During our visit to the Filliers distillery in December 2011, Fernand Daquin allowed us a dram of what is now, it would seem, bottled: the Goldlys finished in an oloroso sherry cask.The nose reminds me…

I tried this Czech for the first time in June 2011 when returning from Scotland at the World of Whiskies shop in the airport of Glasgow. It is distilled from 100% Czech barley and matured for 20 years…

Two years ago Niek & Ilse came back from Australia with a couple of bottles from Bakery Hill in Victoria. They brought me back a couple of miniatures as well, including this Bakery Hill Peated Cask…

J. Haider GmbH is an Austrian distiller that specializes in fruit and other liqueurs, but also brings Waldvierler whisky to the market, named after the region. They sell their whiskies in bottles of 350…

As far as I can tell, cask #9305 has led a double life. One the one hand there is the general release by Number One Drinks that counted 626 bottles at 53,4% ABV, but Full Proof seems to have managed to…

Shinjiro Torii was the first Japanese to start distilling, already in 1923. This entry level whisky, the 10 Year Old, matured solely on bourbon casks. It was released later than the 12 Year Old, which…

Karuizawa is almost legendary. Status-wise not unlike Port Ellen, I would say. Releases sell at the speed of light, there are no sweeter cakes. It once all started as a winery, distilling taking place…

This Hakushu was bottled especially for the 10th Anniversary of Whisky Live in Japan. The cask was selected by none other than Dave Broom, so you can be assured that it will be good, right?It is nicely…

Noh refers to a tradtional form of Japanese theater with masks. Hence the label. This Japanese whisky was put to sleep in 1988 in a sherry butt that yielded 625 bottles at cask strength in 2009.The nose…

I tried this one before, but it is such a fine whisky that it is no punishment to return to it. It won top honours at the 2008 World Whisky Awards. Need I say more?The nose bursts with sherry influence…