Amrut created this Rye with European rye and left the spirit to mature for 5 years on American oak. Only 1000 bottles at 50% were released.The nose is candy-like sweet with lots of tropical fruit. Think…

Kavalan, from Taiwan, has quite a few lovely single casks bottlings in their Solist range. This is one of those: the Solis Vinho Barrique – a wine cask. I quite like the bourbon and sherry versions, but…

For the third release in our Antarctica Series, photographer Ilse Everaert allowed us to use a magnificent photo of Paradise Bay. But with these hot temperatures, we also wanted to offer something of a…

Gruvguld is Swedish for ‘gold from the mine’, which is of course a reference to the Bodas mine in which Mackmyra matures here whisky – at a depth of 50 meters, by the way. It is a marriage of 3 types of…

Cloudberries are Sweden’s most sought after berries to make wine. This Moment release from Mackmyra – that was named Fjällmark – matured on those casks and then got a finish on sherry casks, both oloroso…

The Master Blender of Mackmyra, Angela D’Orazio, regularly discovers single casks in her Bodas Mine (where they matured in a constant temperature) that jump out to her. Being so exceptional, she does not…

I tried the Mackmyra Svensk Rök some two years ago. It simply means Swedish Smoke. Now the Swedish distiller offers a variant on this malt: Amerikansk Ek, meaning American Oak. The difference is thus the…

When this bottle appeared in May 2017, the price tag read 10.000 yen. That’s about 80 EUR. Today, you’ll need to cough up at least double, which is a shame. Thanks to some good friends I was able to add…

Every year – since 2014 –Yamazaki releases its so-called Limited Edition. At the time of release they cost about 100 EUR – which seems a fair price indeed – but they soon sell out and then reach more…

Ichiro Akuto founded the Chichibu Distillery as recently as 2008, but his family has been involved in distilling sprits since the 17th Century. In 1941 his grandfather was the founder of the now closed…