World Whisky reviews

I taste this right after the Special No 17 which also got a moscatel finish, but what I have in my glass now is much younger. After all, it matured for barely 4 years. But it's the peated version of…

Zuidam also likes to experiment with peated malt and different types of barrels. This young Millstone, aged on an oloroso sherry barrel for barely 4 years, makes my mouth water.The nose is relatively…

Patrick Zuidam has been producing whisky at the Zuidam Distillery in Baarle-Nassau since 1996. Although it wasn’t until 2007 before the first malt of this Dutch distillery appeared on the market. Under…

Three Ships is a South-African whisky from the Distell group. That explains the ABV, for they bottle Deanton, Bunnahabhain and Tobermory/Ledaig also at this strength, which makes chillfiltration super…

Practice makes perfect. When I tried some of the Eddu whisky a few years back, I was not impressed. But they have improved significantly since then. Take this 2021 release of their Eddu Brocéliande for…

Little Brown Dog? This is no reference to the color of this Swedish malt, but to the Swedish bottler that took on that funny name. Don’t ask me why. In December 2020 they bottled this 12 years old Mac…

Cley, the craft distillery run by Paul and Maria in Rotterdam, is slowly but surely putting together a nice range. I tried their Malt & Rye before, but today I’ll taste their single malt. It is triple…

A few weeks ago I tried my first dram from this young Belgian distillery I Bruges: a one year old spirit named Rogia, finished on an ice wine cask and bottled at 59.2%. This one ups the ante, being a 2…

Over the past few years some of my Connosr friends have encouraged me to explore Canadian whiskies, with good success. Many of these whiskies have been 100% rye. Recently, some of the big producers …

This year Canada Day is a time for reflection. Usually a time when we express pride in our great country, there have been a number of recent events that have made me think a lot about how much needs to…