
Craft Spirits hits the bullseye with a Linkwood BBR As I am now well underway in my second year of full blown blogging about whisky, I can make some observations of the modern-day whisky industry. One of these is that producers and bottlers alike love their PX-casks. That is of course very understandable. PX is…

Whisky overboard! Lindores drowning in firkin casks Sometimes I write an introduction first, sometimes I taste a whisky first and return later to write this little intro. For this blog, it was the latter, and that is a good thing. Because I am drinking a Lindores today, but it has no point to say anything…

Blended Scotch with a twist by Living Souls Living Souls are one of these bottlers that do not mind mixing things up with interesting variations in the bottle. Not afraid to provide whisky enthusiasts with categories that are considered beneath the quality and stature of single malt whisky, we get something interesting to drink. The…

Littlemill 1990: Scottish summer in a glass Signatory Vintage is one of the most talked about independent bottlers of the last two years or so. The tremendously affordable bottlings in their 100 proof series make waves amongst enthusiasts who were quite done with indulging ridiculous pricing for (sometimes not even) quality single malt. Signatory fluffed…

Soul of the Highlands: Loch Lomond Distillery Today we are presenting you a Loch Lomond super-blog with a few variations from this versatile distillery in Alexandria, at a stone’s throw away from the famous lake. We know they present three core range variations these days, being the broadly composed “Loch Lomond”, the way more fruity…

Longmorn consistency through the decades Longmorn, as the next door neighbour of Benriach Distillery, is gently puffing away, producing gallons and gallons of malt whisky for blends like Chivas and Ballentine’s. As a single malt, official releases have been very sparse over the last few decades. A trustworthy go-to expression was the old 15 years…

Three independently bottled Linkwood single malt Linkwood was always a readily available single malt whisky, and I have the impression it has become less so, but still considerably. The distillery is one of the bigger suppliers of a key malt ingredient to famous blends, so lots and lots of casks can fall off the wagon…

Young Campbeltowners including Longrow 100 proof, Hazelburn 8 and Springbank Local Barley There have been some spectacular releases by Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries in 2025, so we have to see where we all put them in the next few weeks or months. Might this be the reason that King Charles III dropped by in our…

Some rarities from The Glenlivet and Linn House An independent retailer is a rare sight in the Dutch liquor store landscape. Most of them have attached their name to one of the big retail chains. Both ways have their pros and cons, I am sure. My local store is one of those independents, which gives…