Yamazaki is the oldest distillery in Japan, founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii. They recently released the Yamazaki Distiller’s Reserve, a fruity whisky without age statement. According to the information…

The previous Tullibardine that was bottled by Malts of Scotland was a whopping 34 year old, distilled in 1980. Today they launched a very young one, only 7 years old, distilled in 2007. The old one came…

This Glen Keith by Blackadder is very pale and – like all Raw Cask bottlings by Robin Tucek and his team – has some cask residue. I am not sure what the purpose is. They have to be added again after…

Glenlossie is rather unknown for the simple reason that official releases are hard to find. All of it is meant for the blenders, who feel Glenlossie is a top malt. Glenlossie 1992 in particular – for me…

Since 2008 Glen Moray is in French hands. La Martiniqaise has quite some brands in its portfolio, including port, gin, rum and whisky. Think Glen Turner, Label 5 and Sam Barton. Not top shelf stuff, to…

Two years ago, the Inchmurrin range was revamped. There is now a 12, 15, 18 and 21 Year Old. The bottles are pretty slim and colored, just like the tubes (similar to the Glen Scotia makeover, which uses…

Loch Lomond is actually a big whisky factory specialized in the making of bulk whisky, mostly for export. Because they use different types of stills – pot still, coffey still and a hybrid of the two…

The Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan has, so far, only two Glen Keith releases. This is a vatting of two refill sherry casks, bottled at drinking strength and thus yielden no less than 605 bottles.The…

The sons of John Teeling (who put the Cooley distillery on the map and recently sold it to Beam) stepped into their father’s footsteps and recently opened a new distillery in Dublin. The Teeling whiskey…

About a year ago I tried the Teeling 21 Silver Reserve. Today, let us up the ante with this Teeling 26 Year Old Gold Reserve. This Irish whiskey was double distilled in 1987 (the year Cooley was founded…