Bimber is a brand new distillery in… London! They only got under steam in 2016 and end of last year they launched their first Single Malt London Whisky, a release of 5.000 bottles, whisky matured on re…

In 1857 Jakob Baumberger founded a distillery and brewery in Langatun (nowadays Langenthal, Switzerland) on the farm of his father. The logo was a bear. As an homage Baumberger’s kin now distills Old…

On the one hand you’ll find the Distillerie Grallet-Dupic in Rozelieures, that markets Lorraine single malt making use of local barley and peat, on the other hand there is Alcopedia, a company run by an…

Let’s trek across the border to France to try a young malt from the unknown (to me at least) Distillerie Claeyssens de Wambrechies. It’s a distillery with Belgian roots. It was founded in 1817 by Joseph…

Gouden Carolus has come a long way. I could hardly stomach their first releases (more banana liqueur than whisky), but they have improved significantly over the past years. What has me looking on wide…

A few years ago Filiers released single malt under the banner Goldlys – named after the river Leie – Lys in English - that turned gold from the drying flax on the riverbanks. But now Filliers is changing…

I am fond of Duvel. It’s a great beer. Their yearly Barrel Aged versions are equally excellent. But what I have tried of their Duvel Distilled – their shot at whisky, one from 2009 and one from 2013 –…

Kilchoman has quite a few port casks in their warehouses from a non-disclosed port producer from the Douro valley in Portugal. Part of those were put to sleep in 2011 to be released three years later at…

This single cask was bottled for The Nectar, Belgian importer. After a regular maturation on a bourbon cask, it was finished on a rum cask from Barbados. The malt has it’s usual 50ppm and the whisky was…

This 3 years old Kilchoman was bottled especially for Belgium. Note that it’s still the previous bottle shape. But the content is again a textbook version of bourbon cask matured Kilchoman. The ABV…