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Jan Beek has been enchanted by distilled spirits for decades. So much so that he decided to go pro last year and launch his own brand ‘BEEK’. His portfolio contains quite a lot: bitters, gin, rum, geneva…

Cley from Rotterdam – founded in 2015, which explains why the product only sees the light of day now – will start the production of their own biological single malt as of October 2018. But I enjoy their…

A new Dutch distillery has emerged: Cley. The distillery can be found in the heart of Rotterdam. Their whisky is produced from a malt and rye based 17th Century recipe. It is triple distilled and then…

This is the end of an era… with this 10th edition, the infamous Smoking Buffalo series – a smoked whisky in honour of AA Gent, a Belgian premier league football team – comes to an end. For their 10th and…

Ardmore is still a very important malt in the Teacher’s blend, but we are fortunate that it also appears on the market as a single malt, for Ardmore can be quite good. Take this expression, for example…

This is probably the palest Ardmore I have ever seen. Even lighter than white wine. Berry Brothers bottled this youngling for The Nectar, a Belgian importer. It is a single cask, but cut to 46%.The nose…

From a sample - This Rosebank was distilled in June 1990, matured in a refill sherry hogshead and bottled in April 2006 by Gordon & MacPhail in their “Connoisseurs Choice” series.The nose is light and…

This is my third bottle of Bunnahabhain 12. I've had one of the older 40% abv bottles and 2 of the newer craft presentation offerings. I've always been happy with the bottle.NoseLovely nose. Oranges,…

This is my third bottle of Bunnahabhain 12. I've had one of the older 40% abv bottles and 2 of the newer craft presentation offerings. I've always been happy with the bottle.NoseLovely nose. Oranges,…

This is the 15-year old bottling that Laphroaig released in 2015 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the distillery.The nose starts with bonfire smoke and smoked ham, followed by notes of lemons,…