Scotch Whisky reviews

I had to wait long on this one, but today Billy – the Belgian representative for Malts of Scotland – would by pass in my neighborhood and he therefor delivered to the Toshan Man’s door. Thomas Ewers, the…

A few months ago my dear friends at the Auchentoshan distillery smuggled out a sample of a soon to be released expression. I did have to promise not to reveal anything until the official release. Since…

After the single cask release bottled for China in 2017 (which took close to military maneuvers to get a bottle to Belgium) another single cask was bottled in 2018, this time for Singapore. Getting that…

La Maison du Whisky does not need an introduction. Very regularly they select casks that are bottled exclusively for their shops. This is one from my favorite Lowlander. This Auchentoshan was distilled…

This Auchentoshan was distilled on 22nd October 1997 and bottled by Signatory on 22nd October 2018, 21 years later to the day. It was selected by online whisky retailer The Whisky Barrel as an exclusive…

I picked up this SMWS when I went to the Victoria Film Festival in February 2020, at The Strath (where I also picked up a Shelter Point that I reviewed about a week ago). This was distilled Oct 6 2006…

Today we have yet another That Boutique-y Whisky Company bottling (that makes four in 22 days) - this one is a 10 year old. I also happen to have an SMWS 11yo on hand so we'll try that one after this.The…

I don't really need to talk much about BBR, their history stretches back to 1698 along with all those other lovely colonial institutions...ahem moving on, I quite like the new label livery, it's simple…

North Star Spirits recently won the title of Independent bottler of the year at the 2020 Scottish Whisky Awards. They seem to have a good work ethos, try and keep some of their releases affordable and…

Here we have yet another That Boutique-y Whisky Company bottling, a 31 year old grain from Strathclyde. The last time I tasted Strathclyde was seven years ago, a 23yo bottled by SMWS that was rich and…