Categorie: Long Pour Session
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Mortlach Extravaganza with three classic bottles To some blogs I look more forward to writing than others, simply because some whiskies unearth a deep feeling of nostalgia. Today, after a very long time, I have a Mortlach 16 years old Flora & Fauna expression in the glass. I think I last tasted it in the…
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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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A romantic Teaninich: peated flavours from the floor Our periodical entries about bottlings in the Rare Malts Selection become increasingly … rare, but we managed to unearth another expression! Today, we sink out teeth into a truly special distillery called Teaninich. Known to connoisseurs mostly, Teaninich is not to be overlooked, as it often offers…
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Aberargie Inaugural single malt: nice to get acquainted! This is a special moment, because I have the great honour to taste for the first time a whisky from a new distillery. We are sipping from Aberargie single malt whisky today! This enterprise has not been started by just anyone. We are reaping the benefits of…
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Tamdhu 21 years old compared with NAS editions Tamdhu has gained a lot of loyal followers since Ian Macleod Distillers took over the distillery from The Edrington Group in 2011. Before, it was a workhorse distillery producing malt for the blends from the Edrington stable, most famously The Famous Grouse. With other big names in…
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A trio of Williamson distilled at Laphroaig Williamson is the name of the former distillery manager Bessie Williamson, who lead Laphroaig to great heights as a respected Islay single malt. Today we have three samples on the table that are named thus, even though you can see in the marketplace that some independent bottlers are…
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New beginnings for the Speyside Distillery The Speyside Distillery in Kingussie is now officially a lost distillery. In December we could follow the dismantling of the site on Instagram. Collectors be aware! This will be your new Port Ellen! Or not quite, as the quality of the whisky releases by the owners has always been…
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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…