Johnnie Walker is often looked down upon. I think this has three reasons. One: it’s the victim of its own success; two: the current Red Label is ridiculously bad; and three: unknown is unloved. When…

This is an older bottling of Dewar’s White Label, with no mention of contents or ABV on the label. Yet the print on the back of the label claims it’s from 1975. That’s liquid history in my book, for I…

This golden oldie is in fact a Highland Malt! But little info can be found about this release, apart from the fact that it was Italian import and the producers call themselves the Crazy Scotch Interna…

The Hard Fired expression from Ballantine’s was an Amazon exclusive and contains malt that matured on double charred casks, hence the name. That’s about all the info I could find, except for the fact…

Liquid history, you say? Count me in! This Haig Gold Label was bottled over 60 years ago! Haig is one of the great whisky barons from an era long gone and for decades their Gold Label sold very well. I…

I was secretly hoping for a fourth release in the Ghost & Rare Series and this one actually would fit in that series (same luxurious packaging and it has some ‘ghost’ distilleries in the mix), but for…

Not too long ago Aberlour launched their a’bunadh Alba, matured on bourbon casks, as an extension (or is that replacement?) of the a’bunadh that is matured exclusively on Spanish sherry casks. The last…

LeavesAberlour have been releasing their a’bunadh for more than 20 years now. ‘From the well’ it means. I have had the good fortune of trying some ten batches and they’re all pretty close taste-wise.…

This unnamed Highlander is a single malt, one of the first releases of the crowdfunded new Campbeltown Whisky Company, with Mark and Kate Watt at the helm. Everything that I have tried from Watt so far…

Mark Watt sure knows how to make an entrance with Watt Whisky. Have you seen those eclectically packaged whisky’s in the Electric Coo series? Today I try one of his first releases, a 19 years old blended…