Another day, another Laphroaig, why not? The German Malts of Scotland has bottled yet another one. This 16 Year Old is already their 19th cask bottled by Thomas. How many Laffie casks do they have in…

For the next Laffie in this series, I had to go through my cabinet of sample. I found a bottling from 2009, bottled by Koen from the Belgian shop QVID. It is a 13 Year Old Laphroaig from 1996. The D on…

NOTE: this was tasted from an old 18yo dumpy botle!Let me taste some Highland Park whisky with a small H2H with two 18 Year Old. First this one from a dumpy bottle from an era long gone, next to a modern…

The last Vintage from Highland Park that I will be trying is the 1990, bottled (just like his younger brothers) in 1990, exclusively for duty free shops. So this is a 20 Year Old. The nose is soft and…

After the one from the old dumpy bottle from an era long gone, on to this modern 18 Year Old from 2007.The nose is rather closed, but opens up if you are patient. Grassy and clean, with apples and wal…

This Highland Park is a bottling by the Scottish Duncan Taylor, well known for its series Peerless, Rarest of the Rare, NC² and Octave, to mention but a few. This 17 Year Old HP was bottled in the Rare…

I am working feverishly on my summer vacation plans, so what better to sip than a vacation dram? That is why I am putting three Highland Park vintages for Travel Retail (although they can be obtained…

This Highland Park was bottled for the traveller in 2010 and thus contains a 16 Year Old Highland Park, although the blue label only mentioned Vintage 1994. It was bottled at the rather easy drinking…

Scott’s Selection has bottled quite a few single grain from 1964 already. I’ve tried their Port Dundas, Caledonian and Girvan from that year. The single grain I am trying today was produced by Invergo…

Single Grain can be really beautiful, we all know that. Therefore I collected a couple of samples to put next to each other. Let me start with this 24 Year Old from Cambus, a grain distillery in the…