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The resurrection of Spirit of Scotland by G&M My timeline started glowing up with a bunch of new releases of Spirit of Scotland. This is a bottling series done by Gordon & MacPhail but it has seemingly been on hiatus for over 10 years now. In a handsome new bottle the independent bottler who announced…

St. Kilian single malt matured in Virgin Chestnut oak Not all distilleries in Germany make only whisky, but St. Kilian is the exception. This distillery in Rüdenau started production over ten years ago, in 2015. The stills and washbacks all came from Scotland. I cannot remember if I ever tasted St. Kilian before, maybe at…

Old Springbank to celebrate 400 blogs on LPA We have reached post # 400 on Long Pour Amour and we did not want this perfectly rounded number to go to waste. So when the opportunity came up, presented by my dear whisky friend Erik, to buy two exquisite samples of Springbank, I did not pass…

Scallywag Small Batch Release: good daily dram Today, we taste a Scallywag of which a sample was kindly gifted to me by my local retailer. This bottle with the cute looking dog is part of the range of Regional Malts created by Douglas Laing. There are many variants, highlighting the different regions of Scotland, like…

Tasting the Springbank Sherry Wood Fino expression We have arrived at the penultimate release of the Springbank 10 years old in the sherry series. The most recent instalment is a Fino matured expression. Now we also know the Manzanilla will be the closing act of the series. I recall attending a Springbank Society tasting in…

Sakurao Japanese malt debuts on LPA with sauternes My first taste of Sakurao single malt Japanese whisky was at the Dutch Art of Drinks event in Amsterdam, a few months ago already. Importer Craft Spirits had a few bottles open at their stand and I think I took a sip of one or two expressions.…

Springbank Society bottling borrows the soul of Madeira Welcome to a new Campbeltown Wednesday – except we do it on a Friday because of the New Year. Happy 2026 everyone! Our monthly blog highlighting the beautiful whisky that comes from the Wee Toon on the Mull of Kintyre is back. As I write this, the…

New (local barley) high quality releases from Springbank Springbank spoils us with two Local Barley releases in one calendar year. Well, technically, the previous expression was bottled in December 2024, but that hit the shelves after new year. Anyway, the previous release was an 8 years old made from bere barley, and the follow up…