The Highland distillery Balblair stopped bottling with an age statement years ago, but now uses vintages (thus mentioning the year of distillation). This Balblair 2005 was released in December 2015 as…

I do not really have a lot of experience with Tomintoul. This is only my 13th. Hopefully that will not bring me bad luck. I know that end of 1960s Tomintoul can be quite stunning, but this is from 1971…

Tomintoul labels itself 'The Gentle Dram'. In August 2016 they announced their newest release, a NAS, under the name Tomintoul Tlàth. This is Gaelic for gentle or soft. Believers say ‘well chosen’, non…

To celebrate 100 years of industry on the Clydebank, Morrison Distillers released a stone crock with 12 years old Auchentoshan, but also this blend with no age statement. I think it is a safe bet to…

Blue Hanger is a blended malt from Berry Bros & Rudd with an ironclad reputation (I can hardly believe I have never tried this before). It was named after William Hanger who, always dressed in blue, was…

Ceci n'est pas une pipe, the famous artwork by Magritte, inspired John Glaser to go head-to-head with the trend of produces to market whisky more as a luxury good, status symbol and investment vehicle…

Let me stay with Douglas Laing for a moment to try their new blended malt. The Yula 20 Year Old is a blend of both Islay and Island malts. Yula is the name of a tragic Norse goddess who, with an apron…

About three years ago I tried the Flaming Heart from Compass Box, a blended malt that is composed with care by John Glaser and his team. This 5th edition was released to celebrate the 15th anniversary…

Do you remember the Scallywag from Douglas Laing? It now has a big brother: Scallywag Cask Strength. As far as I know, it is again Mortlach, Macallan and Glenrothes in the lead, although I heard through…

Erik Molenaar of Kintra – who is currently hard at work at building his own distillery in Holland – bottled this blended malt end of last year. The youngest in the mix is 14 years old, but it is said to…