The independent bottler Duncan Taylor has already released quite a range of 1970's Glen Grant (1970, 1972 and 1974), that received quite a bit of praise. So I felt it was time for me to gives these a go…

Turf Mor means ‘big peat’ and that is to be taken literally. The malt is peated up to 58 ppm (as opposed to their regular peat-level of about 20 ppm). Actually, this Turf Mor was something of an exper…

No age statement, but clearly very young. Probably even just 3 years old.Nose: Waxy, nail polish remover, aceton, herbal, green anise. After a while, it becomes sweeter with vanilla, caramel like Wert…

This lightly peated Connemara (only 15ppm) was released in a limited edition of 7000 bottles. It wond a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Fair.Nose: lemongrass, dried apple, touch of peat …

The last sample of Glenfarclas in my cabinet (what a shame!) is a single cask bottling from 1994 (not the Family Cask, but an official bottling for Mähler-Besse in France). It was distilled in February…

The third Glenfarclas from the core range (after the 10 and 15 year old) is this '105'. The number refers to the fact that it's 'overproof' with an ABV of 60%. The bottle has no age statement, but I've…

While I felt the 10 Year Old is a flawless (and rather nicely priced) Speysider, I feel the 15 Year Old has quite a bit more to offer.The nose offers sherry (dark fruit), but also some young apples, very…

Glenfarclas, the fiercely independent distillery in Speyside, won a gold medal in the recent Malt Maniac Awards for their 40 Year Old. While I have not yet had the honor of tasting that one, I do have…

My first encounter with Pittyvaich was the 12 Year Old in the Flora & Fauna series, which tasted better than I feared. Pittyvaich didn’t build up a stellar reputation in its 18 years of production (from…

Gordon & Macphail is one of the oldest independent bottlers in the world, founded in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander Macphail. They hired John Urquhart at the age of 15, who soon became respon…