One of the best ways to improve your whisky knowledge is learning from those who know so much about the topic that you could easily call them a whisky encyclopedia on two legs. One such guy is Gordon Dundas, honorable Keeper of the Quaich (more…)
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A Remarkable Regional Mix Up! by Douglas Laing (Event)
In recent times, I often stumbled upon Twitter Tastings and other online whisky get-togethers. They always sounded like good fun, but I never managed to take part in any. Until yesterday! Thanks to Douglas Laing’s Marketing Assistant Hannah, I got an invitation (more…)
Ardbeg Kelpie – Committee Release (Review)
In Scottish mythology, kelpies are shape-shifting water spirits that can either take the form of a horse or a human. Spending almost all of their time on the grounds of lakes and other waters, they are elusive beings that are rarely seen and almost never caught. (more…)
Whisky Experience – Independent Bottlers and Single Casks Tasting (Event)
So, here we go again with another great tasting with Norbert from Whisky Experience in Hamburg. Just one week ago, Tobi wrote a review about the Irish Whiskey tasting we attended together. This week, my wife and I booked a tasting called “Independent Bottlers and Single Casks”. (more…)
Red Snake Raw Cask by Blackadder (Review)
The moment I learned about Blackadder’s Raw Cask series, this unqiue selection of whiskies had me completely under its spell. Bottled straight from the cask without any industrial aid, each expression of the Raw Cask line is as pure a whisky as it gets. (more…)
Kilkerran 12yo (Review)
Glengyle Distillery was founded in the second half of the 19th century, flourishing at first. But from 1910 on, times became bleaker. On the one hand, Scotland got into economic trouble. On the other hand, one of the main consumers of Scotch whisky, the United States, was dispensed (more…)
Full design and key facts of Ardbeg Kelpie revealed (News)
Today, legendary whisky makers Ardbeg revealed the full design as well as the key facts of their annual special bottling 2017. Named Kelpie after a breed of hard-to-catch water spirits from Scottish mythology, the new Ardbeg pays homage to the deep sea (more…)
Glenkinchie Distillers Edition 2000/2014 (Review)
Glenkinchie will always remain special to me. When I first went to Edinburgh – which by the way is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever been to – I also visited Glenkinchie Distillery. It was my first distillery visit ever (more…)
Laphroaig Triple Wood (Review)
The Triple Wood is part of Laphroaig’s growing selection of NAS whiskies, which recently got expanded by two Travel Retail-exclusives called Four Oak and The 1815 Legacy Edition. On principle, it does not have easy standing with numerous whisky connoisseurs, (more…)
Ledaig 11yo by Old Particular (Review)
A huge fan of peated malts, it should come as no surprise to you that the Isle of Islay is one of my very favorite whisky regions. But of course those 240 square miles of land at the western shore of Scotland are not the only place in the world where smokey drams are being produced. (more…)
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