Scotch Whisky reviews

A new Belgian bottler has emerged: The Roots. But Joren Nuyts, the sympathetic guy behind this new brand, will not limit himself to whisky. We can also expect other spirits, he told me. And he immedia…

Listen up! This is the oldest Talisker ever bottled. This spirit from the oldest distillery on the Isle of Skye matured for no less than 44 years. Ten special ‘marine charred casks’ were bottled, which…

Grant's Triple Wood seems to be a re-branding of the old Family Reserve. The website specifies sherry cask, American oak, and refill bourbon barrel. Nose: sweet with dried cherries and grape juice.…

Part 2 of our head-to-head with the new and similarly priced Arrans. This one is not necessarily new, as the sherry cask is, but it's new for me since I never saw it in it's old packaging, and it sits…

Picked up both the new Sherry cask Arran and the Quarter cask. It's a lazy Sunday, hot and humid outside, so staying in and watching some NFL Pre-season and figured it's a good time to do these head-to…

Whisky Import Nederland – WIN for short – selected a single sherry butt in addition to a single bourbon cask. That shouldn't be surprising, right? What is surprising is that this youngster – distilled…

If we are tasting Lindores from bourbon casks, we might as well take the opportunity to taste this Exclusive Cask. It is a Fresh Bourbon single cask at cask strength, specially bottled for WIN (Whisky…

I was able to get my hands on this bottle because I am a member of the Lindores 1494 Members Club. She therefore wears number 0701/1494. This members edition was bottled from quarter casks and sits as…

At the end of 2021, a new release of Lindores appeared that was exclusively matured in bourbon casks. Remember that the first release was a mix of bourbon, sherry and wine casks. So we can expect a…

Last summer the long-awaited first release of this new Lowland distillery appeared (at least the one that was made available to the general public). I confess that I don't really know what the difference…