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Andrea Ferrari (what’s in a name?) was a well-known Italian whisky blogger, but in 2013 he decided to go pro and became an independent bottler. He christened his company Hidden Spirits, which focuses on…

Archives is het label under which the owners of Whiskybase bottle and in 2018 and 2019 they bottled two hogsheads of Ben Nevis 1996. Hogshead #521 got a reptile on the label and was shipped to Shinanoya…

Archives is het label under which the owners of Whiskybase bottle and in 2018 and 2019 they bottled two hogsheads of Ben Nevis 1996. Hogshead #521 got a reptile on the label and was shipped to Shinanoya…

Look, the fact alone that this was distilled in 1970 is reason enough for me to give it a go. It is my year of birth after all. By now it has spent more than ten years in the bottle… which can be said…

Ben Nevis lies at the foot of Scotland’s highest mountain of the same name. It was founded by ‘Long John’ MacDonald, an infamous smuggler, in 1825. There are not many official releases, but all the more…

On ice at Dry Martini Bar, Madrid.A cloudy yellowish amber pour with nice oiley streaks.Aroma is quite intense: sweetish (vanilla), citrusy (kumquat, yuzu), licorice, iron, even (and I'm gonna get a lot…

NosePeaches and apricots with a more than generous sprinkle of cinnamon. I could spend so much time just appreciating the nose. Glacier cherries and plum wine. The wood has done wonders here. Its simple…

There's something to be said for consistency. Novelty may be more thrilling, but this excitement is always short-lived. The whisky industry seems to worship "innovation" even when it adds nothing of…

This is last year's Pike Creek special release, finished in Oloroso sherry casks during its 21 years of maturation. 4,410 bottles were released.The colour is a shimmery gold. On the nose the sherry…

They sure like their PX octaves at WhiskyBroker. This young Craigellachie 2008 was also finished on that small type of sherry cask. I wonder how the malt fared.Well, there is not much left of the rather…