The distillery celebrated its 175th birthday in 2011 and released a special bottle for the occassion, a vatting of 18 different sherry casks, three from each decennium that could still be found in the…

In all honesty, I had not yet heard of the Heritage, but saw the bottle in the cabinet while visiting the Belgian Filliers Distillery. I was able to convince the owner to sell the remainder of the bottle…

Maltman will soon have an Auchetoshan on the market. You can imagine that is something I am personally looking forward to. But for now, I will settle for this young Highland Park bottling. On the back…

Archives is the label of the Whiskybase Shop, under which they bottle wonderful nectar. This is from their Second Release (not counting the Inaugural Release) and contains, besides this HP, a 13 Year Old…

A.D. Rattray is an independent bottler. It has, in my experience, bottled both jewels and lesser gods. I am curious what this 16 Year Old Mortlach on cask strength will do for me.The sturdy and fresh…

Let me start by saying that I have only had one Mortlach so far, from Cooper’s Choice 1978. That one did not please me one bit. So I am curious how this young bottling from Maltman will fare.The nose is…

My friend and co-blogger Marc Castermans put a mystery sample in my hands at one of the many tastings where we often meet, thus forcing me to the hardest of excercises: tasting blind. It is a challenge…

I previously tasted a young Clynelish by this bottler, but like I said, they have other whiskies in their range, like this 21 Year Old Bowmore.On the buttery nose, I am welcomed by all the typiscal Islay…

This is a very pale Clynelish. Obviously a bourbon cask, bottled by the Meadowside Blending Company and marketed under the Maltman label. It was distilled in May 1998 and bottled after 13 years, in…

Being from a sherry butt, this Clynelis is very pale indeed. Clearly refill. It was bottled in 2006 by Signatory, the independent bottler owned by Andrew Symington, the man who also owns Edradour dist…