Bunnahabhain certainly has the greatest views of all the distilleries on Islay, if you ask me. But their hand-filled distillery exclusive bottles aren’t too shabby too.
Read moreWe’re exploring daily, but the path to bourbon is still sort of unknown to us. But we have to start somewhere right? So we dipped a toe in the water with this Buffalo Trace.
Read moreNot for the feint hearted, but what an incredible Craigellachie from the new Dutch bottlers Sherwood’s.
Read moreEver wanted to use your whisky bottle like a snow globe? Well, here’s your chance!
Read moreIt hasn’t rained for ages here in the Netherlands and that’s quite unusual. But instead of complaining about the tropical temperatures, let’s pair a whisky with it!
Read moreImagine yourself on a hot day, with a smoking barbecue with huge chunks of glaced meat, sipping a glass of robust red wine. That’s basically what’s in this new addition to Bunnahabain’s limited edition range.
Read moreWe’ve had two opportunities to taste the committee release from Ardbeg Grooves. The first was at the Islay Hotel and the second was at the Ardbeg distillery. It underwent an unusual treatment with the use of heavily charred red wine casks. This heavy charring results in deep grooves in...
Read moreLeaving Kilchoman behind, we went on to our last stop on our trip: Bruichladdich. There we tasted the Bruichladdich Port Charlotte Cask Exploration 20 Valinch
Read moreA quick stop at Kilchoman, discussing their early years and a review of the Distillery Exclusive 8yo Madeira Cask Matured edition.
Read moreThe Lagavulin Distillery, easily recognized by It’s tall red smokestack is not a complete stranger to us. Our collection contains the 8yo 12yo CS, 16yo, the Distillers Edition and some indie bottlings which don’t bear their name, but obviously come from this distiller. So we thought Lagavulin couldn’t surprise...
Read moreAn untamed bottle of Craigellachie finished on a red wine barrel!
Read moreAbout our first moments on Islay, visiting Laphroaig and the Cairdeas 15yo tasting notes.
Read moreSpotlights on, theatrical smoke filling the room, give a round of applause, here is Laphroaig Triple Wood!
Read moreThis whisky has been part of the collection since a very long time. And it grew on me, to the point that I can’t live without.
Read moreAn all-time favourite, this beautiful Caol Ila 12. This was one of our first discoveries from Islay, a long time ago, and we have never forgotten it.
Read moreLet’s review another wine matured whisky. Most of you have seen this one passing by, it’s the limited edition Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured.
Read moreA beautiful 14yo cask strength single cask bottling, being matured on a re-charred American oak, ex-red wine hogshead.
Read moreThe Laphroaig Quarter Cask, a highly affordable dram from our friends of Laphroaig.
Read moreThe Ileach Cask Strength scores well with the critics, Jim Murray awarded this single malt from an unnamed distillery a mindblowing 97 points.
Read moreLet’s have something that tastes like Easter Breakfast. This is a young Macallan from Gordon & Macphail’s Speymalt range.
Read moreA Kilchoman with a maturation of roughly 25/30% bourbon and 70/75% sherry casks. Interesting!
Read moreIf you have tried Lagavulin 16yo, 8yo and distillers edition already, this could be your next step.
Read moreLet’s stay in Caribbean vibes for International Whisky Day, here’s the Arumaticus Fumosus!
Read moreWe own mostly red wine maturations, but then we came across this beauty, I had to buy it. This is a special release from Arran, bottled for the Netherlands.
Read moreArdbeg Uigeadail, do we need to say more? As far as the Ardbeg core range is concerned, this one became a staple in our collection, for a long time already.
Read moreHave a look at this cask strength Bunnahabhain from Gordon & Macphail. An allround whisky and beautiful for it’s friendly price tag.
Read moreWhen you say Laphroaig, you say: peat, salt and ashes. This Laphroaig An Cuan Mòr won’t disappoint you on that.
Read moreThis is the ‘99 vintage of the Lagavulin Distillers Edition, bottled in 2015. A sight for sore eyes, but how does it taste?
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