Categorie: Long Pour Session
-
Glen Elgin with Moscatel and Dutch bitterballen On a pleasantly gentle Friday night in June 2026, I had checked into my apartment on Speyside and had time to spare. So I drove out into the countryside, just hopping from the one distillery to the other, snapping some pictures for my blog. One of these sites…
-
Tasting notes of the 200 years old Benrinnes We live in good times, because the last few years we have seen quite a lot of bicentennials of classic Scotch distilleries. In 2024 we saw The Glenlivet and Cardhu blow out 200 candles, last year Glencadam joined in. On our tasting table today we have Benrinnes,…
-
Tasting a classic and fiery Rosebank 1981 RMS Finally we have a bottling in the famed Rare Malts Selection on the table again. It is a special one, as it was distilled at the Rosebank Distillery. As we all know, this lowland region producer of triple distilled malt via wormtubs got a new leash of…
-
Old school malt whisky in the tasting glass We did a similar run of good old days whisky back in December for my birthday, and we built up a new stack in the last few months. These samples are a good insight in where (single malt) whisky came from. I have to thank my dear…
-
A Closer Look at ‘Silent Spirit’: Single Grain Whisky While walking the Tormore Distillery site a few months ago with Head Blender Oliver Chilton, I got to know about the involvement of famous Scottish writer Neil M. Gunn with the development of Tormore. Together with Sir Albert Richardson, he was pivotal in giving Tormore its…
-
Masterful Glen Garioch including one Samaroli Glen Garioch is not often featured on this blog, and I have yet to make a tasting note from any official release. I am sure I will get the chance to correct that soon, but for today I have three independent bottlings lined up, including one absolute legend and…
-
LPA Vintage Week ends with the 1990s We come to the end of the LPA Vintage Week, and we do not go out softly, because we present three samples today. Simply because these three have been lying around for too long and deserved to be tasted. Right? Right! The 1980s and 1990s must have been…
-
Tasting official Glen Keith from the vintage 1998 Does anyone remember this charming little official release of Glen Keith single malt whisky? Releases from this rather unknown distillery are hard to come by, besides the offerings of independent bottlers. If you have not ever tried one, you are missing out, as Glen Keith produces quite…
-
Exploring bourbon with New Riff and Elijah Craig A little while ago, we visited the United States of America, but limited ourselves to Tennessee whiskey. Today, we have some samples on the table from neighbouring Kentucky! As it happens, we post this blog on the 4th of July, and it is a special one this…
-
Highland Park with a dirty edge Highland Park has certainly returned to calmer waters with their new line of bottlings emphasising the beautiful colour of the whisky. Also, the Highland Park Heather remains a strong contestant for my favorite new whisky of 2026. The distillery has forever been a favourite among independent bottlers, even though…