Let me start by saying that this bottle is utterly unfindable and that I am tasting from a miniature that has been gathering dust in my cabinet for years. It is an official Bladnoch 8 Year Old, bottled…

David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company recently restyled their Exlusive Malts range. I think the new bottles and labels look fantastic. Hopefully that can also be said of the contents. In this case, it…

Since the takeover of Glen Moray by the French spirits giant La Martiniquaise (also known for Label 5 and Glen Turner), some more single malt is put out (although most of the 2,5 million litres per year…

Liquid Treasures is a young German bottler that has about 30 casks on their resumé so far. From the Lowlands they already bottled a Littlemill 1988 and this Bladnoch 1990.The nose is very aromatic on…

Bladnoch is the kind of distillery that you do not often come accross. Certainly not an official one. A lot has to do, I think, with the fact that the distillery had been for sale for over a year. Ray…

GlenDronach launched a new entry level malt, having the guts to put an age statement on the label. The Hielan is 8 years old and a mix of bourbon and (in a much lesser degree) sherry casks. It costs only…

For the 2015 whisky festival in Ghent a single cask of Arran was bottled. The cask was filled on 20th September 2004 (and obviously not 2014 as mistakenly printed on the label) and bottled on 6th Nove…

Simon Thompson is a British gentleman who lives in Bordeaux. He specializes in distilling wine – you read that right – from this region. He developed a unique brandywine. But since recently he has also…

Another young Craigellachie bottled by A.D. Rattray. This one matured on a bourbon cask. Again at cask strength, of course. So far young Craigellachie has been a let-down for me. I hope this one does…

No less than 68% ABV is this new make from Arran. So it is probably prudent to keep water handy. Yes, you know that I have a soft spot for new make. I have tried quite a few already (even though most are…