The Scottish Ballet – officially Scotland’s National Dance Company – celebrated it’s 50th anniversary in 2019. Apart from the fact that it is indeed a dance company, they also perform a lot of charity…

Mannochmore – which can be found on the same grounds as Glenlossie – is one of Diageo’s work horses for the blends. There are only a handful of official releases and this is one from 1990 – a vintage of…

I confess, Mannochmore is a distillery that appears rarely on my radar. In the two decades that I’m sipping whisky, this is only my 5th encounter with this Speysider. That surprises even me. Today one…

Mannochmore is one of the youngest distilleries in Speyside, founded in 1971. Just like the nearby Glenlossie it foms an important part in the Haig blend. It is also the distillery that produced the…

I recently found out that the Private Collection by Johnnie Walker has been discontinued. A couple beautiful decanters appeared in this series, albeit all of them with a hefty price tag. The series was…

In 2013 the luxury yacht from Johnnie Walker – the Voyager – sailed around the world to promote this Odyssey. This release was composed by Master Blender Jim Beveridge with just 3 malts in an attempt to…

Ah, an older edition of the Johnnie Walker Gold Label, which means this is a version that contains a ridiculous amount of Clynelish. My buddy Arno was looking for one of these, so I got it at an auction…

In times of COVID-19 it’s probably harder to find toilet paper than it is to find a single malt from Banff, which explains this is only the 8th I try. This Speyside distillery closed its doors already…

This bottle from Malts of Scotland is dubbed ‘Images of Tomintoul’, which might put you on the wrong track. Sure, the Tomintoul distillery is close to this bridge, but still 40 kilometres away. Closer…

Balblair recently changed from Vintages back to malts with age statements. Today, I will try an older release, from 2007, with a Balblair distilled in 1975, making it a 31 or 32 years old. That explains…