In 2015 the Dalmore Valour was introduced in the duty free range in Qatar (of all places), to be further offered in other airports and finally in regular retail stores. You can still find it today for…

While the Scotch Malt Whisky Society has recently put its range in new livery – with colors referring to taste sensations instead of whisky regions – I will try an older bottling from distillery 41. That…

Dallas Dhu is no more. The distillery – which started life als Dallasmore and is best known for the bleds Roderick Dhu and Benmore – closed in 1983 and lost its license to distill in 1992. Today it is…

Dailuaine is rather unknown as a single malt as 98% of the production disappears in the parent company Diageo’s blends. More’s the pity as Dailuaine can actually be quite good. The one I try today is…

Since Burn Stewart Distillers took over the brand Deanston in 2009 – together with Tobermory, Ledaig and Bunnahabhain – it is bottled at 46,3% ABV and not chill filtered. The new (well) version of Dea…

Drumwhat? Never heard of it? No worries, it is not surprising. This is a young malt from the Speyside distillery, named after a small village nearby. It does not have a grand reputation. The first spirit…

The Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition from 2000 was a disappointment, but let me try again with a bottling from 20 years ago. This is the Distillers Edition from 1980, bottled in 1997.Again the nose offers…

The yearly Distillers Edition of most Diageo malts is double matured; in the case of Dalwhinnie on oloroso sherry casks. This is the most recent one, distilled in 2000 and released this year.Next to…

When I first saw an ad fort his NAS expression by Dalwhinnie, I could not believe my eyes. ‘Drink it straight from the freezer!’, it said. It would make this dram creamy and fruity. Seriously? Sorry, but…

Dalwhinnie is one of the first distilleries I visited (way back in 2010). A lovely distillery at an even lovelier location. But they do not have many expressions. Besides the classic Dalwhinnie 15, they…