Summer has arrived, so high time to try some Lowlanders. I have put aside no less than 9 Auchentoshan bottlings for this occasion. I will start with a very young – only 5 years old – one from Carn Mor…

Seven Wood? Seriously? Yup. Bourbon casks and the following French wine casks: Tronçais, Allier, Jupilles, Les Bertranges, Vosges and Limousin. Oh, boy, I hope this turns out ok…Well, this nose is cer…

The new 18 Year Old from Jura matured on ex bourbon casks and was ‘enriched’ (at least according to the label) with red wine casks. That makes if quite different from the previous Jura 18, which was…

This Isle of Jura 12 Year Old is supposed to make us forget about the 10. I wonder why the 10 was then repackaged as well, but that’s just me. Anyway, this one matured in bourbon barrels and was finished…

Isle of Jura has revamped their core range, which now consists of: Journey, 10, 12 and 18 Year Old and the Seven Wood. This 10 Year Old already existed, of course. The composition remained the same:…

When Jan Vissers selects a cask, you can buy blind. As soon as Jan announced that he had bottled a first fill sherry hogshead of Glenlivet 2007 from the stables of Signatory – at a whopping 67.0% ABV no…

King George V reigned about a century ago – from 1910 until 1936. Two years before his death (he did of bronchitis) he offered a Royal Warrent to John Walker & Sons. It took until 2007 (!) before this…

Johnnie Walker Blue Label is the epitome of luxury (in the affordable range at least). It is very popular as a gift, hence the endless stream of special editions. Luckily it is also very good. But in…

You can hardly find the Johnnie Walker Premier in my neck of the woods. It was initially launched for the Asian market – in 1995, to commemorate 175 years of blending art. Johnnie Walker’s goal was –…

The Johnnie Walker Swing Superior is the ‘big brother’ of the Swing. The difference is that this one contains more Islay whisky and is bottled at a slightly higher strength. Bar a mistake on my part,…