The name 'Fusion' refers to the use of two kinds of barley. Apart from the locally grown unpeated Indian malt (75%), peated Scottish malt (25%) was also part of the mash bill. Hence the predicate 'East…

Until a few years ago, many people had never even heard of this Indian whisky, but now everybody seems to have the name Amrut on their lips. Not totally underserved, mind you. This is one helluva whisky…

The German independent bottler Malts of Scotland released two casks of this Island whisky last year. A bourbon cask (800029) and this sherry cask (800025). I wonder how different they will be. Interes…

This Ledaig came from the warehouses of Malts of Scotland (German Indie). It was distilled on 24th March 1997 and bottled in October 2010 after a maturation of 13 years in a bourbon hogshead. The cask…

Let me start with the fact that this is my first Ledaig ever. So I have no official bottling to compare this with. I picked up this whisky (in a miniature of 50ml) in the shop of the Edradour distillery…

The Lonach Gathering is a yearly gathering of Scottish Clans in Strathdon (Highlands). It dates back to 1822. The whisky with the same name is brought to the market as a cask strength whisky by Duncan…

This Glenlivet is a single cask bottling (cask no 906679) by James MacArthur, that was selected especially for the Whisky Festival Milano (Italy) in 2007. It was distilled in September 1996 and bottled…

I visited the Glenlivet distillery in September 2010, just right after they expanded considerably. One of their standard bottles is this Glenlivet 15 Year Old French Oak Reserve, that is actually the…

Auchentoshan has a fantastic official 1988 Bordeaux Wine Finish, but also an abominable 1991 Chateau Montrose Wine Finish (Malts of Scotland). So the wine finishes are a bit hit & miss. The Toshan we are…

I first tasted this independent Auchentoshan, which is a part of my collection 'A Toshan Man', at my favorite whisky restaurant in Belgium, during my birthday dinner. It is bottled at the Bruichladdich…