A couple of days ago, I spoke with a whisky buddy of mine, who named Teaninich as his favorite distillery. This was a first for me. Usually, people drop other names during such a conversation: The Macallan, Springbank, Bruichladdich or Tobermory, for example. (more…)
Earlier this week, HRH Prince Charles came to see Wolfburn Distillery while visiting the Northern Scottish harbor town of Thurso. In the course of his stay, the Prince of Wales met with the entire Wolfburn team and checked out all parts of the distillery from up close. (more…)
Sometimes you don’t have to stand very tall,
To be the strongest and greatest of all,
If your heart is good and your soul is pure, (more…)
Trick question: What is a better evening activity than attending an awesome whisky tasting? Of course, attending two awesome whisky tastings! That is what Distell’s “double headliner tour” in Hamburg was all about. (more…)
Labeled “The Maritime Malt” that was “Born in the Port of Whick”, Old Pulteney is a prime example of a salty, sea-shaped Scotch whisky. And despite the fact that all of the distillery’s bottlings are usually held in high esteem by fans of the afore-mentioned flavor profile (more…)
Prior to this particular drop, German whisky mailorder and indie bottler Whic did already launch two other expressions in their “Nymphs of Whisky” series, namely a Glenturret 22yo and a Cambus 25yo. Since I missed out on both of them, however, the release of Whic’s (more…)
Last month, I got an invitation by Peter of Friends Of Single Malt to participate in a special kind of blind tasting. He had been given three 700ml bottles from an indie bottler, whose name we only learned with hindsight (Whiskymax). The idea was to share the content (more…)
When Donald MacLellan, International Sales Manager of Loch Lomond Distillery, held a free tasting in Hamburg last month, I had to give the event a pass. As the guided degustation already started in the early afternoon, I could not get away from work early enough to join the fun. (more…)
A monster does not necessarily have to be a gargantuan behemoth that rages and stampedes day in, day out. It can also be a more refined and evolved creature – like the Alien in Ridley Scott’s eponymous sci-fi classic or the Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth”. Or The Peat Monster (more…)
