World Whisky reviews

If I hear about a new local start-up, I'm always excited to get it. I'll give anyone a fair shake, and I know the challenges that face new distilleries, so I try not to be hard on them, or hold unrea…

This sample comes to me courtesy of the one and only @Nozinan. This Israeli single malt is aged in ex-bourbon and STR Red Wine Casks.* Nose (undiluted): red apples, vanilla, honey (the power of sugges…

Lot 40 Cask Strength has generated plenty of interest and enthusiasm since the first release, a 12 year old in 2017. I liked 2018's 11 year version even more but both were fantastic pours. The 2019…

I previously tasted two single casks under the name ‘Just Hatched’ from this New Zealand distillery. They were both oloroso single casks. Today I’ll try the new ‘Growing Wings’, which matured just a tad…

My very first Smögen! This Swedish distillery, founded in 2009, it was built in a farmstead near Hunnebostrand a little to the north of Göteborg. It is named after a nearby island and has only a capacity…

In 2010 Albrecht Ebensperger built the very first whisky distillery in Italy. She can be found in the Alps near Glorenza in the Venosta Valley, just beneath the point where Italy, Switerzland and Austria…

Some 4 years ago I got to know the Pirlot whisky, released under the same name as their beers, i.e. Kempisch Vuur (‘Campine Fire’). I tried L1, L2 and L3 – in which the L referred to the Laphroaig qua…

This is only my second encounter with this young distillery from London and the first one was very pleasant. This Oloroso cask was one of the highlights in my online tasting ‘New Kids on the Block’ and…

This is a 1L bottle I picked up at auction some time ago - although I don't know when it was bottled, I'm going to hazard a guess that it's from the 1990s.The colour is a light caramel. Some rye spice…

I've written up a couple of Confederation Oaks before; I believe this is the newest lot (1867-M).The colour is a deep amber. Quite fruity on the nose, with lightly charred pineapple, poached pear, dark…