Just like its predecessors, the composition of this sixth Black Art remains top secret. All we know is that Adam Hannett created an unpeated malt with casks that were put to sleep when he was still…

The Black Art 05.1 is Adam Hannet’s first. Adam is the protégé and successor to the legendary Jim McEwan. The youngest whisky in this vatting – of which the cask types are a closely guarded secret – is…

The Black Art Series from Bruichladdich is almost legendary. Created by Jim McEwan, this is a vatting of different casks, but the type is kept top secret. Black Art is of course a nod to alchemy. This…

This 25 years old Laddie was selected by the Dutch importer Bresser & Timmer. No less than 240 bottles of this stuff went to my northerly neighbors.Ooh, yes, this is a very good nose. Kiwi skins, pears…

Cuvée 640 is a Bruichladdich that got a finish on a… cognac cask! The label states overigens ‘Oh Mensch! Gieb Acht! Was spricht die tiefe mitternacht?’ which is the opening line from ‘Also Sprach Zara…

Cuvée… the name says it all. This is one of three 21 year old Bruichladdich malts that was finished – in this case on sweet Barsac and Sauternes casks. It has a beautiful bronze color. This Laddie was…

This private cask was selected by 5 Dutch friend, but in the end is an homage to Ronald Janssen who unfortunately passed away before the bottling took place. It’s a 10 years old Laddie that matured on…

Tullibardine from the 1970s: I have not tried many. The only two – both from 1973 – were tasted at a friend’s birthday party (he was born in 1973). Now I have a Tullibardine 1975 in my glass, an official…

I have had the good fortune of trying several well-aged Tomintoul. This is my 7th that is 40 years or older. And all of them were excellent! So the expectations for this Old Malt Cask are pretty high…

For my thirteenth encounter with this distillery, I selected a 28 years old Tamnavulin that was distilled in 1988 and bottled at cask strength in 2016 by A.D. Rattray. It’s not easy to find official…