Piacere Rinato is the Belgian spirits shop of former lawyer Niels Volckaert. He is focusing on cask strength cognac and ...

In the past few months Fruitful Spirits released a series of new casks in their series called Exceptional Cask Selection. We ...

In August I will head for México, cabrones! While spirits are certainly not my primary objective there, I will pass through the Oaxaca region so I’d really like to visit one or two artisan palenques ...

Review of the Talisker 39 Years 1987 bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in their Connoisseurs Choice Heritage series. The last ...

Nose: exactly. Lots of apricot jams, stewed pears and subtle figs. Dried mango and quince paste. Then waxed aromas, a few orange rinds and floral notes (vetiver?). Hints of mint leaves, light cedar ...

Benromach‘s innovative Contrasts series has a new member: a 12 Year Old single malt matured in first-fill bourbon casks before 26 months finishing in Côte-Rôtie wine casks. Wine casks are always ...

Elixir Distillers acquired Tormore distillery in 2022, while building a new Portintruan distillery on Islay and not long after The Whisky Exchange was sold to Pernod. They started production under the ...

A new package with samples from the Thompson Brothers arrived. It includes a variety of releases from the past few months and we’ll start with some of the older whiskies: an undisclosed Highland Malt ...

Nose: beehive notes aplenty. A lot of honey, yellow flowers, some pollen. Underneath there is a hint of peach, as well as some sharper lemon and green apple. Perhaps a little pineapple too. Rather ...

Wait, another 52 year-old after Angus’ Glen Garioch? That’s right. This Ben Nevis 1973 was bottled some time ago by the guys at Dornoch Castle. Nose: lots of fruit teas, in a way that reminds us of ...

Nose: nice biscuity notes with stewed apples and oranges, dried wildflowers and a hint of honey. Then it becomes more tropical, on mango and papaya, along with fragrant peaches and a subtle hint of ...