World Whisky reviews

North Star Spirits is an independent bottler founded by Iain Croucher, he used to work for A. D. Rattray beforehand but in 2016 was offered the opportunity to buy a parcel of whisky he could not pass up…

Rampur single malts are distilled at the Radico Khaitan distillery (est. 1943), nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. The malt is distilled from Indian-grown six-row barley. I picked this one up in…

This is last year's Pike Creek special release, finished in Oloroso sherry casks during its 21 years of maturation. 4,410 bottles were released.The colour is a shimmery gold. On the nose the sherry…

My wife was out at her book club meeting tonight, so I did a blind tasting from my collection of samples.This sample was generously provided by @Nozinan, The sample was poured from a freshly Opened…

Millstone is the name of the whisky marketed by the Zuidam Distillery. The Dutch distillery in Baarle-Nassau is currently run by Patrick Van Zuidam who, as Master Distiller, has produced quite a few gems…

Alas, this review is a wee bit rushed as I have to be somewhere, but thought I would squeeze it in on this lovely afternoon. It is Corby's third annual release of their Lot 40 Cask Strength, encompassing…

We are very proud that MMM – Mark & Manny’s Malts – has been able to secure a collaboration for 2020 with the very talented artist Nathalie Pien. When we saw a few of her paintings at an exposition, we…

This single grain of the Belgian distillery Braeckman matured for 12 years and was drawn from a single barrel. The ABV makes me gasp for breath already. 66.1% ABV? Oh, my!The nose is honeysweet on grain…

The 10 Year Old Single Grain from Braeckman is released in 50cl bottles at 46%, but they have just released a single barrel that got a finish of 10 months on an oloroso sherry cask and bottled at a…

Apart from the single grain, of which Braeckman has a few out there, the Belgian distillery also launched a 10 years old single malt that matured on a first fill bourbon barrel. I tried it at a festival…