Most of us know Singleton of Dufftown from their 12 Year Old in the beautiful tall bottle. Apart from their 12, there is also a 15 and 18 Year Old, but now Diageo launched two NAS-releases. I suppose it…

Let us return to Douglas Laing again, but shift into higher gear with their Old Particular series. I have tried their 15 Year Old Auchentoshan 1997 before, but this single cask was bottled in January…

This is the type of bottle that you only take out of your cabinet for special occasions. It is a limited edition of an Auchentoshan 30 Year Old, distilled in 1976. Only 600 decanters (you can hardly call…

This single cask of Auchentoshan yielded 168 bottles. I got to know it at the Whisky Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium last April. Someone pointed out to me that there was a Peaty toshan to…

This was one of the first ever bottlings of Auchentoshan since the takeover by Stanley P. Morrison in 1984. It was released that year (so it is still a distillate from the Eadie Cairns era). The cream…

I tried this Islay 8 Year Old 'As We Get It' from Ian MacLeod at a friend’s birthday tasting. I thought it was a Laffie, but cannot be certain, of course. I will try it again today, putting it head-to…

Glen Elgin lies about 3 kilometers south of Elgin, close to Longmorn. There are not a lot of official bottlings, but this 12 Year Old is their entry level malt. It recently replaced Cragganmore in Dia…

This Smokehead is an Islay single malt, rumoured to be a 6 Year Old Ardbeg. Could it be? We are curious, of course. Very smoky nose on coals and smoked ham. Then a nice sweet edge from pineapple and…

The Connoisseurs Choice from Gordon & Macphail is always bottled at 46% ABV. This Ledaig was presented at the Festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium and I was told that it was somewhat atypical.…

OK, so I am a bit late with this bottling, but then again it is a rather special one. It was released under the Angel’s Choice label from Malts of Scotland, meaning the bottles are small (35cl) and the…