I met Giancarlo Bianchi, the European Sales Manager of Penderyn, at the Antwerp whisky festival. He presented the new Penderyn releases: the Myth and the Celt. But under the table, I noticed a bottle of…

This Myth is the new release by Penderyn, the only distillery in Wales. It was released together with the Celt, which we will try right after this one. The Myth is bottled at a rather unconventional…

Allt-A-What? Indeed, this in 1975 built Speyside distillery is a noble unknown for the simple reason that she produces exclusively for the blending industry. I have no experience with this as it is only…

Glen Keith rarely disappoints. This bottling by the Swiss company Chapter 7 is a very pale Glen Keith from 1997. The cask yielded 309 bottles, which I find quite a lot.The nose is fresh and… a little…

The Penderyn Celt is special in the sense that it was finished in Laphroaig Quarter Casks. I was told this by Giancarlo Bianchi, Penderyn’s European Sales Manager. I presume – but have no intel to back…

The Glenfiddich Cask Collection is a new range for the global traveler. Three expressions were released: Select Cask, Reserve Cask and Vintage Cask. Let me try the Reserve Cask, which matured on oloroso…

This bottle was my birthday gift to my buddy Niek. As I had not tried it yet myself and being quite impolite as usual, I had brought a sample bottle to take home a dram. Niek did not mind. We go way back…

The Glenfiddich Cask Collection is a new range for the global traveler. Three expressions were released: Select Cask, Reserve Cask and Vintage Cask. Let me start with the Select Cask, which is a marriage…

We try a standard bottling from Invergordon, their 10 Year Old at 43%. Invergordon is the only grain distillery in Scotland that cannot be found in the Lowlands. I have tried some older Invergordon…

Around 99% of the production from Inchgower is meant for the blending industry, so you will not encounter this malt easily in official bottlings. There are a Manager’s Dram a two Rare Malts, but we try…