Scotch whisky is wonderful, but great whisky is made worldwide as we all know. Australian whiskies are sometimes forgotten or not really available in Europe […]
Tasting Bakery Hill peated whisky (Australia)
SMWS 93.50–Glen Scotia 20yo–“Hot embers at the gate of hell”
Another SMWS bottling this time from the Region of Campbletown which once was one of the biggest whisky regions and is now reduced to only […]
Tasting Talisker 25 yo OB, vintage 2007 release
Talisker 10 is a cornerstone of my whisky bar, and I know only a few whisky drinkers who do not consider it to be one […]
SMWS 33.109 (Ardbeg 11 yo) – Delightful intensity of sherry and smoke
Well, time to kick start some SMWS bottling tasting notes. All those are part of the SMWS bottle share organized earlier this year by my […]
Quick Dram : Cragganmore 19 yo (Bladnoch Forum bottling)
Continuing my Bladnoch tastings notes (from a very old bottle share, I don’t even remember when it took place). This Cragganmore was distilled on the […]
Macallan Revamp of basic range to NAS–good or bad?
Two days ago The Macallan announced it would be revamping it’s basic range : Removal of 10-15 sherry oak and “Fine Oak”, and replacing them […]
Tasting Bowmore 100 Degrees Proof
Originally produced for the Travel Retail market (duty free shops) this is a cask strength NCF Bowmore NAS, and comes in a 1 Litre bottle. […]
Springbank Sherry cask 1997 / Potstill Austria
Always interesting to taste Springbanks, especially cask strength and single sherry casks ones. This was bottled for Potstill Austria from cask #296 yielding 216 bottles […]
The Benriach ‘Generations’ 1988 Gaja barolo Cask #4423 (Singapore)
Earlier this year I posted my notes for a younger single cask expressions bottled for the Singapore market. Unlike the other cask, this one is […]
The Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #3
After the success of batches 1&2 (see my notes on the 2nd) , comes the third batch (actually there’s a fourth batch already in some […]