When one thinks of Lowland malts, one often thinks about light whisky, malty, leafy and certainly not a peated spirit, right? Well, think again, as […]
A peated Lowland? Ailsa Bay–Review and notes
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Amrut Spectrum – Review
The guys over at Amrut are not resting on their laurels and are producing some tasty and sometimes innovative drams: well, this is indeed one […]
Wemyss Malts ‘blowing on a sea breeze’ – Bunnahabhain 1990
It’s really been ages since I last reviewed a Wemyss single cask, and I am happy to do that again with such a lovely dram […]
Kilkerran Calvados Single Cask
Oddly this is my first review of a Kilkerran on the blog. I’ve had a few of them, but never properly written tasting notes, so […]
More Old Pulteney–visitng the 21 yo
This is the last OP I am going to review in this brief series of Ops. It has won quite some awards (including being selected […]
Re-tasting the Old Pulteney 17 year old
After hosting the OP tasting last week in Tel Aviv, I was reminded that for some reason I’ve not posted notes for the 21 year […]
Laphroaig 21 , OB , 2015 edition (FoL)
Laphraoig released quit a few expressions recently, some of them better some are ok. This one being the oldest Laphraoig I can still afford (the […]
Caol Ila 17 year old Unpeated– #Diageo Special Rel. 2015
Going back and tasting a few of the remaining SR 2015.. This Caol Ila is the second affordable whisky of the range (after the excellent […]
Amrut 2009 cask #3434 WhiskyBase NL exclusive, ex-Bourbon
I’m a big fan of good Indian whiskies (Amrut, Paul John) , with Amrut defienrtly being one of the best whisky distilleries outside Scotland (and […]
Hyde 10 Year Old No. 1 Presidents Cask [Irish] Whiskey
So, another Irish whisky has arrived, named “Hyde” and sold by the ‘Hibernia’ Distillers Company. They are actually setting up a distillery based in Cork […]