It is fair to say that the Dàlvve is the first release in the standard range of the Swedish Box distillery. The first batch appeared in October 2016 – at last in 70cl bottles – while the batch I will try…

When Box launched its American Oak in 2016, they still did so in 500ml bottles. By now the malt had turned 5 years old and matured on first fill boubon casks, getting an extra finish on American new oak…

In August 2016 the Swedish distillery Box launched this 4 year old malt in her 2nd Step Collection. It is a mix of bourbon casks (48%) and first fill oloroso casks (52%). Just like the Explorer, a half…

The Box Destillerie in the high north of Sweden was founded in 2010. Like every new distillery, they release their product at an early age to be able to keep paying the bills. Most of their young whis…

Glen Ord was founded in 1838 on the Black Isle, some 15 kilometers northwest of Inverness. Only 20% is destined for single malt releases, the rest is for Diageo’s blending needs with Johnnie Walker and…

Glen Albyn’s destiny is even worse than Glen Mhor’s. This distillery – also in Inverness – was also closed in 1983 and demolished to make room for a shopping center. But in Glen Albyn’s case, even the…

Founded in 1896 about a stone’s throw away from Longmorn and BenRiach, this Speyside distillery is now long gone. Coleburn was one of the 28 victims of the large closing round by Diageo in 1983. In the…

There is not a single trace left of the Glen Mhor distillery today. After it was closed in 1983, the buildings were demolished 5 years later to make room for a shopping center. Bar this Rare Malts rel…

The Banff distillery has been silent since 1983. Official bottlings are few and far between. This is one of them: the Banff 1982 in the Rare Malts Selection, bottled in 2004. This is only my 7th encou…

The original Glendullan Distillery was built in 1897 in the heart of Speyside. But a completely new factory was built on the same site in 1972, bigger than the original tripling the capacity. Strangely…