In 2017 Dirk Verleysen, owner of whiskyshop Dram 242, launched the Braeckman Single Grain. It was a 9 years old single barrel that impressed immediately. When the distillery celebrated their 100th ann…

I confess, the official releases from the Speyside Distillery (be it the new Spey releases or the old Speyside releases) are not much to my liking. But sometimes you can find a hidden gem in the wareh…

Since the last takeover of this distillery – by Harvey’s in 2013 – the name of the whisky was changed from the rather pompous and confusing Speyside to simply Spey. This is quite a young distillery, in…

The Speyside Distillery is something of an unknown. Most of the production goes into blends in Asia. Apart from that they also produced Beinn Dhu, Black Burn, Cu Dubh, Drumguish and Glentromie whisky as…

There are already quite a few expressions from WillowBurn, including – in the so-called Batch No 1 – no less than 6 finishes: Marsala (which I just tried), Moscatel, Grand Cru Claret, Ruby & Tawny Port…

Apart from Glen Els, The Alrik and the heavily peated Emperor’s Way they also produce this WillowBurn at Hammerschmiede. And they have experimented quite a bit with types of casks. In their Batch No 1…

At the end of 2016 Hammerschmiede released to similar malts, both so-called ‘woodsmoked’, one matured on a Pale Cream Sherry cask and the other on a Dark Sherry cask. I am happy to put them head-to-head…

At the end of 2016 Hammerschmiede released to similar malts, both so-called ‘woodsmoked’, one matured on a Pale Cream Sherry cask and the other on a Dark Sherry cask. I am happy to put them head-to-head…

A former Malaga Cask? That’s something you don’t see every day. This sweet Spanish dessert wine is produced with Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel grapes. I wonder what this cask has done with the young spirit…

Glen Els is not yet very known in our neck of the woods, but in Germany it enjoys high esteem. Next to some spirits like liqueur and gin they now produce four different single malts: Glen Els, The Alrik…