This Glen Garioch is no less than 30 years old and thus produced in the old style, meaning I am expecting peat. It comes in a beautiful box and commands around 500 EUR. Surprisingly high alcohol perce…

The Dalmore Constellation Vintage 1973 is an impressive 38 years old. It matured for 32 long years on American oak, then three years on French Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks and a final 3 years on small…

I scored this sample of Dalmore new make at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Belgium in November 2014. Since it is not commercially available, I will keep my notes short – I think.The typical smell of…

This Dalmore first matured in American white oak. Part was then recasked into Palomino sherry casks, while another part was transferred to first fill bourbon cask. Then all was brought back together for…

In 1995, the Glen Garioch distillery was closed and offered up for sale, but Suntory got a change of heart and after an investement of around £700.000 reopened it after two years. Since then, she has…

This third batch of the GlenDronach Cask Strength (no age statement) is also a vatting of oloroso and PX sherry casks. Let us give that a go. The previous two batches were quite to my liking. Batch 4…

In the 1990s Morrison-Bowmore made ample use of red wine casks from Saint Julien in the Bordeaux region. Both Bowmore and – in many more cases – Auchentoshan have released some beautiful wine cask fin…

The Dalmore Constellation Collection Vintage 1969 matured for 36 years on American oak, then slept 4 years on a 30 year old Mathusalem oloroso sherry butt and finally spent 2 more years in an ex-bourbon…

The Constellation Collection is quite unaffordable – and let me open the debate by stating that it cannot ever live up to the price – but nevertheless these are all fantastic whiskies as I was able to…

This Constellation Collection vintage 1980 matured for the full 31 years on Apostoles sherry casks, what explains the very dark color.It is full and rich on the nose with a whole range of fruits. Think…