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Kavalan has bottled quite a few single sherry casks, all at natural color (and mine is quite dark). This cask yielded 546 bottles at a whopping 57,8%. I will keep my water close at hand.OMG! Deep sherry…

The Solist Fino, as the name indicates, is finished in a Fino sherry butt. I am told there are many batch variations, so I am curious how mine will do. It is a sample I brought home for a whisky festival…

The final Kavalan that I will try is the Solist Vinho Barrique. It matured 4 years on American oak that was air dried for two years, before white and red wine was matured in it. The casks were then…

I last reviewed an Old Malt Cask Talisker 10 Year Old; and our second Talisker is the 2000 Distiller's Edition. This was bottled in 2011 and is finished in Jerez Amoroso casks. While I was in Scotland…

smooth and oaky. I like drink this without water. it coats the mouth a touch of smoke. very enjoyable. easy to drink and goes well with a nice cuban

Tasting of Teerenpeli Kaski Distiller's Choice was part of Teerenpeli distillery tour at their Taivaanranta distillery in Lahti. And it turned out to be one to best positive upsets in my 'whisky tasting…

As you probably know, Caol Ila is my favourite Islay distillery. I have yet to try a Caol Ila that I did not like. I found an older sample in my cabinet from the Belgian bottler QV.ID, a Coal Ila from…

I had not yet gotten round to writing notes for this Caol Ila from Asta Morris. Now that my bottled is almost empty, time to rectify that situation, before I have to beg Crazy Bert for a sample. It was…

I have tried quite a few offerings from the British bottler Chester and bar one exception (a 16 Year Old Bunna on sherry) they were all good to excellent. So in combination with my love for Caol Ila, I…

I was given a sample of this Coal Ila at the Festival of Independent Bottlers in Belgium, by a member of the Whisky Friends of Tongeren, a relatively young whisky club. They share this bottle – from the…