Greenore is the single grain label of the Irish Cooley distillery. People who know me, know that I have a soft spot for this whiskey. I already tasted the 6 Year Old, 8 Year Old (including the first…

Malts of Scotland from Paderborn (Germany) launched it’s first single grain whisky. It’s a first batch, which probably means – depending on the success, I suppose – that more batches will follow. I am…

In 2010 Malts of Scotland released two ‘standard’ bottlings, contrary to their regular range, which consists of single casks at cask strength. The first was the Glen First Class (say the name with a hot…

This single cask (ex-bourbon) was bottled exclusively for The Whisky Import in the Netherlands and yielded 261 bottles. The spirit left the stills on 20th September 2006 to be bottled as whisky on 10th…

This Spring 2010 expression matured on ex-bourbon casks from Buffalo Trace for 3 years, before getting a finish of 3 months in hyperactive oloroso sherry casks (it's got the the color to prove it). Then…

This Spring 2011 is a special vatting: 70% consists of 3 Year Old ex-bourbon, 30% is 4 Year Old ex-bourbon that was ACE'd for five weeks on oloroso sherry casks. Little proof can be found in the color…

This 19 Year Old Laffie came from the warehouses of the German independent bottler Malts of Scotland. It was distilled on 18th June 1990 and bottled in November 2009. It's bourbon barrel 6463, that…

In 2009 the new 18 Year Old hit the shelves, replacing the popular 15 Year Old. It is bottled at an ABV of 48%, similar to the Quarter Cask (while the 15 Year Old was bottled at 43%). Color-wise, they…

This Laphroaig was bottled by David Stirk's Creative Whisky Company in their Exslusive Malts range. It was distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2011. Only 322 bottles at 50,8% are available.The nose of this…