This whisky is around 16 years of age and clearly matured on a bourbon cask (if you judge by the color). Since the Wemyss team dubbed this one ‘A Peaty Punch!’ (including the exclamation point), I pre…

In Frankfort, Kentucky in the USA, you will find the formidable Buffalo Trace Distillery, where whiskey has been made for over 200 years. The distillery was put on the list of National Historic Landmarks…

The Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straigth Bourbon is Sazerac’s best selling whiskey. But I am sure you have also heard of their Elmer T Lee, George T Stagg, Hancock's President's Reserve and Sazerac Rye. I…

Michter's Single Barrel Rye has a huge dose of rye in the mix, a lot more than the requisite 51%. According to legend it was this whiskey that George Washington sent to the front during the Civil War.…

This Bunnahabhain is a brand new bottling from A.D. Rattray, bottled on 5 May of this year. I encountered it at the Whiskyfestival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium and of May 2015. It was a sherry…

To finish this line-up of Bunnahabhain in beauty, I will try a 43 Year Old. It was distilled on 27th March 1967 and bottled in June 2010. I always find it a bit magical to taste whisky that was produced…

Wemyss recently opened their own distillery (Kingsbarns), but is mostly known as independent bottler in which the emphasis on the labels is not so much on the distillery as it is on the whisky in the…

Maker's Mark is one of the most recognizable bourbons on the market because of the typical square bottle and the red wax. The bottle has been on the market like this since 1958. In 2013 the producer…

Did you know that the Michter's Distillery actually existed at one point? It was founded in 1753 by John Shenk and was one of America’s oldest (and smallest) commercial distilleries. A.H. Hirsch was one…

If the name Michter’s does not ring a bell, do not be alarmed. They are not that well known. But the distillery, which actually listens to the name Willett Distilling Company or Kentucky Bourbon Disti…