Not too long ago I tried a sister cask of this one, albeit bottled by The Ultimate. But we all know that this Dutch bottler often goes looking for casks in those warehouses in Pitlochry. This is a bot…

Last November, while in Edinburgh, I got of the tram at Murrayfield Stadium and crossed the street to the North British Distillery. Unfortunately it is not open to the public and my request to take some…

Did you know that the Port Dundas Distillery was founded in 1811 by Daniel MacFarlane but that in 1813 Brown, Goulier & Co built a second distillery in the same industrial area north of Glasgow and…

Port Dundas is an industrial area north of Glasgow named after Sir Lawrence Dundas who pioneered the Forth & Clyde Canal, allowing the area to flourish. In 2009 the distillery closed and production moved…

The Carsebridge distillery was founded in 1798 and even produced malt whisky until 1852! But the demand for grain whisky for the booming blends made John Bald Jr, son of the founder, decide to install…

Millstone is the name of the whisky marketed by the Zuidam Distillery. The Dutch distillery in Baarle-Nassau is currently run by Patrick Van Zuidam who, as Master Distiller, has produced quite a few gems…

We are very proud that MMM – Mark & Manny’s Malts – has been able to secure a collaboration for 2020 with the very talented artist Nathalie Pien. When we saw a few of her paintings at an exposition, we…

This single grain of the Belgian distillery Braeckman matured for 12 years and was drawn from a single barrel. The ABV makes me gasp for breath already. 66.1% ABV? Oh, my!The nose is honeysweet on grain…

The 10 Year Old Single Grain from Braeckman is released in 50cl bottles at 46%, but they have just released a single barrel that got a finish of 10 months on an oloroso sherry cask and bottled at a…

Apart from the single grain, of which Braeckman has a few out there, the Belgian distillery also launched a 10 years old single malt that matured on a first fill bourbon barrel. I tried it at a festival…