Not so long ago I tried the Ardmore 12 Year Old Port Finish which I liked a lot. And then suddenly I saw this one: Ardmore Tradition. Wait a minute. Should that not be Traditional Cask? Apparently that…

While this is also a refill hogshead, the color is much darker than that of sister cask 10798 that I just tried. Sherry cask? The ABV is just a tad lower. This Laffie was also bottled by Douglas Laing…

A Laffie of a quarter century old, of which a bottle will set you back some 600 EUR? Craziness! Or is it? Is it just me? Must be. Glad I was able to score a sample of this, as I cannot afford a full…

The Elements of Islay series from Specialty Drinks is best known for their special releases in those typical apothecary bottles with the abbreviations for distilleries, such as Pe for Port Ellen or Ar…

It took many years, but at last the standard Kilkerran has arrived. After all those Work in Progress (which were quite nice indeed), it is nice to finally see this new release at a very fair price. Not…

I will never pass up the opportunity to try new make, especially one that is not commercially available, like the one from the Glengyle distillery. This new make, destined to become Kilkerran single malt…

I have had the pleasure of tasting the official releases from 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. Each and every one of them were absolutely fabulous with the 6th Release from 2006 as overall best. It will not…

I confess, when I first heard that Lagavulin would release an 8 years old whisky for their 200th Anniversary, I was quite sceptic. Especially with Lagavulin 16 being such a classic… and cheaper than this…

Port Ellen always has a bit of a magical ring to it, so whenever I get the chance to try it, I never let it pass me by. I tried this particular bottling at a friend’s birthday party. It is the Port ellen…

Old Pulteney is a distillery that does not appear on my blog regularly. This is only my 15th. The Navigator is one of the many NAS releases from this northerly distillery in Wick. This one first appeared…