At the end of last year I tasted the first release of the Lagavulin Offerman Edition, named after Nick Offerman, American actor and comedian who makes no secret of the fact that he loves to drink Laga…

This is another gem that importer The Nectar had bottled for their 15th anniversary. A 30-year-old Islay whisky from Phil and Simon Thompson – the boys behind Dornoch Distillery and the kids from the…

Aha! A new release of Nc'nean. This time Anabel and her team opted for a slightly different composition than for their regular batches, namely 61% STR Red Wine Casks and 39% Ex-Bourbon casks. It is also…

Gosh, yes, since I just opened a bottle of batch 8, I thought it would be nice to immediately put batch 9 next to it. Same composition as always (65% STR red wine barrels and 35% ex-bourbon casks) and…

Although I have a dram every single day, it's still hard to keep up with the pace of releases. At Nc'nean they are already at batch 15 or something, while today I open my bottle of Batch 8 for the first…

I'm a fan of Starward, that's known. And when I got the chance to buy a barrel a few weeks ago, I didn't let it pass me by. I am very grateful to Jeroen from the well-known online whisky shop The Bonding…

With the penchant for peated whisky of many whisky lovers, it does not surprise me at all that the Australian Starward also has an expression on the market, called Unexpeated. A nice pun on both unexp…

The Fortis expression is a young malt from Starward that matured in both American bourbon casks and red wine barrels. In this it differs greatly from both the Left-Field and the popular Nova. But I don't…

At Spirits in the Sky – a Belgian whisky festival – my friend Niek pushes a glass under my nose. I smell, frown and ask, ‘Is this whisky?’ Niek laughs and replies: 'That was also my first thought’. …

I've had a soft spot for this Australian whisky from the beginning. There are several reasons for this. Perhaps the most important is the fact that Niek & Ilse came back with a fantastic story from the…