A long time ago I posted my notes on the Penderyn Madeira cask, which was a lovely whisky, very sweet, and exotic. A short time […]
Tasting Penderyn peated
Category: Peated
Tasting Kintra Glen Scotia 18 Single Cask
Glen Scotia is the lesser known distillery in Campbeltown, and is often shadowed by the more popular and well known Artisan distillery of Springbank. It’s […]
A different ‘Bunny’–Kintra Bunnahabhain 13 yo
Bunnahabhain is not my favourite among Islay malts, and the OBs tend to be very lightly peated. However the peated versions I’ve had are nice, […]
Quick Dram: Ardmore Traditional Cask
I’ve been hearing good things about the Ardmore traditional for some time, and been meaning to give it a try. A peated whisky, out of […]
Tasting The Cask of Yamazaki 1993/2008 Single Cask
It’s very sad watching the state of affairs in Japan post the big earthquake. Being a fan of Yamazaki (and having tasted and reviewed at […]
Quick Dram : Master of Malt Caol Ila 30 yo single cask
Master of malt recently bottled two interesting single casks, this 30 year old CI, and another lovely Highland park 13 year old. I was lucky […]
Tasting Coal Ila 1995 bottled by A.D Rattray
Caol Ila is the biggest distillery on the isle of Islay, home of all things good and peaty. It’s one of the less hyped distilleries, […]
Blind sample swap with @Macdeffe (Steffen Bräuner)
Steffen Bräuner A.K.A @macdeffe , The man behind the ‘Danish whisky Blog’ is known for his love of blind sample swaps. He’s always willing to […]
Tasting Connemara Turf Mór
Connemara is the Cooley brand for the only irish peated whisky. Normally Connemara is available in a lighter peated expression, a cask strength , and […]
Quick Dram – BenRiach Curiositas
I’ve reviewed a couple of Peated Benriachs before (The Arumticus Fumosus & Heredotus Fumosus) and quite liked those back then. Both were finished heavily peated […]