The boys from Flanders' Finest Cask Selection selected this young Caol Ila during their latest trip to Signatory. I was able to taste it on the day of release and decided on the spot to take two bottles…

Caol Ila – which means 'Sound of Islay' in Gaelic and thus refers to the straight between Islay and the Isle of Jura – has a so-called Unpeated Style on the market since 2008. That is to be taken quite…

One of the most recent releases of Octomore is this Masterclass 08.3, which was launched in 2017. Lovely color, if you ask me. It is only 5 years old and matured – according to the info that came with…

Octomore, the heavily peated malt from Bruichladdich, released its second edition of the 10 year old in 2016. It matured on first fill bourbon and Grenace Blanc casks. Grenache Blanc is a white grape…

Bruichladdich on a Rioja wine cask… that sounds interesting. La Rioja is one of Spain’s most prestigious wine regions. And while they do make white and rosé wines, Rioja is mostly known for its reds,…

Claxton's, with those typical perfume bottles, has released some beauties in 2017, but I will be trying a bottle that they released last year: a 14 years old Bunna from 2002 that matured on a bourbon…

The Angel’s Choice series by Malts of Scotland contains very old whisky, bottled in 350ml bottles. To keep them affordable (well, sorta…). This Bunna from 1966 was bottled in 2011. Just 88 half bottles…

The Independent bottler Duncan Taylor exists since 1938. They have quite a couple of series that range from affordable (Octave, Battlehill, NC2) to… well… no so much. The series Peerless can be found on…

The Bunna 12 is the flagship of this (somewhat decrepit looking) most northerly Islay distillery. It was poured during my visit last September. It is bottled at 46.3% for a few years now, making chill…

I previously tried the 13 year old Maltmen’s Selection and the 14 year old Mashmen’s Selection, both outstanding drams. When I visited the Bowmore Distillery in September 2017, this new distillery exc…