Arran not only experimented with loads of wine finishes, they also launched a peated whisky under the name Machrie Moor. This is the name of the peat bog on the west coast of the island, where stone…

This Arran has matured on a sherry cask and, like the one I just tried, was bottled by The Nectar Belgium.The sherry influence is immediately discernable on the nose, which seems to be sweet and fruity…

This Arran is 11 years old and was bottled, at cask strength, for the Belgian market in 2010 by The Nectar.The nose reminds me a lot of the Maltman bottling: again a lot of malt and flowers, white fruit…

When I posted the tasting notes of the 21 Year Old ‘Birthday’ Bladnoch 1991, I already hinted at the second cask we had chosen for the 5th birthday of The Bonding Dram, a local retailer. We, in this case…

Glen Scotia from Campbeltown has been for sale for several years now. Loch Lomond Distillers seems to be stuck wit hit. So the crew of neighbour Springbank go to work here for three months a year to…

The 14 Year Old Springbank that was launched last spring by MoS could not really convince me, so I approach this bottling with trepidation, but also renewed hope. After all, it is another cask type and…

Those who want to keep up with Malts of Scotland, must dram at a serious pace. This summer, again a whole batch of bottlings from this German Indie were released, including this 23 Year Old Highland Park…

This Springbank was bottled last year by Murray McDavid at the Bruichladdich distillery (which they owned at the time) and released under the Mission Gold label. It is very pale, despite having matured…

This 20 Year Old was bottled by the German indie Malts of Scotland. It is not their first Glen Scotia. They bottled a 1992 before, also from a sherry cask. I would not be surprised if they were similar…

Okay, this young Port Charlotte matured on a sherrycask and was bottled at a whopping cask strength of 63,1% ABV. Let me run downstairs to the garage to fetch my helmet. This is most likely going to be…