When visiting a distillery, one often gets the chance to fill a bottle from a cask in the visitor center. It is no different at Benromach. The sample that I am trying today was filled by Teun van Wel,…

Worldwide, Islay-limpics were held on the so-called Ardbeg Day on 2nd June 2012. In Belgium, there were several festivities where you could taste the new release. To get a hold of a bottle, that was…

During an Old Pulteney tasting with Andrea Spinello in Ghent, the participants were offered a mystery dram from this Highland distillery. It was very well received. It turns out that this was a single…

ALS is short for Amyotrofische Laterale Sclerose (a neuro-muscular ailment without any chance of healing). One of the leaders of ‘A Heart for ALS’, which raises funds for research, is Alain Verspecht …

A little over a year ago, you could get your hands on a special Ledaig (say ‘let-sjick’), approved by the Belgian shop Anverness and bottled by David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Company. It was a very qua…

This 14 Year Old Balvenie is only available in the Travel Retail segment. It was finished on Caribbean rum casks, lending it a nice golden sheen. Hence the name GoldenCask. It was bottled at the slightly…

The name leaves nothing to the imagination: this grown-up Balvenie is finished in port casks, in this case 30 year old port pipes.On the nose, I am overwhelmed with sweetness: caramel, toffee, oranges…

In the heart of Speyside you can find the second distillery (after Glenfiddich) of the Grant’s family: Balvenie (say ‘bal-VEE-ny). This Founder’s Reserve is their discontinued 10 Year Old, which was…

I am far from knowledgeable when it comes to Tomatin, as this is only the 13th one I am tasting. But this surely is one of the eldest I am trying. Only 103 bottles were produced by the Belgian bottler…

Monkey Shoulder is a blended malt, consisting of three single malts, hence the Triple Malt neck label and the three monkeys on the shoulder of the American looking bottle. It is created with Glenfiddich…