Wilson & Morgan, the bottler with Italian roots, married no less than 6 sherry casks together for this Highland Heart, which was apparently enough to bring just over 4,000 bottles to the market. That's…

From this Clan Denny bottling we only know that it is a Speyside single malt of barely three years old, which got a finish on bourbon barrels. Does that mean that this malt then started its life on a…

I confess, until recently I had never heard of this. And even now I don't manage to find much more information about it, but apparently this Noble Fleming was compiled and bottled in 2002 by Pràban na…

King Cask is a new Dutch bottler – started in 2020 – and this MacRothes is, as the name suggests, a blended malt consisting of Macallan and Glenrothes. I got a sample from my good friend Gunther in my…

Rick Wasmund, the owner of Copper Fox, did a 6-week internship at Bowmore on Islay before returning to Sperryville, Virginia to establish his distillery there. He has been active since 2005. In 2015, he…

The new Talisker 30 Year Old, which was launched this year in a limited edition of 3,216 bottles, was bottled at cask strength. I'm a bit surprised that this is only 48.5%. But I am even more surprised…

The crown jewel of the series matured on first fill PX and first fill Oloroso sherry seasoned casks. And after 26 years, the angels have already enjoyed themselves. The cask strength is a mere 44.2%.…

The Lagavulin 12 is a fixed value in the Special Releases. The aristocrat of Islay is the 'fiercest and smokiest' of the gang, hence 'The Lion's Fire'. When I was on Islay the other day, I didn't see…

In 2018, Diageo came up with an 8-year-old Talisker for the first time in the Special Releases (for 85 EUR) and that remains one of my favorites. In 2019 a 16-year-old followed and in 2020 again an 8…

Ah, Oban... It never disappoints, does it? Anyway, at Whivie HQ we are crazy about it, so we were happy that an Oban has also appeared in the series this year. 'The Tale of Two Foxes' must refer to the…