In May 2016 the third cask L3 (quarter cask from Laphroaig) was bottled of the Kempisch Vuur Belgian single malt. I have only just tried the L2, so it is easy to compare.The nose of L3 is even less sweet…

You may remember the launch of the Belgian single malt Kempisch Vuur (Campian Fire) way back in April 2016. Distillery Pirlot had filled 15 quarter casks from Laphroaig with his own spirit and bottled…

Amrut is a household name by now on the Belgian whisky scene, but that has only been the case for about a decade. Some very special releases have been seen, but I would like to try their original rele…

Old Eight is a blend that appeared on the Brazilian market for the first time in 1965. It is still very popular in the 5th largest nation on earth. Hotel and restaurant owner Fabrizio Fasana created his…

Douglas Laing seems to have quite a few casks of Strathclyde, for there are already a couple in their portfolio. I first tried this 25 Year Old from 1990 at the whisky festival in Ghent in March 2017.…

Never heard of Valinch & Mallet? Not to worry, they have not been active on the whisky market for long. The company is run by two Italians, Davide Romano and Fabio Ermoli, with a preference for single…

The grain distillery Invergordon was built in 1959 and thus relatively young. She is owned by Whyte & Mackay and rarely offers official releases. It can be easily found with independents, though, such…

Cameron Brig is the ‘official’ single grain release of the Lowland grain distillery Cameron Bridge. This bottle is dirt cheap and looks rather plain (which I like), but that says little of the quality…

I previously tried two versions of Hedonism, the blended grain that is composed (at least, that’s what I’ve been told) with Cameronbrigde and Cambus single grains. The first was the regular Hedonism from…

Douglas Laing clearly has a big stash of single grain whisky as they bottle it regularly in their Old Particular Range, amongst other. This Port Dundas, the grain distillery near Glasgow that closed its…