The title is actually an allusion to that other Malts of Scotland bottling that I didn’t quite like: the Ballindalloch 2000 that I named ‘The Devil’s Cask’. It does set the tone for this tasting note,…

This Glen Ord, selected by the independent bottles Malts of Scotland from Germany, is 11 years old and matured on a bourbon hogshead, delivering an output of 289 bottles. It’s gold with a brown/green…

‘Ballindalloch, you say? Err…’ Yeah, that was my first reaction too. So I did some research. There is a county in Scotland by the name of Ballindalloch, even a castle. There are several distilleries in…

The German Indie Malts of Scotland released 219 bottles of this ex-bourbon cask, number 800266, at a strength of 58,7%. The sister cask 800267 was released last year and well received (215 bts). This one…

In 2008, Auchentoshan released this limited edition of 1.800 bottles for the duty free range – it is available at the distillery shop (online) as well. I paid 150 EUR for it, shipping included.The Auc…

The first Glen Scotia I tried (not so long ago) was also a single cask from Malts of Scotland, but that was a sherry butt. This is a bourbon hogshead, cask 1926, bottled exclusively for Belgium.The…

This Bunnahabhain (say ‘boona-havn’) matured on a sherry butt for 17 long years, being distilled on the 25th of May 1992 and bottled in april 2010. On the nose you’ll find the sweet touches of sherry and…

Willowbank Distillery opened in Dunedin (New-Zealand, South Island) at the end of the sixties of the last century. First they produced two blends, ‘Wilson’s’ and ’45 South’ (referring to their location…

This Bruichladdich is something of an enigma. It has matured on oak ex bourbon barrels before having been finished on an ‘assortment of wine barrels’ from Bruichladdich’s warehouse number 12. The enig…

Bruichladdich is known for its huge amount of expressions on the market. It’s hard to keep up. The reason is the fact that the distillery from Islay has no blending contract (which is the reason of…