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Nose: Zesty fresh lemon , floral notes , Tropical. Taste : Fresh and inviting , Sweet honey cream character with zesty citrus attributes , soft spice , corriander. Finish : Buttery , A wave of Zest &…

Kilchoman, now releaseing youthful whisky, has just released this bottling, one that atteptms to embody everything Islay. A beautiful nose on this one. Pure salt, seaweed and curling tendrils of smoke…

I didn't really expect to lay my hand on one of the 60 bottles of Bruichladdichs new peat monster Octomore 4.1 since only 60 bottles was released to Swedens lesser populated towns. But I did.When you…

Labrot and Graham Distillery doesn't make rye whiskey. Until now. Woodford Reserve Master's Collection has very recently released a set of two rye whiskeys, both from the same distillate, one aged in new…

The Woodford Reserve Masters Collection Rare Rye Selection contains two whiskeys, this "new cask" straight rye whiskey, and its partner, the "old cask" rye whiskey, which is aged in used barrels. Both…

This Auchentoshan was bottled by Indie James MacArthur, without chill filtration or coloring. It is a single cask (number 113) at cask strength.While Auchentoshan is instantly recognizable on the nose…

Malts of Scotland recently opened a visitor center in Paderborn (Germany), where you will also find the warehouses in which several of Thomas Ewers’ casks are maturing. Some of these were bottled in a…

Gordon & Macphail releases whiskies under their Secret Stills label, of which the distilleries are… err… secret. But this Lowland is clearly Auchentoshan, for the back label reveals that it is a triple…

In April 2011 I already enjoyed a 31 Year Old Auchentoshan from the Distillery Archive. It was bourbon hogshead 803. Thanks to a collector in Germany, I was able to get my hands on a sample from a sister…

It took some doing to get a sample of the Auchentoshan 1957 (according to my ‘supplier’ it had the hallmarks of a ‘military operation’), but here it is in front of me at last. It is the 50 Year Old from…