In the new – so-called Island Series – range from Loch Lomond you will also find this 18 Year Old. And as I had read quite a few good things of Loch Lomond (some single cask releases were very good, it…

Loch Lomond is a factory. There is nothing romantic about this distillery. But since a few years it has new owner who are doing everything in their power to help Loch Lomond shed its questionable repu…

Whiskypedia is a fun whiskyclub in Belgium, founded in 2012. On Saturday 29th September 2018 they organise – for the second time – a whisky festival at which they will present their newest club bottling…

A 33 years old Teaninch? Here’s something you don’t see every day. The lion’s share of production goes into Johnnie Walker (mostly Red Label) and thus this malt can hardly be found as a single malt,…

While this Highland distillery celebrated its 200th anniversary last year, and opened a whole new stillhouse this year, Teaninich is still largely unknown. This has everything to do that this is one of…

Do you remember the Vega 23 Year Old 1993? I thought that was great, but now a second Vega was released in which all components – all of them Speyside malts – have matured for 40 years! They were all…

North Star Spirits, who have only been active since 2016, are quickly building up an ironclad reputation. Next to quite a few fantastic single casks bottlings (already 5 series so far) of both single…

The newest expression from the Indian John Distilleries is the Paul John Kanya, a 7 year old malt of which only 1500 bottles were released. Kanya is the Indian version of Virgo from the Zodiac. It is…

It’s a public secret that I have a weak spot for new make. Timon – former employee of The Nectar, Belgian importer of Paul John – made me very happy when he offered me a sample of new make from the John…

As the name suggest, this Indian malt was finished on port casks, albeit after an initial maturation on both refill bourbon casks and new American oak. In fact, after the finish on port pipes, it was…