Review of The Singleton of Glen Ord 17 Year Old, a single malt whisky from the 2025 Special Releases by Diageo. It is ...

Review of Daftmill 2012 (Summer Batch), a 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky from Daftmill distillery in the Lowlands.

Review of two cognacs from François Voyer, bottled by Malternative Belgium. A very old Lot 19.14 and Lot 79, both from the ...

Review of the Clynelish 18 Year Old from the 2025 Special Releases series. A single malt whisky with some 'pineapple cut' ...

Nose: beautifully soft and rather fruity, with a honeyed layer of stewed fruits underneath a very thin veil of faded smoke. Sweetened lemon juice and some rather aromatic peaches. Then hints of orange ...

Whisky Picnic Bar in Taiwan sent me some recent samples of bottlings they did with Douglas Laing. Three peated whiskies (just like last time) from different regions in Scotland. All of them are ...

Nose: like the initial 15yo. More nutty notes (almonds, hazelnut paste), more beef stock and mushrooms, more sulphury edges as well. Some apple peelings and raisins. Muddy notes. The sherry sweetness ...

Spheric Spirits is a young indie bottler from Germany, started by Benedict and Claudio. They have a slightly edgy / flashy branding (check the website) – I like the vibrant colours on the labels but ...

Now there’s an older version in the same bizarrely beautiful bottle: Bowmore ARC-54. This unique 54 year old whisky was distilled in November 1968. The majority of the spirit aged in a second-fill ...

Whisky Live Germany is taking place in Hamburg this weekend, more info here. For this occasion Kirsch Import is releasing a new Awakening series. It spans different brands that Kirsch is representing, ...