I had tried this 21 year old Bowmore at a tasting in August, but was given a sample for re-evaluation at home, despite my praise at the time. Who am I to refuse a free sample? It was matured on a refill…

Asta Morris is best known for its BenRiach single cask bottlings, but Bert often finds other, less known whiskies that are suitable to bottle. Dailuaine, Blair Athol and Glenburgie come to mind. This is…

Today, Koen of Belgian retailer QVID, is celebrating. His newest bottling is on the market. When I got the sample, Koen would not even tell me what it was, trying to keep the secret complete until the…

Glentauchers is another one of those unknown distilleries. A lot has to do with the fact that, bar two, there are no official bottling. All production was destined for blends. If you want to taste this…

The famous bottler from Elgin, Gordon & Macphail, has released a couple of semi official bottles of this obscure Speysider. This one was distilled in 1990 and, after 16 years in a cask, bottled in 2007…

About a year ago, I was able to try a Haig Gold Label, albeit rotation 1974. This one is even a decade older, rotation 1964. Today this blend contains 60% grain. The malt part consists of Linkwood and…

Spencerfield Spirits has more than just whisky on the market. They also produced the celebrated Edinburgh Gin. But they are probably best known for their Sheep Dip, a blend of 8 year ols whisky, that has…

According to Richard Paterson – aka The Nose – this premium blend contains whiskies from 30 to 36 years of age. Hence it is not cheap. I saw it recently in the UK for around £150. The colour reveals the…

A while ago, my buddy Luc H (H for Harley Davidson) handed me a sample to try. Let me know what you think, he said. Later, after I had done so, he let me know what dram it was that I had tasted. Tasting…

This Kilkerran is 5 years old and matured on a port casks. It was put to sleep during the first year of production 2004 and released during the Springbank Open Day on the 18th of February 2011. It has…