Kavalan reviews

I have tried this powerhouse twice before, but was never able to make tasting notes. During a recent visit to the bar PROOF in Ghent, the owner poured me a generous sample to take home. So now allow me…

My first brush with this legendary distillery was through their insanely awesome Kavalan Solist Fino Sherry. I mean it literally grabbed me by the tenders and swung me through the air. There was no way…

Our friends of The Finest Notes (a Belgian whisky club) have good taste. They already proved that with their Glen Keith bottling a few years ago – and more recently by asking me to host an Auchentoshan…

I sampled this price winning Taiwanese single malt with a bottle marked March 2013. Solist Ex-Bourbon Cask is only 3 years old. matured shortly because of the local climate and oak.This has Wo hu cang…

Kavalan distillery is located in the northern part of Taiwan, 60 kilometres south of Taipei. It was built over an eight month period in 2005 and 2006 and uses copper stills that were constructed in…

Since they bottled their first whisky at the King Car distillery back in 2008, Kavalan has been hot news, stringing together many trophies from both the industry and the independent connoisseurs alike…

This is a bit mental. It is so dark you would never think it was a whisky. It looks like a glass of Oloroso sherry or coca cola.My bottle is 515/546 of cask SO60703030.The nose as you would expect is a…

Bottle 196/225 Cask BO80908025Nose: Vanilla, dusty caster sugar, pineapple and coconut. Palate: Sweet, spicy, vanilla with an odd bitter note. It isn't like bitterness you can get from oak, it is a…

Kavalan is yet another fine example of a new Asian distillery that is coming out with some fantastic single malt. The Kavalan Single Malt is one of their entry level expressions but it sure packs a punch…