The Whiskyman recently launched the Age Matters series, in which the emphasis is on the age as you can see from the special labels. The oldest in the series so far is this Bruichladdich 22 Year Old from…

A lot of friends are very much aware of the fact that I have a soft spot for new make. So I am always very happy when someone turns up after returning from Scotland with a bottle of new make. It was the…

It has been almost three years since I last tasted this one. That was reason enough for a reader of my blog to send me a sample with the instruction to write a proper tasting note. Your wish is my com…

The Images series from Malts of Scotland never reveals the name of the distillery on the label. This Eilean a Chuirn Lighthouse refers to the lighthouse on the small isle of the same name on the east…

It had been a couple of years since I had last tried the Black Bottle. Thanks to a buddy I was also able to try the 10 Year Old version, which is much better, but at the Spirits in the Sky festival in…

Octomore hardly needs in introduction. It is distilled at Bruichaddich and pretends to be the most heavily peated malt on earth (remember the Octomore 05.1/1_169 with a ppm level of 169). This one has…

This Finlaggan has a cask strength of no less than 58%, so buckle up. It is named after the old Finlaggan Castle on Islay, from which the Lords of the Isles and Clan MacDonald ruled the area. Today, it…

Iana McClannaghan lived on an 18th Century Islay. She mixed herbal drinks for medicinal use and allowed local seaweeds to infuse her home made uisge beatha. She turned 99, which was extremely old for…

The Glengarry Cask Owners, the club around the Belgian whiskyguru Bob Minnekeer, bottled this Port Charlotte after 11 years of maturation on a sherry cask. It was distilled on 18 July 2001 and bottled…

This Port Charlotte was presented by Allan Logan at the Spirits in the Sky festival during his Bruichladdich Masterclass. It is Heavily Peated (40ppm) and distilled from 100% Scottish barley. It did not…