All Whisky reviews

Friday 11th March 2011 Japan was hit by a terrible earthquake, the heaviest Japan had had to endure so far. Seven independent distilleries worked together to ease the pain somewhat. The Managing Director…

When you spot this bottle in the stores, you would think that it is an older bottling. The bottle sports a classic looking label that invokes ‘quality’. But make no mistake, this was only bottled this…

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, founded in 1983, only bottles single casks at cask strength, to be sold exclusively to their members. Their labels are coded, referring to the distillery and the bottling…

In recent months, Dominiek Bouckaert, the guy behind the label ‘The Whiskyman’, is also responsible for the output of Thosop (in collaboration with Luc Timmermans). So it comes as no surprise that a…

The Centenary Reserve from Gordon & Macphail saw the light of day in 1995, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the independent bottler with their HQ in Elgin. I tasted a Caol Ila from this range, which…

Benrinnes is one of the few distilleries to use worm tubs instead of the more common condensors. This makes, dixit Diageo, for a unique character. The lion’s share of the 2,5 million liters produced…

While we are working out way through a lineup of Benrinnes, allow me to take an older (well, not that old) bottling from the shelf: a Benrinnes 21 years of age, bottled by Malts of Scotland in August…

Many moons ago, there was a distillery in the Highlands by the name of Stronachie. It was founded in the 1890s, but closed again in 1928 by the then owners, St James Export Company Ltd. Around 1950 the…

This is my review of Old Pulteney 12 year old , It is one of the great entry level malts that surprises you with its complexity, One that you will find revisiting again and again. It has it all and at…

Pappy Van Winkle 15 yo bourbon has legions of rabid US fans who buy up every available bottle of it when it is released in the US in the fall and, usually also, in the spring of each year. The Stitzel…