Let’s wave the summer of 2018 goodbye for good with this pretty independent expression bearing the name Port Askaig. Of course we all know this is Caol Ila, but have you heard they just recently bottled a Bunna for Bresser & Timmer? However, there’s no doubt this 12yo is...
Read moreI love a good story when it comes to whisky. Entering Jan Beek, formerly known from Van Wees, the Dutch independent bottler of The Ultimate series. He began his own brand last year: BEEK spirits, which has a large focus on quality and craftsmanship.
Read moreIf you ask me which whisky blew my mind most in the last couple of years, I will answer with: Ardmore 2003 bottled by Malts of Scotland. This most definitely is my definition of a sherry bomb. What blew my mind is that it’s only 3 years old.
Read moreThis awkwardly shaped liter bottle of Bruichladdich is perfect for hot summer days. “But it’s autumn” I hear you say. Well, the weather in the Netherlands is pretty much confused at the moment, the thermometer hit 26 degrees Celsius last weekend. So bring in the Laddie!
Read moreBunnahabhain 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 moreGood memories, it was 2014 and I bought myself two bottles: a GlenDronach 15yo Revival and a Glen Garioch 12yo, both are still whiskies that I can’t live without.
Read moreDoes this one need any introduction? It’s easily my top core-range Glenlivet. Bottled at cask strength, non-chill filtered and matured in American oak, which makes your taste buds explode with honest, natural flavours.
Read moreThe one that makes you fall in love. The GlenDronach 15yo Revival was one of the first whiskies that I fell in love with.
Read moreWe made it a kind of sport to look for other sub €50 whiskies that are at least as good or even better than their better-known colleagues. Enter the Ben Nevis 10yo.
Read moreNot for the feint hearted, but what an incredible Craigellachie from the new Dutch bottlers Sherwood’s.
Read moreThe last and by far the most expensive bottle of the new GlenAllachie core-range. Does the taste justify the price?
Read moreThe second whisky Sherwood’s managed to bottle. This time it’s from the Highland Park distillery, although they weren’t allowed to state in on the label.
Read moreRedbreast 12yo Cask Strength has been an all-time favourite in our whisk(e)y collection. So I was beyond excited to try this Lustau edition, which is a perfect marriage between Ireland, the United States and Spain.
Read moreThe second of the brand new GlenAllachie core range, this one feels like the odd one out. Let me explain…
Read moreEver wanted to use your whisky bottle like a snow globe? Well, here’s your chance!
Read moreAlthough Scotch is mostly our way to go if it comes to drinking whisky, we can not simply ignore the fact that our mostly beer-drinking country makes pretty decent whisky. Frysk Hynder is one of them.
Read moreI walked into a whisky store in ’s-Hertogenbosch: De Koning, great chance you Dutchies know him already. And it was like entering a gold mine. Dusty bottles, discontinued bottles, bottles of forgotten ages, fresh new bottles, but what most stood out: a whole ‘cage’ of Springbank goodness. I asked...
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 moreI’m a big sherry and peat lover and my personal collection consists mostly of these whiskies. So I went looking for something different…
Read moreSometimes you just need a good and affordable sherry matured sipper. This is a 10yo Edradour, distilled in 2007 and bottled in 2017 by Signatory (cask #320). 46% ABV
Read moreThe Caol Ila 14yo Unpeated from 2012 is a part of the collection for quite some time. To me, this has always been a good competitor for the discontinued Glenlivet Nadurra 16yo.
Read moreA quick stop at Kilchoman, discussing their early years and a review of the Distillery Exclusive 8yo Madeira Cask Matured edition.
Read moreWhen it comes to a distillery that has spent a lot of time and years with us and has survived many tasting sessions (and especially verdicts), the first whisky that comes in mind is the GlenDronach.
Read moreWith every single cask, there’s a great chance of differences with every batch. The previous Solist we reviewed, was lighter in colour and fruitier and woodier in taste. The one we’re reviewing today (#S100209030a) is a lot darker…
Read moreThe bar at Ardview Inn and tasting notes of Bruichladdich Black Art 23yo 1990 04.2
Read moreHow come that these gems from Bruichladdich with a peat level of 208ppm are so smooth and gentle on the tongue?
Read moreA Kilchoman with a Madeira twist. A great cask experiment from Kilchoman, but how does it taste?
Read moreAn untamed bottle of Craigellachie finished on a red wine barrel!
Read moreTamdhu, often overlooked, even by us. But we heard some good stories about their Batch Strength Series, so why not try one?
Read moreA few weeks ago, we bought two different bottles of Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask. At opening the first one, it was love at first sip.
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 moreAllow us to introduce this well-designed bottle from our friends and neighbors from the Slyrs Bavarian Malt distillery! It’s the Slyrs 2011 Virgin Oak (3yo).
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.
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