All Whisky reviews

Old Smuggler is still being produced today and can be found in our supermarkets. Admittedly, it is usually found on the bottom shelf – litteraly. My buddy Manny however got his hands on an old ceramic…

This was limited edition number 3 in the famous – infamous? – Vega series. It is also the oldest, put together with whiskies from 1976 and bottled at the age of 41 years in 2018. You can imagine that I’m…

It’s no secret I have a soft spot for North Star Spirits. It has everything to do with the fact that Iain Croucher has a very good nose and so he releases top notch liquid. This is the 5th edition of his…

This blend has remained under the radar a bit I think, for it is still available. Admittedly, 300 EUR is not cheap, but when you know that all components are from 1976 and matured for at least 42 years…

Johnnie Walker is often looked down upon. I think this has three reasons. One: it’s the victim of its own success; two: the current Red Label is ridiculously bad; and three: unknown is unloved. When…

This is an older bottling of Dewar’s White Label, with no mention of contents or ABV on the label. Yet the print on the back of the label claims it’s from 1975. That’s liquid history in my book, for I…

This golden oldie is in fact a Highland Malt! But little info can be found about this release, apart from the fact that it was Italian import and the producers call themselves the Crazy Scotch Interna…

The Hard Fired expression from Ballantine’s was an Amazon exclusive and contains malt that matured on double charred casks, hence the name. That’s about all the info I could find, except for the fact…

Liquid history, you say? Count me in! This Haig Gold Label was bottled over 60 years ago! Haig is one of the great whisky barons from an era long gone and for decades their Gold Label sold very well. I…

I was secretly hoping for a fourth release in the Ghost & Rare Series and this one actually would fit in that series (same luxurious packaging and it has some ‘ghost’ distilleries in the mix), but for…