Ha, Caol Ila, it is my favorite Islay whisky. The new Port Ellen in my book, but keep that under your hat before the prices go sky high. Coal Ila Moch is a NAS release. It is Gaelic for ‘dawn’, no more…

Wemyss Malts is currently hard at work on stomping their very own distillery out of the ground. They are active for a long time already as independent bottler though. This Caol Ila was dubbed Lemon Smoke…

Feis Ile is the malt & music festival on Islay at the end of May, where many aficionados go to get their hands on the limited bottlings. This Cairdeas was the festival bottling from Laphroaig in 2012.…

Fred Laing and Jan Beckers selected three bourbon hogsheads to create this Single Minded bottling. It is a very pale Auchentoshan from 2001, that I tasted for the first time at Qwhizky, our yearly whisky…

Ian Macleod is a bottler that already started in 1933. I am sure you have heard of them. They own brands like Isle of Skye, Smokehead, As We Get It, The Six Isles, Langs. And then there is also the…

Ian McLeod, who market the label Chieftain's, vatted no less than six casks to realize this release of almost 800 bottles, all of them at drinking strength.Very soft and mineral nose with a sweetness.…

The modern Auchentoshan 21 Year Old is een top whisky, but on my birthday I gladly put that one head to head with this older version, from 1973 (thus bottled in 1994). Today I will try it again. Not a…

Samaroli is something of an iconic bottler that has released many a wonderful cask. I first tried this Caol Ila from 1998 at a whisky festival and took home a sample, that I try today with a lot of gusto…

You are undoubtedly aware that Macduff market sits whisky under the name Glen Deveron, after the river of the same name. This Highland distillery, on the edge of Speyside, was founded in 1962 to meet the…

A Bunna for less than 35 EUR? You will have to look for the Macphail’s Collection then, a label of Gordon & Macphail that offers 8 Year Old single malts at a very friendly price. On this label ‘Heavily…