Scotch Whisky reviews

We will stay with The Ultimate for a while, because through my buddy Marcel from the Netherlands I was able to get a sample of a sister cask, namely bourbon barrel #800257 that was put to sleep in 1999…

The Ultimate barely needs introduction, I think. The Dutch independent bottler van Wees releases single casks under this banner, often at cask strength. Meanwhile, there are more than 1000 and in the run…

Chapter 7 is a Swiss independent bottler, active since 2015, run by a certain Selim Evin. Doesn't sound very Swiss, but what do I know about that? I've tasted an Allt-a-Bhainne, Glen Keith and Tormore…

Provenance is a series by Douglas Laing and I already tasted 3 Auchentoshan bottled under this label, an 11-year-old from 2000, a 12-year-old from 2001 and a 13-year-old from 2002. Douglas Laing released…

A finish on wine casks is always a bit tricky, but Auchentoshan is in my (un)modest opinion one of the few distilleries that manages to do well. And while I've tasted a lot of them, this 17-year-old,…

Our friends from Klubb23 were able to put their hands on an Auchentoshan! Well, I had to hustle, because the release isn't even 70 bottles strong and bottled for the Dram Brothers Whisky Society Grand…

The fourth and final single cask that we selected for the Canvas Series takes us back to Islay. We also put Monique back to work who delivered a beautiful closing piece with this paining for our label…

A Strathmill of more than a quarter century old, bottled by the Belgian Druma Mor… sounds interesting. Strangely enough only 36 bottles were released, which shows it was a split cask. Nothing wrong with…

Boy, will you look at the color of this whisky! Signatory gave this Strathmill, which matured on refill butts, a finish in a fresh sherry butt. They bottled it at 61.1% ABV in their famous Cask Strength…

If you want to try Strathmill as a single malt, you’ll need to look at independent bottlers. The distillery barely puts out anything as single malt, but sells almost everything to the blenders. Strath…