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In honor of the Tastival – the festival since 2014 with which Isle of Jura seeks connection with the famous Feis Ile on Islay – they release a special bottling. For 2016 that is an 11 year old single…

This Deanston has reached a respectable 20 years of age, was finished on Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at cask strength. This is only the 10th Deanston I try, but certainly the oldest.I get a dry,…

Deanston used to be a cotton factory until 1966. Until 1971 they put Old Bannockburn on their label. Only after the distillery was taken over by Invergordon, in 1972, did they change it to Deanston. In…

Liquid Treasures is a label by the German bottler eSpirits. Allow me to start by saying that I really like the label on this bottle. In this so-called ‘Charlie’ series – clearly referring to Mr Chaplin…

Importer WIN – Whisky Import Netherlands under the stewardship of Marcel Bol – celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015. To celebrate, they selected this cask of Clynelish 1997, bottled at cask strength…

Clynelish 1997. That in itself should be enough to start you drooling. I will put two sister casks head to head, both from Berry Brothers. Cask 4050 (this one) was bottled in 2014 at 55,2%. Cask 4051 …

Dram 4 ALS is an initiative by severl whisky friends to raise money for ‘A Heart for ALS’, a non-profit organization that supports research into this neuromuscular disease. One of the bottlings is this…

We know Macduff mostly as the distillery behind the Glen Deveron whisky, named after the river on which banks the distillery sits. This Highland distillery was built in 1962 and their whisky is the…

Bottle from Milroys in London. Price was £155 ish. That's pretty high when one considers BTAC is around £125 RRP in the UK. Price all over the UK is £155-165.Colour is pale brown, not as dark as I'd…

Nose: Sweet, light peat, fresh fruits, and what is this... sherry? Pretty good.Palate: Sweet and creamy, but then grainy, harsh around the sides slightly and a hint of smoke and ashy peat. That's about…