On Friday 14th February 2014 we visited Jan Beckers in the Douglas Laing HQ in Glasgow. We were very pleasantly surprised when halfway through our visit none other than Fred Laing himself dropped by to…

This 10 Year Old Fettercairn was bottled at cask strength. It is an older bottling with an Italian tax stamp. Nice color.The nose is stinky winky, oh boy! Underneath some grass and something that reminds…

The Silveroak first appeared on the duty free market last year and is a mix of bourbon and orloroso sherry casks. Last summer, a second batch from the same stocks was bottled, making it a 22 Year Old…

Hart Brothers has three Auchentoshan on the market. An 11 Year Old that I have already tried, this 13 Year Old and a 16 Year Old that I will try soon. All samples were gifts from my German whisky buddy…

My experience with Fettercairn is rather limited. I only had three so far. But what I will be tasting today is as good as impossible to find nowadays. This is an 8 Year Old Fettercairn that was bottled…

In the not too distant past, I had a rather unpleasant encounter with an Auchentoshan 1984. Remember the Master of Malt debacle? Pure FWP. So I was not very keen on opening my bottle with number 2 of 209…

This is the third and final Auchentoshan bottled by Hart Brothers. Again I owe thanks to my whisky buddy Michael from Duitsland, who sent me all three samples. Like the 11 Year Old and 13 Year Old that…

Derek Mather is the chef of the famous whisky restaurant Artisan in Wishaw, about a half hour outside of Glasgow. He is also a big Star Wars fan and quite likeable. He has got quite a few one-off bottles…

When visiting the Auchentoshan Distillery, you get the opportunity to bottle your own from two casks. Obviously I brought one of each. The youngest that you can currently try is bourbon hogshead #49 that…

Chris Leggat once worked at my favorite distillery. It’s where he met his future wife Cara. When Cara joined her father’s business months later, Chris followed. Cara and Chris got married in Scottish…