Scotch Whisky reviews

Kirsch Import is a German importer of spirits and in collaboration with Signatory Vintage from Pitlochry they launched the so-called Samurai series which (currently) consists of 6 releases, all single…

This has been showing off in my closet for a few years and was a birthday gift from my Dutch buddy Stjepko. Yes, strange name. But his roots are in the Balkans. Doesn't matter; it is a top bloke and I…

That decanter of Signatory's Cask Strength Collection... I'm going to say it again: wonderful to see, terrible to pour from. Fortunately, it's all about the content and that in this case is my favorite…

This bottling dates back to the time when David Stirk was the owner of the Creative Whisky Company. An Auchentoshan in the Exclusive Malts series? Well, of course. The cask yielded 228 cask strength…

It has become a tradition that I organize a so-called Toshan Man Birthday Tasting for my birthday. Due to corona, this is unfortunately online for the second year in a row. Hopefully live again next year…

Found a heel of this Talisker sitting around, and thought we could do a side-by-side with the standard 10 Year Old. This 15 Year Old was part of the Diageo Special Releases in 2019. It is fully matured…

Well, well, well... brand new Independent Bottler of the Year North Star Spirits (yes, for the second year in a row, congratulations, Iain!) bottled an Auchentoshan for the first time last summer. How…

For the 15th anniversary of Belgian importer The Nectar, a lot of whisky (and other spirits) was bottled and I'm lucky: there is another Auchentoshan! This was bottled by Blackadder and it’s a belter.…

I have quite a few single casks from Auchentoshan in my collection, that speaks for itself. But I don't have that many vintage 2000. This was bottled by Signatory in their so-called Cask Strength Coll…

At the whisky festival in Ghent, my good friend Chris Lauriers stood behind the table of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. He beckoned me closer and said, ‘I have something for you’. I saw the number 5.78…