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The Black Art Series from Bruichladdich is almost legendary. Created by Jim McEwan, this is a vatting of different casks, but the type is kept top secret. Black Art is of course a nod to alchemy. This…

This 25 years old Laddie was selected by the Dutch importer Bresser & Timmer. No less than 240 bottles of this stuff went to my northerly neighbors.Ooh, yes, this is a very good nose. Kiwi skins, pears…

Cuvée 640 is a Bruichladdich that got a finish on a… cognac cask! The label states overigens ‘Oh Mensch! Gieb Acht! Was spricht die tiefe mitternacht?’ which is the opening line from ‘Also Sprach Zara…

Cuvée… the name says it all. This is one of three 21 year old Bruichladdich malts that was finished – in this case on sweet Barsac and Sauternes casks. It has a beautiful bronze color. This Laddie was…

This private cask was selected by 5 Dutch friend, but in the end is an homage to Ronald Janssen who unfortunately passed away before the bottling took place. It’s a 10 years old Laddie that matured on…

I'm not the biggest fan of Irish whiskey. I often find them a little too austere, bordering on tasteless. Picked this Jameson up on clearance.On the nose it is mellow, balanced, and inviting. Sweet and…

I'm finally getting around to last year's Northern Border Rare Collection edition of Gooderham & Worts, called 49 Wellington, commemorating the landmark Flatiron building at 49 Wellington St. E. in…

I'm not the first to find out that there's no entry level for the J&B Rare mini, so pay no attention to the 70 cl yadda-yadda, please. I found this little bottle inside my late stepmom's cabinet, so…

A distillery that needed some love and a good injection of cash, which it received a few years ago when they did away with the disco cows and put forth a basic but interesting rangeNose: Fresh, butter…

I tasted this Tennessee whiskey back in July 2016. Never judge a book by its cover or a review by its pic: despite the big ice cubes, my tasting order is always the same: neat, water, sparkling, ice,…