Thanks to my good friend Chris Lauriers – whisky ambassador for Belgium – I have the opportunity to try no less than 10 – ten! – Feis Ile bottlings from Laphroaig in a row from 2007 until 2016. This is…

Thanks to my good friend Chris Lauriers – whisky ambassador for Belgium – I have the opportunity to try no less than 10 – ten! – Feis Ile bottlings from Laphroaig in a row from 2007 until 2016. This is…

Thanks to my good friend Chris Lauriers – whisky ambassador for Belgium – I have the opportunity to try no less than 10 – ten! – Feis Ile bottlings from Laphroaig in a row from 2007 until 2016. This is…

February 2017 saw the release of the 9th batch of this 10 years old Laffie at cask strength. It has been a few years since I last tried one. Let’s rectify this with this 9th batch, which I scored during…

The Laffie Quarter Cask first matured on bourbon barrels before being re-racked in smaller casks, that quicken the maturation. It is a release that can be found all the time, but I have noticed some…

In September 2017 I set foot on Islay for the very first time. What a great trip indeed. We visited – obviously – all distilleries (even Ardnahoe, which is still being built), including Laphroaig. We had…

When I visited the Caol Ila Distillery in September 2017, the new Distillery Exclusive was poured. It is the first time that Caol Ila used whisky that has matured on red wine casks. ‘Wanna try?’ the…

I tried this 15 year old Caol Ila at a festival in Antwerp a few weeks ago. I was sold from the get-go. It was the best thing I tasted that day. Owner Davide Romano and I spoke about Valinch & Mallet for…

David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company recently launched the series Single Cask Exclusives, which do not reveal the distillery. Well, sorta. There is a cask reference. In this case it’s LNB. That is short…

The Port Askaig 30 Year Old comes in a beautiful wooden chest, which explains part of the 450 EUR price tag, I suppose. Having said that, you do not often see Caol Ila at this age. Only in 2014 did we…