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This is a Laddie that I encountered first at the birthday party of my buddy Jan. The label says Vin de Paille, which literally means straw wine. It is a French wine from the Jura region where the grapes…

It is a bit of a misnomer, because it leads you to believe this whisky matured on sherry casks. That is not the case. It matured on bourbon casks and got a finish on sherry casks from the Bodega Rey…

Liquid Sun is a German label, the other label behind the boys and girls of The Whisky Agency, who have bottled quite a few gems already. This is a heavily peated Laddie of only 9 years old. Makes me…

Cask 011 was bottled especially for the Belgian market on 21 september 2010. The bourbon cask on which it matured was filled with spirit on 14 November 2001 and then re-casked to a rum cask on 25 April…

I must admit that I frowned and even laughed out loud when I first read the label on this bottle. A cheese board in surgery? WTF? My, my, the boys and girls of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society sure are…

For it's price i can say that Talisker 10 years old is quite impressive.nose: is nice , smoke not the strongest though. But when it comes to taste it everything changes : the smokyness opens up at the…

A while back I'd become a member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Australia. I'd heard many good things about the Society for a long time and their unusual bottlings and I had finally felt that I…

Nose: Some smoke, a new leather jacket and TobaccoTaste: Toffee, burnt orange peel and a slight smokey background. A bit oily with some pepperFinish: Stays with you for awhile. I am feeling the ardmore…

This bottle is dated 2-13-12. Nose: Following an initial burst of sour flower petals, there is a steady stream of cake frosting and confectionery sugar. Lightly dusty and smoky, trace amounts of the…

Here is a whisky that until now existed on in legends for me, since it was discontinued before I came to appreciate fine spirits. Now it has been reintroduced, owing no doubt to the resurgence of demand…