In November 2022 I participated in the Cadenhead Warehouse tasting at Spirits in the Sky, the best whisky festival in the Benelux. Cameron, Cadenhead's ambassador, brought cask samples of stuff that has…

Independent bottler Buds & Barrels launched this summery Glentauchers in its 'sticky label' range at the end of last year, from a refill sherry butt. I confess, when I first read it, I looked surprised…

The vast majority of Glentauchers, together with Miltonduff and Glenburgie, go into the well-known blend Ballantine's. Official bottlings can be counted on one hand, but the independent bottlers can…

Finally! We have searched for a long time for a cask of this Highlander and finally we have one that made us fall head over heels in love. But... no, we are not allowed to say the name of this distillery…

While the 'normal' batches continue unabated (at the time of writing Batch 18 was already a fact), Nc'nean launched two completely new batches in 2022 with a new system of numbering. In addition to this…

Nc'nean is steadily working on their releases and the number of bottles is also increasing. While the first Quiet Rebels – a tribute to founder Annabel – had a circulation of 4,504 bottles, Lorna's – in…

Belgian bottler The Roots selected a hogshead from the Loch Lomond distillery that was filled in 1993 with a spirit type that they produced between 1966 and 2000. The malt was given the name Old Rhosdhu…

Old Rhosdhu is a malt that was distilled at the versatile Loch Lomond distillery from 1966 to 2000. In 2021, A.D. Rattray launched this malt after 27 years of maturation.Sweet nose on white orchard fruit…

This is already the second single cask that Marcel Kip – aka The Barrel Baron – bottles from this Israeli distillery. I had the privilege of judging a sample as early as June 2022. And now that it’s…

Independent bottlers do like this malt from Dufftown, which is a very fruity and accessible Speysider. I taste one from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, called 'An Old Soul in New Shoes'. I frown for a…