In September 2021 I was – for the second time – a guest at the whisky festival in sun-drenched Toulouse. One of the booths represented Starward (with a 'd' at the back, not to be confused with my fav…

I had the privilege of tasting this from Marcel in November last year. Not that he needed my opinion to decide whether or not to bottle it. This whisky speaks for itself from the first to the last drop…

Kudos to Belgian bottler Klubb23 who took the initiative to convince Wolfburn to release a bottling in favor of humanitarian actions for Ukraine. And although Wolfburn opened up the initiative further…

Wolfburn's first casks were filled for maturation in January 2013 and the first Manager's Cask followed not much later. This is one of Wolfburn's oldest sherry butts on which oloroso sherry had previo…

For the 15th anniversary of Belgian importer The Nectar, a lot of special bottlings were released and this is one of them, namely a quarter cask from Wolfburn that yielded 168 bottles at cask strength…

Takashimaya is a well-known Japanese department store. A bit like the Inno in Belgium or Macy's in New York, so to speak. And they have already ordered a special bottling from Wolfburn three times…

Takashimaya is a well-known Japanese department store. A bit like the Inno in Belgium or Macy's in New York, so to speak. And they have already ordered a special bottling from Wolfburn three times. The…

Last year I tasted this private cask from Tom after he had let it come to Belgium just before the Brexit troubles. Well, not the whole cask, though. He bottled 36 bottles. The 3-year-old gem was then…

Glentauchers is a lesser-known Speysider – founded in 1897 – that mainly focuses on producing malt whisky for making blends with Ballantine's being the best known. There are hardly any official bottlings…

This Glenrothes slept on a sherry butt for almost two decades. Possibly that was a first fill barrel, because the malt is almost the color of cola. It was bottled by Whiskybroker, the well-known Scottish…