For their peaty whisky, Braunstein imports (a part of) their peated barley from the famous Port Ellen maltings on Islay. According to the owners, the spirit still contains around 30ppm when it goes into…

Twice a year Braunstein Distillery launches a single malt in their so-called Library Collection, one of which is a peated version. In 2014, they also released the 14:1, unpeated and matured on both…

Liquid Art is a Belgian bottler (active since 2014), founded by the well-known whisky aficionados Bert Dexters and Serge Reijnders of Cask Six fame (remember their wonderful Clynelish?). It is a npo that…

When I say Speyside’s Finest, you will probably think Glenfarclas first. While there is a good chance, this does not have to be the case. Beacon Spirits succeeded in securing 54 bottles of this undisc…

Caol Ila? Did you say Caol Ila? Well, yes, then I am certainly interested. My favorite Islay whisky! Bring it on. This bottling is the second release by the Belgian Beacon Spirits. For me? The 69th…

Beacon Spirits is a new Belgian player on the market of independent bottlers, founded by Patrick Proth. The labels launched with a couple of nice releases such as a Ledaig 2007, Caol Ila 2007, Speyside…

The third and one-but-last release in the Animals Series of Mark & Manny's Malts is a little special. This is a Breton malt from the French Distillerie Warenghem in Lannion. This is, by the way, the very…

Oh, no, not again? This is the so-called First Release, bottled in 2013, but in 2014 there was another bottling by Balblair named 1983 First Release. It is driving me crazy. Well, let us forget the…

Different sources state that there has been a release of Balblair 1990 in 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The last three were all called ‘Second Release’. How can this be? While somebody…

There have already been two releases of the vintage 1999. They were both composed of the same type of casks (bourbon and sherry), but the first release was for Travel Retail in 1 liter bottles. Strangely…