All Whisky reviews

Nose: mildly fruity, with some vanilla. Soft orange notes, delicate florals, and a bit of wood. Not unpleasant, but not very expressive either.Taste: medium-bodied. Sweet at first, then quickly drying…

One of the special releases Johnnie Walker launched in honor of the 200th anniversary of the company in 2020 was this Celebratory Blend, inspired by the original Old Highland Whisky. Lovely old school…

The young distillery on Islay has quite the following and hence there is something like the Kilchoman Club. And hence nice club releases. This is the 9th edition already, a vatting of 4 oloroso casks …

There are only a few private casks bottled that have reached the age of 13 years at Kilchoman. This bourbon barrel was bottled for Max & Julia. The names may not mean much to you, they do to me. I ord…

I find it quite hard to believe that I’ve only tried 3 Knockando so far and the last one was already six years ago. Anyway, I’m willing to give it another try with this old release from Knockando 1975…

As we endure this frigid ice and winter storm, my desire for cask strength peat is especially strong. So here we have the 2017 Cairdeas released as a cask strength quarter cask. It was matured for around…

They Inspired is a series of single cask releases by Michiel Wigman with some well and lesser known historical figures on the rather sober labels. This Secret Orkney from 1999 is obviously Highland Park…

Even though this Highland Park is only 8 years old, in terms of distillation year it’s probably the oldest I have tried so far. It’s an official release from the 1970s with screwcap. It’s was the opening…

High Parkland? Hahahaha, that is probably the silliest reference I have ever seen to Highland Park. Dramfool – what’s in the name? – leaves nothing to the imagination on the label by depicting a Viking…

Highland Park releases single casks with frightening regularity for an airport, city, club or even private person. Today I will try a refill butt from 2004, bottled for the famous Vinothek Massen from…