Alambic Classique is a German bottler (could have fooled me) that has quite some spirits in its range. Rum, Armagnac, Calvados, Cognac, liqueur, gin and – of course – whisky. They have bottled two Str…

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…

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 Belgian club Tongerse Whiskyvrienden did it again. I was already impressed with their previous selection, a Laffie 1997 (their Caol Ila bottled before that never reached me – hint, hint). So for the…

The Ultimate is a label of the Dutch bottler Van Wees. I tried several of their releases already (including two Auchentoshan) and will do so now again. This Auchentoshan is 11 years old, was distilled…

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…

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…

Connemara has a few gems. Remember the Turf Mor or the Sherry Finish or some of their single casks? But let us return now to their entry level malt, the Connemara Peated Single Malt. I tried it many…

It has already been a few years since I last tasted the Laffie Quarter Cask, but thanks to one of my whisky buddies, I was able to secure a sample of the newest release. As the name suggest, the whisky…

I scored a sample of this Bunna 1972 at the Whisky festival for Independent Bottlers in Aalst, Belgium, last April. It was released under the label The Golden Cask and I am putting it head-to-head with…