Caol Ila is the big work horse of Islay that produces peated whisky for Diageo's blends, of which Johnnie Walker Black Label is the best known one. But it stands on its own as a single malt without any…

Douglas Laing bottled this 19 year old Caol Ila in their Old Particular series. The refill hogshead yielded 313 bottles at a cask strength of 51,5%. It appeared on the market in December 2015.The nose…

Cadenhead is one of Scotland’s oldest bottlers, founded by William Cadenhead in 1842. It has been in the hands of the Mitchell family, who also own Springbank and Glengyle, for over 40 years. A couple…

Here is another Caol Ila from Cadenhead,b ut a lot older than the one I just tried, bottled a cask strength. It was released for the 10th anniversary of The Nectar and presented at the Spirits in the Sky…

Smoking Buffalo is back! For the 8th time already The Bonding Dram and Whisky Import Belux have selected a cask in honor of the Belgian premier league football club AA Gent (they were Belgium's champions…

Ardbeg Ten... well, that hardly needs any kind of introduction, of course. It is a standard whisky, but of such good reputation that it belongs in each and every whisky cabinet. I have tried several…

Specialty Drinks has launched its seventh batch of Ardbeg with this Ar7. This time it matured on a sherry cask, which is not something you see often. I heard through the grapevine that this is a vintage…

Malts of Scotland has already bottled quite a few gems and many shops and clubs have noticed this. The Dutch shop Van Zuylen teamed up with them in 2015 to bottle this sherry matured Ardbeg 1998. You do…

Ah, the Ardbeg with the almost unpronouncable name (‘oogedaal’), which means as much as ‘dark, mysterious place’. I tried versions from 2003 and 2009 and my whisky pal Pat just offered me a sample of…

I had heard lots of good things about the Ardbeg Kildalton, but it was not until Sven C. offered me a sample that I was able to finally taste it. Consequently, my expectations were high.The nose is…