Categorie: Long Pour Session
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The Double Barrel experiment by Douglas Laing Today, we travel back in our time machine to nearly 15 years ago, when Douglas Laing released a few expressions based on the idea of mixing two different single malt whiskies together. These naughty boys and girls even mentioned (whispered!) the concept of vatted malt on their labels.…
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Mortlach 1978 20 years old Rare Malts Selection In our periodical series in which we highlight expressions in the Rare Malts Selection, we have now arrived at the “Beast of Dufftown”. This nickname for whisky from the Mortlach Distillery could not be closer to the truth. Big, bold malt whisky with a signature meaty style…
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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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Aultmore Extravaganza through the decades Aultmore is one of these not so well-known but very beloved Speyside distilleries that churns out litres and litres of malt whisky for blends like William Lawson and Dewar’s. The distillery was closed for a few months last year for a major upgrade. With extra washbacks and the addition of…
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Tasting the new Roseisle 14 years old 2025 release The Diageo Special Releases always create a lot of chatter, but sadly it is hardly ever about the whisky anymore. Indeed, the pricing on some of these releases is the most talked about subject. In all this chatter, the releases of Roseisle single malt whisky might…
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Spotlight on once lost distillies Coleburn and Rosebank Any reason counts to put some rare whiskies into one session, right? Well, sit back, relax, and read about the two distilleries featured today. Both were in the news recently, hence my effort to taste samples of them. Also, I had the good fortune to taste examples…
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Keep calm and carry on! Glenfarclas through the ages Glenfarclas is such a brand that does not seem to care what happens in the whisky world. It remains consistent. Distilleries popping up like mushrooms? Glenfarclas is there. Economic downturn on the horizon? Glenfarclas remains calm. This is a brand you can rely on. Weary of…
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Littlemill 1990: Scottish summer in a glass Signatory Vintage is one of the most talked about independent bottlers of the last two years or so. The tremendously affordable bottlings in their 100 proof series make waves amongst enthusiasts who were quite done with indulging ridiculous pricing for (sometimes not even) quality single malt. Signatory fluffed…
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Kininvie, always in the shadow of the siblings Kininvie was for a long time some kind of Holy Grail for me. One of the more rare single malt whisky out there, most of all because virtually all output that is produced at this humble distillery next door to Balvenie and Glenfiddich goes into blends. Not…
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A fruity journey with distillery exclusive Teeling whiskey Have you ever filled your own bottle straight from the cask? I am in the lucky position to say that I indeed did. If memory serves me well, the very first time was in the distillery visitors centre of Glenfiddich in the summer of 2006. A few…