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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…

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…

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…

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…

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). …

Tasting Kilchoman Loch Gorm at 10 years of age How Kilchoman Distillery has changed since the early beginnings, some 20 yeas ago. A modest farm distillery indeed, the still room was quaint and small and the two stills gently purring away. Floor malting was done on the site itself. Since the first spirit releases and…

A successful Kilkerran 8 years old bourbon matured The Campbeltown Malts Festival is well underway, but this is also our monthly regular Campbeltown Wednesday and we taste a new expression. The Kilkerran 8 years old bottlings are making quite some waves among enthusiasts. I have started buying the yearly expressions myself too, as they are…