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My friend and I did a tasting recently and he showed up with a 100 ml sample of Strathisla 12 yo for me. This is one of those ones that I’ve heard of, but never really considered. I’ve always walked…

I have to admit that I'm not really that much of a Jura fan. I appreciate the superstition, I like the Diurachs, I good friends with the Prophecy, but the 10yo?My soon-to-be, brother in law, a Jack…

Samples were from a friend. Comus was the son of Bacchus and Circe, from Greek mythology. Bruichladdich Octomore 4.2 Comus is reported to have 167 ppm of phenols. This review is in non-sequential form…

Hakushu distillery is located in the Southern Japanese Alps and is owned by Suntory, one of the big two Japanese single malt distillers. The distillery started operating in 1973 on the 50th anniversary…

Compare this review to the last I did a few weeks ago. Nose: Longrow-style peat, Longrow-style kerosene sweetness, sour caramel, light smoke.Palate: Kiwi, Longrow-style peat, toffee, brown sugar, light…

Through Whiskybase I was contacted by The-Man-best-Friend, a German whisky lover. He had noticed that I had not yet tried this 11 Year Old Auchentoshan from Hart Brothers and sent me a generous sample…

The latest Provenance-bottling, from McGibbon’s, which is actually part of Douglas Laing, was a gift from my friend Chris Leggat, former Auchentoshan ambassador and since a few weeks the son-in-law of…

Hepburn’s Choice is a new star on the firmament of independent bottlers. Let me give it a go with a malt that I am quite familiar with.The nose is immediately extremely sweet, but a lot more mature than…

The American Oak is the successor of the Classic, which is the entry level malt that even I am not very fond of. The big difference with the Classic is not so much the age (for there is no age statement…

This is the third and final Auchentoshan bottled by Hart Brothers. Again I owe thanks to my whisky buddy Michael from Duitsland, who sent me all three samples. Like the 11 Year Old and 13 Year Old that…