Categorie: K
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Hand Filled Distillery Exclusives from Campbeltown The distillery exclusive bottlings at Springbank Distillery are something really special, if you compare to offers from other distilleries. In the visitor shop, you cannot miss a few big glass demijohns with a tap and a sign on it. Here you can taste and draw your own stuff, and…
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The Whisky Odyssey Fèis Ìle 2024 Special: Seeking sanctuary on Kilchoman Day In the Islay Festival schedule I did not discover (yet) an own day for the brand new Ardnahoe Distillery, but I can imagine that the newest distillery will in the future share a day with … Kilchoman perhaps? This charming farm distillery used…
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Twenty years of distilling at Kilkerran celebrated The headline above this article is not entirely correct of course, since Kilkerran is made at the Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown. Some copyright issue prevents owners J. & A. Mitchell from actually using the name “Glengyle” on their bottles of single malt from the distillery. This is why…
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European tasting notes for a Korean Knockdhu 2013 The resources of Whisky Odyssey sometimes makes me stumble upon peculiar whisky, like today’s Knockdhu. It was bottled for the Bar BAM in Seoul, Korea, but still landed on my table too. I had to make the Whiskybase entry myself even! We love doing that, of course,…
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Tasting notes for two Knockando 1980s vintages Exactly three years ago I woke up on castle grounds, in a beautiful suite with a big bed, an empty Champagne bottle on the floor, clothes everywhere, and my wife in my arms. It was the day after our wedding. Our limited amount of guests were scattered all…
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Knockdhu & AnCnoc: birds of the same feather The Knockdhu Distillery is quite popular amongst whisky aficionados because it is a quaint setup, hinting towards old days of distilling. I still have to manage to visit it, because as I understand from everyone who did, it is worth the trip. I only once drove passed…
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Kilkerran Heavily Peated – a story that was never meant to be? he Kilkerran Distillery just recently celebrated its twentieth birthday. The range of expressions from the distillery is becoming more and more clear, with regular releases of a 12 and 16 years old, more special 8 years old at higher strength, and for some…
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Kilchoman Sanaig: a fight between the barn and the cask Kilchoman opened almost 20 years ago as a farm distillery. A small operation, with everything done on site, little stills, and putting out young peated giants ever since that first release back in 2009. That 2009 release was the first whisky after three years, but…
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Going to Japanese whisky heaven with Yamazaki (Suntory) and Miyagikyo (Nikka) Another visit to Japan, after doing a blog about two Yoichi single malt whisky’s two weeks ago. I have to admit that my original intention was to post today’s blog then. It was Saturday 6 April, and coincidentally the Miyagikyo that we taste today, was distilled…
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Funky little thing: a new sherried batch Kilkerran 8 The true Campbeltown character is, by those in the know, described as being “funky”. If you tasted a few expressions from whatever distillery or variant (Longrow, Hazelburn), you can easily get the thinking behind this. I used to think Glen Scotia might be the most funky…