All Whisky reviews

No distillery visit is truly complete unless you bring home a distillery exclusive bottling, right? While I have not yet had the pleasure of visiting Talisker myself, I have been able to secure this…

Talisker was founded in 1830. So in 2005 owner Diageo decided to have a commemorative release: the 175th Anniversary. Maureen Robinson, one of Diageo’s master blenders, composed this whisky with Talisker…

Contrary to the ‘classic’ 45.8% ABV, this special Talisker, bottled for the Friends of the Classic Malts, it bottled at 48%. It’s triple cask matured, meaning first in refill casks, then charred American…

Early December I poured this Talisker 25 Year Old (the 2014 release) at a tasting. It was one of the highlights of the evening. Read on and I’m sure you’ll understand why.Surprisingly soft nose (for a…

Early December I hosted a sold-out Talisker tasting in the Rolf Benz Lounge of the Ghelamco Arena, home to the AA Gent soccer team. I am happy to share my personal notes on the line-up and will start…

In Blaasveld (Belgium) the brewery Het Anker continues to distill their prize-winning Gouden Carolus whisky. They just released their 5th anniversary edition ‘Victor’. But for the 25th anniversary of…

The brewery De Graal in Brakel (Belgium) – active since 2002 – is best known for its lovely beers-on-demand. Clubs, companies or restaurants can have their own recipe brewed into their own beer. But…

This Brutus is a single cask release at cask strength of this ‘Belgian’ single malt August 17th. It matured for 5 years (the ‘regular’ August 17th only 3 years). I have put Belgian in parentheses as this…

In 2016 5 friens from Gembloux (Belgium) - Thierry, Ludo, Gwen, Laurent and Pascal – got together with the plan to launch a Belgian whisky. They used Crowdfunding and in December 2016 reached their goal…

Millstone does not appear on my radar very often, to be honest. This is only my third! Anyway, this Dutch whisky is peated and matured on a first fill PX cask. It was bottled by Patrick and his team for…