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Whic’s whisky invasion has begun: “The War of the Peat” is on! (News)

Today, German mailorder and bottler Whic released the first chapter of its new “The War of the Peat” series – a 13-piece collection of (heavily) peated Scotch whiskies realized in cooperation with Signatory Vintage. (more…)

“Ho, ho, ho!” – Big Peat Christmas Edition 2019 coming down the chimney this month (News)

Spirit-wise, one of my favorite parts of the festive season is sipping the annual X-mas bottling from Big Peat. This year, Douglas Laing’s bearded Ileach will again delight us with a heavily peated blended malt encompassing some of Islay’s most popular distilleries. (more…)

Ardmore 10yo “66.150 – Smoke, soot and tarry ropes” by SMWS (Review)

In the context of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, the number 66 is a lot more than just two digits clinging to each other. In The Society’s distillery code system it refers to the Beam Suntory-owned Highlands unit Ardmore. And at least in my opinion, this busy production site is always worth checking out. Traditionally, The SMWS has a particularly good nose (more…)

Kilchoman STR Cask Matured (Review)

It is never too late to introduce a good whisky! Originally, I bought the new Kilchoman STR Cask Matured at Kiel Whisky Fair a few days before its official launch in Germany. This would have been a great opportunity to feature it on my blog directly on launch day. (more…)

Big Peat Feis Ile 2019 (Review)

A folksy fella, Big Peat is not one to celebrate the annual Islay festival by himself. So he invited his friends from all across the globe to party with him. And more than 400 of them answered the bearded Ileach’s call! Their faces can now be seen on the tube (more…)

Caol Ila 14yo by Gordon & MacPhail (Review)

As a marketer by profession, I am quite susceptible to good storytelling and well-conceived ad campaigns. Still, I am also always happy when a whisky manages to catch my attention without supplementary hoo-ha. This 14-year-old Caol Ila from Gordon & MacPhail’s (more…)

Big Peat 26yo – The Platinum Edition (Review)

What is the difference between American rock’n’roll legends KISS and Islay-born geezer Big Peat? There is more smoke in a bottle of the latter than there is in an entire stage show of the former. Also, the band went platinum on account of their record sales (more…)

Ardbeg Whisky Tasting by Hansemalt feat. Herr Lutz (Event)

Harsh, headstrong and heavily peated, Ardbeg is the quintessential Islay malt for many drammers. While I love all of the eight operating distilleries on the Queen of the Hebrides dearly, I would not argue with anyone who called the reinvigorated production site (more…)

Bunnahabhain Moine 6yo by Wiljalba (Review)

My pal David from Berlin not only co-runs the Whisky & Vinyl blog, but also writes and records music under his alias Wiljalba. For the release of his latest album “Lost Valley” he came up with something special: he paired his CD and LP with a limited edition whisky (more…)

Abomination – The Crying Of The Puma (Review)

Bernard Shaw referred to whisky as liquid sunshine. Others call it nectar, juice or essence. But not so Bryan Davis. Inspired by the freaky experiments of a certain Dr. Moreau, the co-founder of the Lost Spirits Distillery boldly named this peaty creation of his an Abomination. (more…)

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