Since Ian MacLeod took over the distillery, the Tamdhu range has been overhauled with a completely new, rather retro look. The entry level malt is this Tamdhu 10 Year Old, matured on sherry casks. I put…

Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series is world famous. Quite a few gems to be found (including the best Auchentoshan I ever tried, but that’s a different story). Fred and his team have bottled no less…

The label states Aberlour-Glenlivet, which refers to the period in which many Speyside distilleries added the name Glenlivet on their labels. This is a vatting of two bourbon hogsheads that together…

I suppose the name already gives away the fact that this Cuvée Marie d'Ecosse is very popular in France. It is a 15 Year Old Aberlour that got a sherry finish. The nose is very soft on vanilla, Granny…

So far I have tried 6 versions of the a’bunadh (meaning ‘from the well’) and all of them were simply great. So I have no reason the believe this one will be any less interesting. Off we go!The nose…

Glen Marnoch is a single malt from an undisclosed distillery, sold through the discount chain of Aldi (albeit not in Belgium). There is a 12, 18 and 24 Year Old, but it is not at all certain that all…

QV.ID, the specialized drinks shop in Huldenberg (Belgium) went it's own way in 2009 and Koen and Ingrid have since then put their shop on the map with a great assortment of wines, beers, gin and much…

Birnie Moss is an intensely peated version of BenRiach, with no age statement. It is very young, around 4 years. Birnie Moss is a peat bog close to the distillery. This was one of the first releases…

A Macallan as a Macallan ought to be: fully matured on sherry, in this case a Pedro Ximenez cask. If I am not mistaken, this 21 Year Old Macallan was bottled by David Stirk for the Dutch market, under…

Premium Spirits is the Belgian importer of BenRiach and has a rather special bond with the distillery as I found out during a Soirée with Billy Walker in June of this year. Especially for them, this…