Categorie: L
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hebridean Moon rising with Ledaig Yes, yes, I know, we did a few Ledaig samples just under two months ago, but there is a new expression out that sparked my curiosity. And everybody likes Ledaig! So here we go. We will start with a single cask expression bottled by Archives which matured in a sherry…
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Bizarre Loch Lomond whiskies created with witchcraft Loch Lomond was not the stand of a distillery I would immediately run to when visiting a festival or something like that. The Scotch whisky industry has some ugly ducklings amongst them, and that is perfectly fine, since we can not all be stars like Talisker, Glenfiddich or…
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A trio of Ardnahoe, Bowmore and Laphroaig We have three tasting notes for you today, while we continue to travel past the Islay distilleries that each have their own day during the Feis Ile festival, that is in full swung as we speak. New to the fold is of course Ardnahoe, that released a special…
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Exotic Lagavulin Mezcal to kick-off the Feis Ile week Today is the kick-off to the most romantic, most heralded Whisky Festival of the world. The Festival of Malt and Music, better known as Feis Ile. It has been a while since I actually went to the festival (in 2016), and visiting the island itself has…
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Make Longrow Great Again! Some musings and tastings The Campbeltown Malts Festival has begun and I know this will delight many of my whisky drinking friends. In fact, I know quite a few who slept with the complete itinerary of the festival under their pillow ever since it came out late January. More power to…
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A crazy Ledaig (and/or Tobermory?) bonanza There are enough distilleries in Scotland that produce unpeated and peated batches of whisky. At some places, this feels totally natural. On the Isle of Mull, such a practise is in use at the Tobermory Distillery. Their unpeated production is presented under the name of the distillery, and the…