Another golden oldie grain! Distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2008 by Blackadder, the bottler that adds some cask residue in its famous Raw Cask series. I must confess that I do not have a lot of exper…

Strathclyde was founded in 1927 along the River Clyde in Glasgow. With no less than seven column stills they produce around 40,000,000 litres per annum. Today I will try a 30 years old that has matured…

Invergordon is a young distillery, built in 1959. Since 1993 she is part of Whyte & Mackay that we know primarily from Dalmore, Isle of Jura and Fettercairn distilleries. Today I will try a very young…

Cameronbridge was founded in 1824 by John Haig, the whisky baron behind the blend of the same name. His cousin, Robert Stein, was the inventor of the column still. It thus comes as no surprise that…

Carsebridge started its career as a malt distillery in 1799, but in 1852 both potstills were replaced by column stills. Blends started to boom by then and the owners saw money in changing their product…

Did you know that Caledonian was initially simply called Edinburgh Distillery? When it was founded in 1885 it was even one of Scotland's largest grain distilleries. But she only lasted for a full century…

Caledonian was a grain distillery near Haymarket in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Today the buildings have been converted into apartments, because the distillery closed permanently In 1988. I will…

I tasted some Irish stuff from The Whistler before, but was recently given a sample of this 10 years old by my buddy Manny. The label boldly states ‘How The Years Whistle By’. A bit odd, considering that…

Rolf Kaspar is a German independent bottler that has quite a bit of Irish whiskey on its resume, bottled primarily in collaboration with the Hotel Essener Hof. This one, however, was bottled in honor of…

Mark Reynier goes further (or is that less far?) than Single Farm Origin. This Gaia, the first in the so-called Arcadian Series, is distilled from barley sourced at different farms. That undoubtedly…