Last year, in the so called Small Batch Collaboration, a Teeling appeared that had matured and a ginger beer cask, from the London based umbrella Brewing Company. Only 700 bottles were released, so it…

Teeling has released a series of whiskies under the banner Small Batch Collaboration. It's quite a challenge to follow them all, I must confess. But nevertheless I was able to catch a few and I would…

I was a guest at Belgian whisky shop TastToe in Boortmeerbeek in September 2019 at a fantastic Teeling masterclass with Alex Chasko, their Master Distiller. One of the whiskies that we got to try was…

You are probably already familiar with The Green Spot – with no age statement – and Yellow Spot (12 years). In 2018 Mitchell & Son added a 15 years old Red Spot. And now they make us jump for joy with…

Darn, the last time I tried this 12 years old Redbreast at cask strength was way back in 2012. But I recently got a sample from the Irish whiskey aficionado Benny, so I had no excuse to postpone this…

I have only tried 1W from this relatively new Irish distillery, a single cask for Austria. Today I will try one of their own releases, batch 3, that was released already in 2018. It is a vatting of…

I do miss the Whisky Fair in Limburg, Germany. Both in 2020 and this year, corona messes things up, but I have warm memories of 2019. Not in the least because of this wonderful Irish whiskey that was…

The German company The Whisky Agency bottled a cask of Irish whiskey in 2017 for Komplex Whiskey & Hasse². Who can make heads or tails of that? The the label bursts in simplicity, but it is of course the…

The Founder’s Reserve from The Irishman is a single cask, albeit cut to 46%. The whiskey, a blend by the way, was finished on a Caribbean cask. That means rum of course. From Santa Lucia if you really…

The Walsh Whiskey Distillery was recently rechristened Royal Oak Distillery. The distillery came about with the fortune that was made, and still being made, with the popular whiskey The Irishman. Today…