Asta Morris IB has been imported to Locally for some time (israel) and it’s time to try some of their lovely casks… some info about this IB from Belgium: Bert Bruyneel is the founder of Asta Morris, an independent bottler in Belgium. Although Bert is a passionate whisky lover for over 20 years, he started […]
This single cask GA was selected for the Dutch market, and widely available in many NL whisky shops. It was distilled 18.3.2009 and bottled in September 2019, a 10-year-old Madeira cask aging or so it seems, as no finishing is mentioned on the label. bottled at a nice 57.2% abv for a total of 309 […]
After that lovely PX finished Ledaig, it’s time to review it’s 12-year-old brother ‘sans’ peat, from the same distillery. This time, a 4-year finish in Port Pipes, which is quite apparent from the lovely reddish color, bottled at a nice ABV (58.6%), it should be interesting enough… Tobermory 12 Year Old 2007 Port Pipe Finish […]
Not much information on this one, other than that it was distilled in 2007 and bottled 2020, after being finished in a PX cask. Peat and PX, that could work out nicely, don’t you think? let’s try some… Ledaig 12 PX cask finish , 55.5% , ~€95 Nose: dirty peat and some plastic, engine oil, […]
Another whisky from a young distillery today – this time Glasgow distillery Co. The Glasgow Distillery Company adopts its name from one of Glasgow’s original distilleries. In 1770, The Glasgow Distillery Company was founded at Dundashill and remained active until consequent closure at the beginning of the 20th Century. In 2014 The Glasgow Distillery Company […]
A lot of new distilleries have opened in recent years, and it seems every independent bottler wants to have one these days (I mean that in a positive manner) – H.Laing with ‘Ardnahoe’, D.Laing with their new endeavor, Elixir distillers and their new Islay distillery, and the list goes on and one. Adelphi is a […]
If you’re a whisky lover I guess you’ve seen the Amazon Prime show called the “Three drinkers”: Helena Nicklin , Aidy (Adrian) Smith, and last but not least Colin Hampden-White. Check out their show on amazon. A few months back they have release a blended malt to celebrate season 2 of their show. Aged 17 […]
One Two One? Quite an unusual name for a whisky – but a very fitting name for this expression, as Two-One-Two or 212 is roughly the number of islanders living on the Isle of Jura. This Series of bottling will celebrate the small and vibrant community of roughly 212 islanders – and one distillery. This […]
The 21 year old Jura ‘Tide’ is the counterpart of the ‘Time’ we reviewed not long ago. This time it’s a global release and not only Travel Retail. While the ‘Time’ was finished in ex-peated whisky casks, this one was matured for 21 years in ex-bourbon barrels, before being finished in virgin American white oak […]
Jura 21 Year Old Time is a global travel retail-exclusive that has been matured in American white oak ex-Bourbon barrels before being finished in ex-peated malt casks. Jura Time will be released in small batches, with each bottle detailing the year of bottling to indicate the subtle variations in the batches as they are put […]