I must confess, until recently I had never heard of this Belgian bottler. But CaskAid is an npo that selects nice single casks, bottles them and then donates the proceeds to charity. What’s not to like…

Port Askaig, from the British Specialty Drinks, is often Caol Ila in disguise (but not always!), like this 13 year old single vintage that was selected by Belgian bottler and importer The Nectar.While…

When David Stirk releases a bottle, I always very keen. That chap knows what he is doing, if you ask me. Gems, all of them. His Exclusive Malts are always single casks at cask strength. This Caol Ila…

Every self-respecting whisky festival has its own festival bottling. For the 15th edition of the International Whiskyfestival in Ghent a first fill bourbon barrel was selected from the warehouses of the…

This 22 year old peated malt from Connemara appeared in 2014. It matured 100% on first fill bourbon casks. Just under 4000 bottles were released at 46%. It is only the 12th Connemara that I try, but…

While the West Cork Distillery was already founded in 2003 and already has quite a few releases in its name, I had not yet heard from them. This was a sample that came in the mail. This Black Cask is a…

Power’s is an Irish Single Pot Still. This means that the mashbill consists of both malted and unmalted barley. This release is in honor of the John’s Lane Distillery that was operational in Thomas…

It had been four years already since I had last tried the Yellow Spot. This Irish whiskey matured on bourbon casks, sherry butts and even Malaga casks for at least 12 years. Malaga is a sweet Spanish…

This new distillery, founded in 2011, can be found in Wicklow. That’s some 25 kilometers sourth of Dublin. I will try their 13 Year Old, selected for the fact that this is an unlucky number. I guess they…

Five friends from Wicklow and Dublin founded the Glendalough Distillery in 2011. They already produce 4 gins and three Poitin (unaged spirit), but have also released three single malts so far: Glendal…