Categorie: Long Pour Session
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Always away from the spotlights: 200 year old Ben Nevis Ben Nevis always was a single malt whisky that was readily available for independent bottlers. If you are such an entrepreneur and you did not bottle a Ben Nevis 1996, why are you even in the business? Joking of course, but it is save to…
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Annandale Extravaganza with four expressions In the summer, we dedicated a special entry of Tom’s Dram Diary to Annandale. I visited the lowland located operation just weeks before distilling started, way back in 2014. Read all about it here. We also tasted a few expressions that left us lukewarm at best. In our return to…
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Glenburgie from excellent oloroso sherry butts Christmas is some time behind us, but to commemorate the fun of the holidays, and the whisky I bought then, today this blog. My local retailer always sends me a text when he gets a new batch of this or that whisky, also including the Signatory releases. The 100…
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Elegant Glenlossie at a respectable age Maltbarn released a very special Glenlossie last year (in 2025 that is) at a very respectable age. A sample of this landed in my lap and I thought it would be a nice one to kick off the first proper Long Pour Session of 2026. It also got me…
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Cleaning out the Long Pour Amour sample cabinet! To make a fresh start in 2026, we use our 350th blog to clean out our cabinet and our digital shelf. Today we present at random the samples that just kept falling outside the schedule of release, because something more urgent or new came along. We certainly…
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Brora: the most brilliant mistake in whisky history Chances are, you are exhausted by the time you get to read this. Christmas Eve is upon us, we gathered a mountain of groceries, the tree is lit and the fireplace is stocked. Time to kick back with a good dram. For this special night of the…
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The return of a classic Ardbeg and some experiments Today, we move to the south shore of Islay to taste samples from the classic Ardbeg distillery. Since that cult whisky was so passionately revived in the late 1990s, after being acquired by Glenmorangie, it has gone from strength to strength. Recently, when looking for something…
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Glenrothes: distilled in the cathedral of whisky Would you believe me if I said that since I started blogging I have spent maybe four or five lines on a Glenrothes single malt whisky? Well, it is true! As part of the very first releases of the Signatory 100 proof series, I tasted one (and I…
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A Highland Park extravaganza with four whiskies I have been positively surprised this year with some traditional brands really upping their game with their standard releases. Earlier in the year we tasted the new Highland Park 12 years old that was pretty down to earth, and very satisfying. A few weeks ago we were taken…
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Waxy overload with three Clynelish single malts We had a big lineup ready for this blog, and then the official new Clynelish 18 years old fell into our laps thanks to a generous gift. Thank you! This bottling was part of the Special Releases 2025 and since I had an older expression ready, I decided…