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It is public knowledge that Bert Bruyneel has a fondness for BenRiach. For the longest time, he was a well-known collector of this Speysider. In the early days of his company Asta Morris, he even rele…

I admit, Deanston does not rock my boat. Especially the official releases leave me pretty cold. That might explain why this is only the 15th that I try. It’s a relatively young distillery. The former…

The newest Glenburgie by Asta Morris – the sixth already – was finished by Bert on a Caroni rum cask. That rum, he had previously bottled himself under the Rasta Morris label. He cut it to 52%, enabling…

Glenburgie is one of those distilleries that you don’t come across very often. Founded in 1810 as the Kinflat distillery (renamed in 1878), she produces the fingerprint malt in many well-known blends,…

Either way it's been interesting to see this style evolve over the years but take note there will be no unpeated style Caol Ila in 2019!Nose: Fresh fruit, apples, apricots, rich and a phenolic touch like…

I scrapped my original intro to this review, I should have called this series "against the grain" or "down with big Ag" all kidding aside, I don't mean to come off as preachy, I am just trying to gather…

It would not have been that long ago that most distilleries would have sourced their barley from within their locality or at the very least their own country to meet their needs. As production of most…

In the summer/fall of 2018, Bruichladdich issued new editions of it's "provenance" driven whiskys, the 2010 edition of it's Islay Barley variant, the 2009 Organic barley and the 2008 Bere Barley. Right…

So, having been amused about the (fake, well, at least let's say 'twisted') news that was permeating the web recently about Lidl's "best whisky in the world" being the 8 years old Queen Margot... I…

BYOB-C – say ‘biopsy’ and know that it means ‘Bring Your Own Bottle Club’– celebrates 5 years. For this occasion they release a lovely whisky from the mildly peated Highlander Ardmore. This is already…