I am putting another 43 Year Old next to the A.D. Rattray bottling from 1967. This one was bottled by The Nectar of the Daily Drams in 2011. The cask was selected by the Belgian owner Mario Groteklaes…

David Stirk selected this cask for his Exclusive Malts range, you know, the one with the bird on the label that has absolutely nothing to do with the whisky. The range consists of single casks at cask…

The independent bottler A.D. Rattray (previously Dewar Rattray) bottled part of a sherry butt (where did the rest go, I wonder?) that was filled with Laphroaig spirit on 23 March 1998. At what strength…

And independent Laffie from a sherry cask, what will that be like? Bottled by Jack Wiebers. This whisky, of which 300 bottles were produced in 2006, is a 10 Year Old Laphroaig at cask strength. The nose…

Archives, the Whiskybase shop’s label, launched its Second Release, consisting of an 11 Year Old Highland Park as well as this 13 Year Old Laphroaig. Just as with the HP, the label here says 13 ½ Year…

I just cannot get enough of Caol Ila. I have said it before and I will gladly repeat it: Caol Ila is one of the most underrated Islay malts, always in the shadow of the Kildalton Trio. Unwarranted, as…

A young Caol Ila at a cask strength of no less than 59,9%? That surely must give fireworks. It was bottled in the Signatory Cask Strength Collection, in one of those beautiful decanters that grandma uses…

The German bottler Malts of Scotland came up with a rather brilliant idea. Exclusive whiskies are not attainable for all because of the high price tag, so why not produce half bottles of 35cl? The ‘An…

Glenfarclas is one of the few distilleries that offers a 40 Year Old whisky that one can reasonably afford. It is bottled at the drinking strength of 46% and has a great, dark oloroso hue.On the nose I…

Glenfarclas, which is still a family company, boasts the fact that it delivers wonderful whiskies at a reasonable Price. That is the least one can say of this whisky. Matured for three decades and still…