All Whisky reviews

You'd almost think it is crazy busy at Nc’nean, as their third batch is already sold out. But of course you must keep in mind that every batch is only 5.040 bottles strong. And then things can go quickly…

This year is already the sixth for Mark & Manny’s malt and this time they will collaborate with none other and Monique Tromp, which many of you will know from Whisky Arts. Well, for our Canvas Series…

Alfred Dunhill is a name inextricably linked to luxury. Not only luxury goods, from fragrances and specialty tobacco to tailored clothes to expensive fountain pens and wristwatches, but a luxurious…

I had this today with my uncle at a very nice hotel in Madrid called Hospes Puerta de Alcalá. Never been there before, nice selection of whisky.It seems the bottle comes from the 90s, as I can ascertain…

Howaitoōku jōryūsho, aka White Oak Distillery, was built in Akashi in 1888. They only produced shochu and sake until 1919, when they got a licence to produce whisky. This was just for the local market…

Independently bottled Ben Nevis is much sought after, often talked about in the same circles as Mortlach & Clynelish, especially if it's from a sherry cask. This one is from Hunter Laing's First Editions…

I'll keep the blab to a minimum, there's not many OB options for Ben Nevis around, most is sold off to brokers or sent over to Japan to undergo a special alchemy that will have it become Japanese whisky…

Master blender Richard Paterson joins sherry bodega González Byass to produce this blended. They start by mixing over 30 young scotch whiskies (between 5 and 8 years old) and ageing them for three years…

I had this back in May 2015 thanks to a friend of mine who had gotten it from some internet auction, where it was advertised as a bottle from the 1960s. We enjoyed it, I took my notes and pictures, and…

Go ahead and call this a special bottling. Cadenhead created this with whisky that had matured solely on sherry casks for at least 20 years. It was bottled for Vinothek Massen in Luxemburg and Flander’s…