Categorie: F
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Fettercairn at entry level: a bit underwhelming In longer ago days, when I was without beard but with more hair on the top of my head, Fettercairn was a single malt very much in the shadows of the Scotch landscape. I suppose most output went to the blends of Whyte & Mackay, but there was…
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Finglassie: smoky lowland malt from InchDairnie InchDairnie Distillery positions themselves as the ingenious distillery. Located in the Fife region of Scotland (making this lowland whisky) the website roars with strong language, claiming that it will bring malt whisky tradition into the modern world. The goal is to excite palates. Well, I like this beating on the drum.…
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A regular Four Roses bourbon and a weird single malt from … Jack Daniel’s! There was a time I truly disliked whisky. This was in the early to mid-1990s, when my brother, cousin and their friends would occupy the living room late at night. The smell of shawarma and garlic sauce filling up the space.…
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Two heavily sherried Filliers from Belgium The Belgium whisky landscape is no less impressive than that of the surrounding neighbours France, Germany and The Netherlands. Filliers is a decades old distillery spanning many generations of craftspeople. Starting out with Genever, and pioneering the then-unknown product (in Belgium) gin, it was the cousins Jan and Bernard…