All Whisky reviews

135! That’s the number of different Caol Ila I have tried so far. And not five were not to my liking. They call Caol Ila Mr Consistent for a reason. And I have a (very) soft spot for this malt. So when…

The Dark Side of Islay series from Malts of Scotland currently consist of 4 releases: Scarabus from 2016, Octovulin from 2017, this Mulindry from 2018 and the 2020 release of Ardenistiel. These are all…

When the first batch of this Traigh Bhan was released, people went nuts, because an Ardbeg with age statement – a lovely 19 years to boot – is not something you see every day. That batch will now set you…

And while we are at it… might as well continue with The Whisky Jury’s new releases. For next to his latest excellent Ledaig 2010 on oloroso, he also released this 13 years old Bunnahabhain, also from an…

Everything about this release reminds me of cask 04014-1 that was launched at the same time but with a differently coloured label. Only the ABV is slightly highe rand this release is exclusive to TastToe…

Last summer I tried the first Ledaig bottled by Belgian bottler The Whisky Jury (the tasting notes are only just published, apologies), but here is Joeri with two new releases. This time it’s a former…

The Whisky Jury, a relatively young Belgian bottler, has just released his very first Ledaig. Well, he does have only 8 releases out so far, including 3 Ben Nevis, 2 Laphroaig (albeit under the name…

Tamdhu distillery does not currently have a visitor's centre. I'm not sure why I find that oddly comforting. Looking at pictures of the distillery and warehouses online, the Tamdhu complex looks like it…

The sting is in the tale… our final release in the Artist Series is named Scorpio and believe it or not, it’s another Lowlander! This time we succeeded to get our hands of the very first (and as far as…

Here's something you don't see every day - Italian whisky! I don't know much about the PUNI Distillery, except that it's Italy's first whisky distillery and sits at the feet of the Italian Alps somewhere…