Gordon & Macphail is the only bottler that brings out semi-official releases of Strathisla, the most picturesque distillery in Speyside. No less than 155 bottlings to date, going back to 1937! We are…

At the booth of The Nectar at the Spirits in the Sky Festival two new Irish expression were shouting out to be tried. Unfortunately my palate was already tired, but luckily I brought enough sample vials…

This peated Irish malt from The Nectar was one of the highlights of the Spirits in the Sky festival if the blog posts that appeared left and right are to be believed. Peated stock usually means Cooley…

The Laffie Select jumps on the bandwagon of the NAS hype. The name Select points to the selection of casks that was used for the composition of this new release, being oloroso sherry butts, PX seasoned…

St Magdalene has been closed since 1983 and the bottle I will try today was already released in 1998 by Diageo in their celebrated Rare Malts series. I previously tried their 23 Year Old from 1994, but…

This is a very young Bunna, only 6 years old. It was bottled by the German Malts of Scotland for the 11th Whisky Live festival in Spa in February 2014, where it was sold for 60 EUR. It matured on a…

I tried the first release of the Kilchoman Loch Gorm at a tasting led by James Wills in May 2013. This is the second edition, that appeard this year and matured on oloroso sherry casks. It is only 5…

The Lindores Whisky Festival in Ostend (Belgium) is well-known. Four of the gang (Dominiek, Geert, Christophe and Dirk – their faces are on the label) were all born in 1973, so they thought it a good…

Auchentoshan has another affaire with red wine. It certainly is not the first time. Auchentoshan is one of the few distilleries that is happily married to red wine, it must be said. The delicate nature…

The Nectar of the Daily Drams presented this Littlemill at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Brussels. It matured for 24 long years and was bottled at cask strength. It has a full golden color and beads…