The Cardow Distillery is called the spiritual home of Johnnie Walker. That says a lot, I suppose. She can be found in the heart of Speyside and sold only to passersby in the early days. That is quite…

Let us put another couple of casks of Balmenach head-to-head. They are sister casks after all. I will start with this Bladnoch Forum bottling, a Balmenach 1983, cask 2411. The sparring partner is cask…

The Nectar, run by Mario Groteklaes, was able to secure bourbon hogshead 2808 from Signatory containing 24 Year Old Balmenach. I put it head-to-head with hogshead 2794 that was bottled in the same year…

The Cask Strength Collection by Signatory has known releases from almost every single distillery. Including this Balmenach, a rather obscure distillery in Speyside. I will put this hogshead 2794 head-to…

I will end this session of Balmenach with a 28 Year Old bottled by A.D. Rattray in 2012. I am comparing it to a sister cask released by Bladnoch Forum. Both casks were single bourbon hogsheads of Balm…

Balmenach is one of those noble unknown distilleries for the simple fact that the produce almost exclusively for the blenders. You can hardly find it as a single malt. So we have to look at the indepe…

Michter's Distillery goes back to the early 18th Century, although it was active under another name and built in Pennsylvania. Today the distillery is found in Kentucky, the heart of bourbon country.…

This Campfire from High West is a bit of an oddball. It is a blend of bourbon and rye and peated whisky from Scotland. Legend has it that David Perkins, the man behind High West, got pancakes with syrup…

The Lost Spirits Distillery operates under the Califoranian sun in Monterey County. Their Leviathan II is a heavily peated dram of no less than 110ppm, which is comparable with Bruichladdich’s Octomore…

The Anchor Distilling Company in San Fransisco offers a great view of the Potrero Hills, East of Mission District, the city’s center. Anchor brews a beer that is quite nice, but today let us focus on…