Categorie: G
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Glen Elgin with Moscatel and Dutch bitterballen On a pleasantly gentle Friday night in June 2026, I had checked into my apartment on Speyside and had time to spare. So I drove out into the countryside, just hopping from the one distillery to the other, snapping some pictures for my blog. One of these sites…
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Glen Scotia 15 years old bottle versus cask sample We have a fun experiment today for our monthly Campbeltown Wednesday. We taste the official release of a 15 years old Glen Scotia, and compare it to a cask sample from vintage 2011 that is also 15 years old. Let’s see if we can spot some…
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Glenlossie: the ideal malt for blending purposes One thing I loved doing during my stay in Speyside in June was just jump in the car, fire up the navigation and go “distillery hopping”. With virtually a production site on every corner, I truly exhausted my camera folder by snapping pictures. I have to say, I…
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Masterful Glen Garioch including one Samaroli Glen Garioch is not often featured on this blog, and I have yet to make a tasting note from any official release. I am sure I will get the chance to correct that soon, but for today I have three independent bottlings lined up, including one absolute legend and…
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LPA Vintage Week ends with the 1990s We come to the end of the LPA Vintage Week, and we do not go out softly, because we present three samples today. Simply because these three have been lying around for too long and deserved to be tasted. Right? Right! The 1980s and 1990s must have been…
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LPA Vintage Week: a very special Glenlivet 1980 We tasted a whisky distilled in the 1960s and then a whisky from the 1970s. On we go to the next decade, and we do that with a single cask filled at the Glenlivet Distillery, and this was done in the year 1980. Now this is a…
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A Visit to Glengoyne and A Massive Tasting Talk about your busy schedules! Together with two friends, I visited the Glengoyne Distillery all the way back in January, to shake hands with another good friend, Mr. Richard Brass. To us, he is a comrade affectionately known as “just” Richie. This is one passionate guy! We shared…
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Tasting official Glen Keith from the vintage 1998 Does anyone remember this charming little official release of Glen Keith single malt whisky? Releases from this rather unknown distillery are hard to come by, besides the offerings of independent bottlers. If you have not ever tried one, you are missing out, as Glen Keith produces quite…
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Campbeltown Malts Festival with Glen Scotia Glen Scotia will forever be the middle child in the Campbeltown family, won’t it? I mean, there is always the big brother in the spotlight (Springbank) and the youngest family member Glengyle is also gaining popularity. Who knows what will happen if new distilleries indeed open their doors and…
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Glen Elgin: a deep dive on a very rare bottle With Long Pour Amour, I aim to offer something rare every now and then. Samples that I gather from my own network or even have stashed away in my own sample library. One of the features is tasting the legendary old Rare Malts Selection bottlings.…