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Excepting Islay, my favourite two distilleries sit diagonally opposite each other at the far extremes of Scotland's mainland. These are Springbank in the warm gulf-stream lashed south-western Mull of…

I must start with the fact that I quite admire the Speysiders ("Glenfarclas"-es being the favorites for me), but since I have owned a Glenlivet 18 y.o. recently and enjoyed it, I thought I should try…

Following voting by Glenlivet fans across 37 countries, a winner emerged - “Exotic”. This became the 2014 Guardians Chapter Limited Edition now available globally in limited numbers – for a very short…

I was on a big tasting with Magnus Fagerström and we tasted 25 different ardbeg. Look at www.magnuswhisky.com/whiskyklubben-slainte, and that was Amazing. So even if i tasted a lot of old ardbeg i Think…

Little is known about this Glenrothes. It was distilled in 1984 and bottled in 1995 for Velier in Genova (Italy). The label boasts ‘On the Road’, but that is all I can tell you. I scored the sample at…

Duncan Taylor has bottled quite a few Glenrothes casks already. No less than 12 from 1969 alone, bottled in both their Rare Auld and Lonach Collection, as well as in this Peerless series. The casks with…

This Glenrothes from 1978 matured on sherry casks. It won Best Speyside Whisky in 2008, the year of its release, at the World Whisky Awards and Jim Murray (who?) scored it 90.5 points. This is one of the…

A few years ago, having loved Bowmore 12 and 15 Darkest, this was top of my wishlist for quite a few months. I think I first tried it at Christmas about 5 years ago and instantly loved it. I've not tried…

Mitchell & Sons is a wine merchant that has been active since 1805 and in the Roaring Twenties that sold about 100 sherry casks of pot still whiskey per year. The blend was originally named Pat Whiskey…

Besides the classic Green Spot Irish pot still whiskey, that is marketed as a no age statement, Mitchell & Sons launched the Yellow Spot a few years ago. It is bottled at 12 years of age. It is special…