I first discovered this new Auchentoshan from A.D. Rattray at a festival for independent bottlers, last May. Naturally I brought home a sample. I am, after all, the Toshan Man.The nose is fresh, sweet…

In the visitor centre of the Auchentoshan distillery, you can bottle your own from a cask that is put in place for that purpose. This bourbon cask #165 is long gone by now and replaced by two others.…

Jürgen Vromans, better known as the Whisky Mercenary, recently brought two new bottlings to the market. The first was the wonderful Clynelish 1997 for Beproefd.be and now this Dailuaine 1992. It will go…

I do not have a lot of experience with Dailuaine. This is only my fifth, bottled a very long time ago by the famous Italian bottler Samaroli.I get mostly sweet malt on the nose, grain cookies with some…

Convalmore is a distillery that I have not yet tried before. Always a bit exciting. This lost glory (well, that remains to be seen) was demolished in the eighties of last century. Both official and…

Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection always means whisky at cask strength. This Royal Brackla was distilled in 41992 and bottled in 2007 from a bourbon cask. Creamy and spicy nose. A lot of white fruit with…

I have only ever tried two Brackla and was unable to write notes for it (for one was at a stag party and the other during a birthday party). Time to change that. This Brackla – oh, sorry, I mean Royal…

This 21 Year Old was already bottled in 1998 by Cadenhead in their Authentic Collection, meaning cask strength. In this case, a whopping 64,4%. Knowing that the industry standard is actually 63,5%, one…

The story for Royal Lochnagar is somewhat the same as for Brackla, with regards to my experience. I have tried two so far, but did not make any notes. Anyway, for this 28 Year Old I will gladly sit down…

Single malt from Glen Albyn wil not be found in official bottlings. The last semi-official bottling dates back to 2002 in Diageo’s Rare Malts Selection. But you can find some independent bottles left and…