latter, it is not their first as they launched the Irish XO last year). The…

The boys and girls of Flander’s Finest Cask Selection chose this vatting from the stables of Signatory. It is an ‘Unnamed Orkney’ which of course is double speak for Highland Park. So without further ado…

‘For our Viking Ancestors, the raven was a powerful symbol of victory in battle, success on a voyage and loyalty to the God, Odin’. Hello? This next NAS-expression to be concocted in the Highland Park…