Close to BenRiach and Longmorn - in the heart of Speyside – you can find the Linkwood distillery. She was founded in 1821. She still produces mostly for the blending industry (primarily for White Horse…

End of May I had the pleasure of visiting Bert Bruyneel (owner of Asta Morris) and got to taste one of the best Caol Ila I have ever tried. Strike that: one of the best Islay whiskies I have ever tried…

This White Oak, without age statement, from the Eigashima or White Oak distillery in Japan, is a blend, not a single malt. White Oak is only active for two months per year, so their output is very lim…

At last it has arrived: the official ten year old single malt from Mackmyra. This Swedish single malt was composed with whisky that matured on bourbon and oloroso casks and new American oak. It was put…

Nantou Distillery has been active since 1978, but this Taiwanese distillery – which is state owned – only started producing whisky in 2008. Next to their Omar Bourbon, they also have an Omar Sherry,…

If you put whisky and Taiwan in one sentence, chances are you are talking about Kavalan. But since 2008 the Nantou Distillery – a state owned company – also produces whisky and by now two of their bot…

I have tried the Kavalan Concertmaster before, a bottling from 2009, but now got the opportunity to try a 2015 release. Well, let’s see if this one, which is a Portuguese port cask finished whisky, does…

You can also find this bottled as l'Oncle Meyer, it is the same simple blend from the Alsace, a north eastern region of France, on the border with Germany. Oh, well, you are on vacation and… but it is…

The Turv Distillery was founded in Exloo, Holland, in 2015. Matthieu Smakman invested 1.8 million euro and makes, according to him, different distillates through a very innovative and unique process. He…

Wild Weasel is a Belgian whisky that was launched in August 2014 by the Wilderen Distillery, which started out centuries ago as a brewery. Brouwerij & Alcoholstokerij Wilderen (as they are calling the…