Categorie: L
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A fledgling Ledaig caught by Signatory Vintage Signatory Vintage is not planning on easing down on cranking out new entries in the 100 proof series, and we also read some nice names in new batches. I am hoping to get my hands on a Clynelish bottling, but for today we choose another option. A very…
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Lochlea Extravaganza: new core range and new make On my most recent trip to Scotland, I almost drove through the backyard of Lochlea Distillery, but sadly our murderous schedule did not allow for a stop. It will have to wait, assuming Lochlea has put on enough resilience to survive the current hard times that fall…
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Two single malts from Arran matured on refill bourbon We gathered samples coming from distilleries on the Isle of Arran. With the arrival of Lagg Distillery a few years ago, the number of sites doubled to two, with the Lochranza Distillery already producing for 30 years. While Lagg is still in its infancy, the bottlings…
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The 2016 trend in a blog: Happy 210th birthday, Lagavulin Distillery! The year is 2026, and crazy as it sounds, it means ten years have passed since the famous Lagavulin Distillery on Islay celebrated the bicentennial. No matter how much I love Ardbeg and Laphroaig, who celebrated their 200th just one year earlier, I had to…
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Laphroaig 12 years old: the future of this classic Islay? Laphroaig is one of the biggest – if not THE biggest Islay single malt whisky in terms of sales and legend. As one of the three from the Kildalton coast being around for well over 200 years, there was a lot of time to build…
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Laphroaig Càirdeas with white port and Maderia Laphroaig is an Islay single malt whisky but make no mistake, however quaint that might sound, this distillery is also about big business. As one of the biggest and most popular peated whiskies in the world, it has become difficult to compare Laphroaig to more artisanal producers like…
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The peated side of Arran in the glass: LAGG The LAGG Distillery on the Isle of Arran is one of the more promising newcomers in the Scottish fold of distilleries. You’ll forgive me that I will use the full capital letters spelling sparingly, to help along the readability of this blog. Since the first three…
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A single grain(storm) blog with (almost) all distilleries How often do we get the chance to taste almost all single grain whiskies from the different distilleries in one blog? Well, never, unless you are lucky like me. This blog was conceived around one sample (the North British) but through shares and gifts I suddenly found…
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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…
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The yearly SR rant and two Lagavulin 12 years old Some unconfirmed chatter I picked up in the community states that the yearly Special Releases done by Diageo are coming to an end. If that were the case, I would be very sad, but on the other hand it would be best to come up…