This Distillery Edition is – contrary to what the name suggests – available in stores. It is bottled at 51%, which I find to be good news. In my book, Glenfiddich at drinking strength is usually a bit…

This NAS release by Glenfiddich – still one of the world’s bestselling malts – was released with the explanation that it was inspired on the so-called Straigth Malt from 1963. Let us not forget that the…

The late whisky writer Michael Jackson once described Glen Ord as 'perilously drinkable'. The distillery can be found on the Black Isle, which – contrary to what the name suggests – is not an island, but…

Well, this is a bit of an oldie. After all, Glen Mhor was closed in 1983 and demolished a few years later. On the former site, you will find a shopping center nowadays. I have only been able to try 4…

Ben Nevis is a distillery near Fort William at the foot of the mountain with the same name. It is, by the way, the highest mountain in the UK with its peak at 1344 meters. In my experience Ben Nevis can…

Longmorn – BenRiach’s direct neighbour, even their buildings actually touch – recently jumped on the bandwagon of premiumisation and has ‘re-invented’ itself. In other words, their standard bottlings…

I confess, Strathmill and I don’t get along very well. I have only tried two that I really liked and those had matured for 37 and 38 years respectively. So it does not come as a surprise that is has…

I was somewhat surprised when I found in my archives that so far I have only tried six Imperial. There are plenty of bottlings on the market, despite the fact that the distillery was closed in 1998 …

The fourth and last single cask release in the Galaxy Series from MMM - Mark & Manny's Malts - is agan a peaty whisky. This will not surprise you. Winter is coming and this will be very welcome. Imanuel…

This special edition from Kilchoman has matured on red wine casks from the Douro region in Portugal, best known for its port wines. It is the first time that Kilchoman used this type of cask for matur…