To celebrate their 100th anniversary, Gordon & Macphail bottled a couple of whiskies in 1995 under their Centenary Reserve label. I already tried their magnificent Caol Ila from 1966. This is a Mortlach…

This week, I am putting three relatively young Caperdonich next to each other. Let me start with this very pale 11 Year Old from Signatory.The nose starts on the obligatory honey and beeswax with hints…

This Mortlach was distilled in November 1995 and matured on a first fill sherry butt. It was bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, a club that aims to bottle only exceptionale good (their words, not…

Sketch the Soul! This is the name of the artwork on the label, from the American fantasy and metal artist Tony Koehl. This bottling is the first in a series of three by David Stirk’s Creative Whisky…

Natural Color is a French company specialized in bottling spirits in their natural state, without coloring. The bottle cognac, Armagnac, calvados and rum, but obviously also whisky. A couple of their…

This Auchentoshan is one with an almost legendary reputation. People in the know tell me that this might be the best Toshan ever bottled. Really? Well, this I have to taste for myself! It is a bottling…

The concept of That Boutique-y Whisky Company is rather straightforward. It is a brand new range from the British online retailer Master of Malt. They create a single malt by blending left overs from…

La Maison du Whisky, the reputable retailer with HQ in Paris, launched a special series named The Ten in 2011. They aimed at whisky novices trying to explain the different whisky styles via ten different…

The Maltman is a label from The Meadowside Blending Company, run by Donald Hart (of Hart Brothers fame) and his son Andrew. Andy and I have been in touch for a while now and he is very passionate about…

Douglas Laing has already bottled a few Auchentoshan and today we are trying a distillate from 1979, that was bottled in 2004. It is one of their oldest (they also have a 25 Year Old from 1978 and I will…