We end the Glen Ord tasting with the lightests of the three. In colour, I mean. ABV-wise, this one is the heavyweight from the family with no less than 58,7%. Let’s see if it can compete with it’s you…

I must confess, I find the age of 28 somewhat odd to bottle, especially given the fact that there is a 25 and 30 Year Old. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. This one has, coincidence or not, the…

This Dalmore is an official bottling from 2007 of a 15 Year Old with a wonderful dark, golden color. It matured on three types of sherry casks: matusalem, apostolos en amoroso.The nose is amazingly…

The Dalmore Vintage 2000 is a new release from this Highland distillery, on the market since 2010. It’s about 10 years old and has a nice dark colour, despite being from a bourbon cask. Ah, the magic of…

Ian McLeod is independent bottler that markets its whiskies under several brands, such as ‘As we get it’ (cask strength), ‘Dun Bheagan’, ‘McLeod’s’ and ‘Chieftain’s’. An older bottling is this Dalmore…

Every year, GlenDronach bottles, exclusively for the Belgian market, a cask in their unique concept ‘Cask in a Van’. In 2010, this was an 8 Year Old on virgin oak. In 2011 it was an 8 Year Old on a PX…

In august 2011 GlenDronach launched no less than 6 new single casks at cask strength. The youngest is a 17 Year Old oloroso sherry butt from 1994, the oldest a 40 Year Old Pedro Ximenez sherry puncheon…

GlenDronach launched 6 new single casks in august 2001, ranging from 17 to 40 year old, all on sherry casks. This 20 Year Old PX sherry puncheon, number 1032, was filled on 29th August 1990 and yielded…

I have tasted old Ballantines Finest before. Earlier this year I placed a 1985 against a 2008 bottle. Both were good. Today, I’m trying an even older bottling. This Ballentines Finest comes from a bottle…

Haig Gold Label is a blend consisting of 40% malt and (thus) 60% grain whisky. Apparently it is very popular in Greece. Probably because of the light character. The single malts in this blend are – among…