The No 1 Vaults at Bowmore are legendary. I visited the warehouse myself in September 2017. Well worth a visit. This release is named for said warehouse, which lies at the shores of Loch Indaal. It does…

The Bowmore No. 1 should be seen as the new entry level malt. It is friendly priced, bottled at drinking strength and easy to find. No age statement, but I guess that is no longer an issue, or is it? It…

Isle of Jura introduced this 20 years old single malt in September 2017. It matured on bourbon, sherry, Cabernet and Pino Noir casks. The One and All refers to the collaboration of all members of the…

This is an old so-called licensed botting by Gordon & Macphail. This Glen Grant matured for no less than 25 years and has a stunning color.The nose bursts with sherry notes and loads of summery fruit.…

This is a very old bottle of Glen Grant from the 1970s, bottle for the Spanish market at 45.7% ABV with the resounding name Director’s Reserve. I confess, I had never before seen this one. But when my…

The German bottler Liquid Treasures released this 20 years old Glen Grant in their so-called ‘Fairy Tales’ series. It matured on a bourbon hogshead and was bottled at a cask strength of 54.4% ABV.The…

Signatory Vintage is one of the busiest independent bottlers and in their Cask Strength Collection – in those fantastically beautiful decanters – they have bottled quite a few gems already. I wonder how…

Glen Grant is still one of the bestselling single malts in Italy, but is also quite popular in our neck of the woods. Independent bottlings are plentiful. This single cask was released by House of Mac…

This Miltonduff was bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest indies: Gordon & Macphail. It was released in their famous Cask Strength series at – doh! – cask strength. It is a first fill sherry cask, which…

Miltonduff is one of the old distilleries, operational since 1824 (or even before that, albeit illegaly). It is one of the malts that gives body and character to blends like Ballantine's, Teacher's, Old…