All Whisky reviews

Bere is an old type of barley of six rows, that is being harvested anew on farms on Orkney, but also on the Shetlands, Caithness and a few crofters on the Western Isles such as Barra, Benbecula, North…

I first tasted this Laddie at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Belgium. It was distilled from unpeated Islay malt, grown on the Rockside Farm and matured on American oak. It was cut to 50% using Islay…

Robin Laing is the Whisky Bard, a musician that released a cd in 2011, called Inspiration. The songs are inspired by Bruichladdich with tracks like ‘Black Art’, ‘Bruichladdich’, ‘A Turquoise Frame of…

The Belgian whisky club Glengarry, lead by the Flemish guru Bob Minnekeer, bottles a cask from time to time. In 2012 this Bruichladdich from 2001 was released in the famous Glengarry Cask Owners series…

The newest Laddie from Malts of Scotland is a dark little dram, undoubtedly from a sherry cask.The nose confirms immediately with leather and red fruit, chocolate and some smoked meat and tobacco. Pot…

Bruichladdich has a couple of 16 year old casks that they finished on different types of wine casks: Cuvee A on Chateau Lafitte, Cuvee B on Chateau Latour, Cuvee C on Chateau Margaux, Cuvee D on Chateau…

The Belgian bottler The Nectar, recently rechristened The Nectar of the Daily Drams, got its own bottling in the Bruichladdich Micro Provenance Series. This 18 Year Old from 1992 was finished (at Laddie…

The Christmas release from Malts of Scotland consists of no less than 11 new bottlings, including 5 peaty drams. I was quite looking forward to this new Bowmore, a single bourbon hogshead of a young,…

In 2008 a wonderful animal of a whisky was released as the Bowmore Maltmen’s Selection, although it carried a hefty price tag of 300 EUR (for a 13 Year Old whisky). So what to think of the successor,…

This new Limited Edition (is that not a misnomer with no less than twelve thousand bottles?) matured for 23 long years on port casks. It was distilled in the year Suntory got its first shares in this…