Together with London-based premium blenders Compass Box, Islay-born progressive distillers Bruichladdich are currently one of the forerunners of a fledging transparency movement in the whisky industry. (more…)
Single Malt
Finlaggan Cask Strength (Review)
In their catalogues and webstores, many whisky dealers call the Finlaggan Cask Strength a “mystery malt”. This is because the bottler, Vintage Malt Whisky, is not allowed to reveal much about this highly popular dram. (more…)
Ardbeg Dark Cove (Review)
Each year, Ardbeg releases one out-of-the-ordinary whisky as a strictly limited special edition. In the past, these treasured bottlings included such legendary drams as the Supernova, the Alligator, the Galileo and most recently the Dark Cove. (more…)
Octomore 07.2 by Bruichladdich (Review)
You rarely meet a whisky lover that does not utter the Octomore‘s name in awe. The reason for this is simple: For years, Bruichladdich‘s mythical series of super-heavily peated Islay malts has continuously challenged our taste buds (more…)
Blaue Maus Single Cask Malt Whisky (Review)
Unlike the world’s biggest whisky nations, such as Scotland, Ireland or the US, Germany does not have a century-long tradition in distilling the water of life. The Destillerie Blaue Maus, which means “blue mouse distillery”, is our country’s longest-running whisky manufacturing site. (more…)
Mackmyra Vinterrök (Review)
Another Sunday in advent, another opportunity to have a winter’s dram. Today, my drink of choice is the Vinterrök by Swedish distilling wizards Mackmyra. Released to the market in 2015 as part of the distillery’s Seasons series superseding the completed Special range, (more…)
Glenfarclas 105 – Cask Strength (Review)
Sherry casks are awesome! They give a whisky taste, character and distinction. If they appear in combination with an immense peatiness or a high ABV, they might also add a certain “darkness” to the spirit; (more…)
Glenalba 35yo – Sherry Cask Finish (Review)
I do not often get to enjoy a whisky older than myself. While I am not too fixated on age statements, I have to admit that I find the concept of such a well-aged dram rather fascinating; to think that the liquid spent more time in the barrel than I did on this planet is quite mind-boggling. (more…)
Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold (Review)
Since it is the first Sunday in Advent, I am having a Christmas dram. My choice fell on the Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold, a single malt Scotch from the Highlands, which is distilled from spirit made in the cold months between October and March. (more…)
Hakushu 12 (Review)
In the Western world, the fine malts of Japanese whisky wizards Suntory gained an enormous push in popularity in late 2014, when Jim Murray proclaimed the Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 his World Whisky of the Year. (more…)
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