The Miyagikyo 10 Year Old is the entry level malt from this Japanese distillery, part of the Nikka concern. This is also a NAS-version of 500ml. I put them side by side.The nose is much softer than the…

This Talisker was bottled by Douglas Laing under the Old Malt Cask label in their special Director’s Tactical Selection, at what they call the golden drinking strength, i.e. 50% ABV. The distillate came…

Interwhisky is a festival in Frankfurt, Germany. For their 2010 show they looked to Malts of Scotland for their festival bottling: this 25 Year Old Glencadam from 1985. A couple of bottles found their…

Talisker is the only distillery on the Isle of Skye, something they proudly print on their labels. Although they may get competition as Pràban na Linne, who put the black Poit Dhubh whisky to market,…

The Talisker Distillers Edition has been released on an almost yearly basis since 1997. It is always double matured, which basically means that it was recasked for a finish after the regular maturation…

Glencadam is a distillery that produces primarily for Ballantine’s and only bottles a small percentage as single malt. Luckily there are plenty of independent bottlings that allow us to get to know this…

The Signatory Vintage Cask Collection from Andrew Symington contains signle casks at cask strength. This bottling appeared 7 years ago already and contains a 17 Year Old Glencadam. The ABV is massive.…

The German Whisky-Fässle joined forces with the Dutch Whiskybase.com to bottle this cask of Glencadam 1974. It was brought to the market in 2011 for around 155 EUR, but nowadays is somewhat hard to find…

On 13 July 1995 five sherry butts (#1551-52-53 & 59-60) were filled with new make that, 13 years later, after a marriage, were filled into no less than 3.000 bottles of this Maltmen’s Selection in the…

Laimrig is Gaelic for pier and thus refers to the ancient stone pier at the distillery. It is a cask strength 15 Year Old Bowmore, matured on Spanish sherry butts. This is their third batch, 18.000…