Categorie: K
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Secret Ardbeg on red wine: Kilnaughton Islay malt Bear with me, I found a sample in my stash of which I have no idea what it is. It says Kilnaughton and that is a Secret Islay. The bottler is known to not shy away from cask variations for maturing their whisky, with most of the…
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The Springbank Stallions play around with Kilkerran The Springbank Stallions convened again, as they do every year in January, in Campbeltown. With the big bicentennial year for Springbank approaching in 2028, we are quietly anticipating the festivities. Until that time, there was and is still 2026 and 2027 to deal with for the Stallions gathering.…
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Tasting the core range of Finnish rye whisky Kyrö As a true and self-declared whisky nerd, I can do without the gimmicks you sometimes run into on whisky festivals. And sometimes you just cannot avoid it. Especially not when you bring along a female companion that is enticed by the inevitable chocolate stand. It was…
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The talk of the (Campbel)town: Kilkerran 16 years old Talk about the whisky of 2025 that creates a lot of chatter, and this Kilkerran 16 years old that we taste today must be on the list. Is it only because of the deep, dark colour of the liquid, certainly compared to earlier releases? Or is…
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Korukabegura new make: Precision, Purity, Provenance You Only Live Twice is my favourite James Bond novel, penned by spiritual father Ian Fleming. In one of the early chapters, Tiger Tanaka talks to 007 about Japanese whisky. He drinks Suntory. “Went up to the distillery some while ago and met one of the family. Told me…
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Kilkerran Campbeltown malt showing its fruity side The Glengyle Distillery celebrated the 20th birthday of their Kilkerran Campbeltown single malt with lots of fanfare last year, with a concert by Travis even. One could wonder why they did not want to wait another five years for the quarter century, but that might have something to…
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Kilchoman Ballinaby: a new Travel Exclusive Kilchoman Ballinaby is a new expression released by Islay’s Farm Distillery and named after (I suspect) the tall and slender standing stone that can be found near a farm of the same name, just northwest of Loch Gorm. Why I can’t say this with certainty is because information about…
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Kyoto Miyako Japanese whisky needs more work Friendliness knows no boundaries in the land of whisky, and so my good friend Robbert shared rather decently sized samples of today’s whiskies with me. We are visiting Japan and tasting products released by the Kyoto Miyako Distillery. Their website offers a lot of information on this first…
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Kingsbarns Balcomie: classic sherry nuttiness Kingsbarns Distillery always made an impression of a very solid, well thought out operation. Quietly releasing a variation of core range bottlings, packaged in authentic glassware and with focus on a true Lowland malt whisky character. Of course, the strong ties to St. Andrews, with all its famous assets, makes…
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Ultimate mellow allrounder: Knockando 18 years old Knockando is one of my favourite easy-drinking-every-day-drams. I often have a bottle of this Speyside whisky open. The distillery, sadly not open for visitors, is one of the north bank distilleries in Speyside, along with Tamdhu (500 metres upstream the Spey River) and Dalmunach (also nearby, but downstream). …