BenRiach has several expressions under the banner ‘Wood Finishes’, including a couple whiskies ACE’d in wine casks. This is sometimes tricky. Quite a few expressions become too winey (or vinous) and are…

Since 2004, the BenRiach distillery is owed by a private consortium, that put down casks for maturation in 2004 (so the production was uninterrupted), but they plan to bottle that whisky no sooner than…

This expression, like the entry malt Heart of Speyside from BenRiach distillery, was launched in august 2004 for the first time.The nose if fresh, lots of grain, no so much fruit. But it’s not quite as…

The Clynelish distillery shares terrain with that other distillery, long closed and enjoying a near cult status, Brora (founded in 1819 under the name Clynelish). The current Clynelish distillery was…

This Clynelish can only be obtained in the shop of the distillery. It’s a cask strength with the color of white wine. It was bottled in 2008.The nose differs quite a bit from the standard 14 Year Old,…

The independent bottler Gorden & MacPhail is owner of Speyside’s smallest operating distillery since 1993: Benromach. Today I’m trying the ‘new’ Benromach, i.e. whisky that has been distilled and matured…

The Benromach Origins was made from locally grown Golden Promise barley. Nowadays, distillers prefer barley with a higher yield (like Optic), but Benromach (and The Macallan) use Golden Promise as they…

Ardbeg doesn’t really need an introduction, so I’ll save myself the trouble. This Ardbeg Corryvreckan (NAS) has a beautiful gold color with a green sheen and a great viscosity. I am sampling the standard…

The Uigeadail is named after the Loch from which the distillery takes its water for production and means ‘dark, mysterious place’. You pronounce it ‘OOG-a-dal’. It was matured on both bourbon and sher…

According to the official website of this independent bottler, you must pronounce Wemyss as ‘weems’, which is an old Scottish word for caves. There is also a Wemyss castle where a historic family of the…