Scotch Whisky reviews

If you have not yet heard of him: Marc Vandenberghe is the Belgian Brand Ambassador for Glenrothes. He selected this sherry cask for the Belgian market. I scored this sample from my whisky buddy Jan VC…

Aberfeldy was originally built by Dewar's & Sons to provide enough Highland style malt for their famous blend White Label. You can visit Dewar’s World of Whisky at the distillery, an exhibition that goes…

Most Glenrothes spirit sleeps on sherry casks, but this independent bottling by the German Sansibar is a bourbon cask, a quarter of a century old and bottled at cask strength.The nose is intense and…

I have only recently tried a 17 Year Old Glenrothes in the Old Particular series by Douglas Laing. This one is a lot younger, but also cut to the same drinking strength of 48,4% ABV. This, however, is…

It is not often that you encounter a Glenrothes of 25 years old. That is why Douglas Laing decided to release this in their XOP range, which means Extra Old Particular. It was bottled at cask strength…

Dewar's & Sons, who own the Aberfeldy Distillery, decided to overhaul the core range of this Highlander. There is already a new 12 and 21 Year Old, but towards the holiday season at the end of the year…

The Old Particular range by Douglas Laing has already released quite a few gems. Today we go down the Speyside path for a single cask Glenrothes, which matured for 17 years. It was cut to a drinking…

Aberfeldy is somewhat unknown territory to me. I have only tried a few so far. I came across this bottle at a festival in Brussels. Mark Watt was talking excitedly about it, so I scored a sample. It is…