The Valkyrie is the first release in the new series 'Viking Legends' from Highland Park (2018 will see the release of the Valknut - 2019 will see the release of the Valhalla). Jim Lyngvild, an expert in…

My soft spot for new make is a public secret by now. I get a bit giddy like a kid when I get hold of a sample of new make, especially if it is a new make that is not commercially available. But some…

Just like the Glenlivet Alpha, the Glenliver Cipher is something of a mystery. It was launched in 2016 without any information about cask type or age (although I have heard 16 years mentioned left and…

This official bottling of Glenlivet – sorry, I mean The Glenlivet – was released in 2015 in their so-called Single Cask Edition. I tried it at a festival – I forget which one – but did bring home a…

This first fill sherry hogshead of Glenlivet was bottled by Signatory for The Nectar from Belgium and has a wonderfully bronze color. For me, this was one of the highlights of the Spirits in the Sky…

The third and final distillery exclusive in the Gouden Carolus' Pure Taste range, sold only in the visitor center of the Molenberg distillery, is again one of 36 months old. There are 3 different rele…

The Gouden Carolus Pure Taste is a range of young single malts only available at the distillery De Molenberg in Belgium. There are 3 different releases in bottles of 200ml, all three matured matured on…

I am as chauvinistic as any other Belgian, but so far I have never been really impressed with the Belgian whisky Gouden Carolus. Maybe that might change with this Pure Taste range, that is exclusively…

My buddy Marcel from Holland sent me a box with some new make samples. One of those was the commercially available Vit Hun – meaning white dog – of the Swedish Mackmyra. Perhaps they took their inspir…

Let’s remain in Sweden some more and try a malt from Spirit of Hven. The distillery can be found on the island Hven in the strait between Sweden and Denmark. None other than astronomer Tycho Brahe lived…