I tried the Hammerhead 21 Year Old 1989 before and have to admit that I was not very impressed with it. So I wonder if the extra two years of maturation will have changed this Czech whisky enough to…

Tullibardine finished their single malt on a 500 litre sherry butt (hence the name of this release), which previously contained the king of sherry: Pedro Ximenez. No word on age or vintage, though.Ha!…

Until recently I had not even heard of the Paul John Single Malt. John Distilleries was founded in 1992 by Paul John and their single malts already won quite a few awards. Yet it took until a festival…

Blackadder is one of the few independent bottlers that has brought this Indian single malt to the market. This Raw Cask – which means it contains some cask residue and oils and the like – was released…

This single cask of Amrut, which contains very young whisky (but in the Indian climate, that means little when applied to maturation), is a single malt that is produced from unpeated barley. Only 161…

A little over a year ago, Tullibardine decided to give their core range an overhaul. The entry level malt became the Tullibardine Souvereign that matured solely on bourbon casks. But they took it to the…

Tullibardine is replacing its vintages with age statements in the upper part of their range. They now have a 20 Year Old which matured on ex bourbon casks, all of them first fill.Beautiful, sweet nose…

The last one to try in this Paul John series from India is a Peated Selected Cask. Expectation are elevated as this is a single bourbon cask and bottled at a higher strength, something that I always…

Chapter 9 of the English Whisky Company was launched in June 2010. It is a mere three years old and matured on a first fill bourbonvat. The barley was peated to about 35 ppm. On the label, it proudly…

The blend of the Austrian Peter Affenzeller is a mix of barley and rye. That does not make it a blend, technically, does it? Hmm, the Austrian distillers are not subject to the rules of the SWA, so let…