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The advantage of your friends knowing that you have a soft spot for new make is the fact that they will score you some when they visit a distillery. That is how I got this sample of Glenfarclas new make…

The Glenfarclas 12 Year Old can undoubtedly be seen as the entry level malt from this Speysider. Originally it was sold through the duty free range, by the way.Soft and very sherried nose full of fruits…

This old bottling was released especially for Dewit Wines from Belgium, now already a decade ago. The funny thing is, you can still get it at the shop, albeit for around 90 EUR. What does that tell us…

Teaninich is pronounced Tee-ja-nee-nick’, who would have thought? The Nectar of the Daily Drams, a famous Belgian bottler, released this 12 Year Old a few years ago.The nose is very light on Frosties,…

This Teaninich was distilled in 1991 and put to sleep on a refill sherry butt. Gordon & Macphail cut it to 46% and released it under their well-known Connoisseurs Choice label.The nose starts grassy,…

For the second fan edition of the Save Lars Whisky, we wanted something completely different from the first, which was a bit of a smoke-driven Islay malt. We found what we were looking for at my own…

First vapor: Almond or amaretto.Nose: Fresh unsalted butter, covering a lemon/almond sharpness. Then steamed barley appears before vapors replenish.Palate: Light and flat entrance like unsalted steamed…

Day 2 brings us to the Highland distiller Deanston. It was founded in 1785 as a cotton mill, by one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, Richard Arkwright. Not until 1965 was it converted into…

This review is for the 9th Batch of the Tun 1401 Series. It is the 3rd in the series to be released in the US following Batches 3 and 6. I was fortunate enough to secure some of the 3rd Batch, and it was…

There are literally dozens of reviews for this expression. I am not going to say anything new or game changing. This bottle has been open 8 months. As an Islay fan it was on my wish list for a long time…