
Tormore on the rise under new ownership A distillery I certainly hope to visit one day is the Tormore Distillery in Speyside, not too far from Grantown-on-Spey and right along the A95. Who has not stopped the car when spotting this magnificent distillery from the road, just to snap a few pictures? I know I…

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…

Thy Danish Whisky offering amazing diversity Dutch bottler and importer Hogshead provided me a bunch of samples after I contacted them for just one that I wanted to use for my infamous Soap Blog. That was a nice surprise. Included in the package were no less than four samples of the new darling of craft…

Tamnavulin: the ultimate bang-for-your-buck malt? With a production capacity of well over 4 million litres per annum, the Tamnavulin Distillery had enough whisky available to start growing drastically. And so it did. It has become THE fastest growing single malt in the world, creeping up to the top 10 of them. Who would have thought…

Table Whisky – a pleasing single grain concept What do we put on the table when we are gathered round with some friends, enjoying perhaps the end of the week and ready to start the weekend with a nice dinner? Probably something that will tickle your fancy, but not overpower too much. Leave the artisan…

Tomintoul 18 years old: daily dram from the Livet valley In this Spirit of Speyside Festival week I go back to my own visit to that festival, in 2019, where we also called on the Tomintoul Distillery. Founded in 1965, this was one of the newer distilleries in Scotland before the whisky boom of this…

Thy Danish single malt whisky bringing tears to your eyes Let me warn you beforehand, this tasting note might make your children cry. I am writing my introduction two days after tasting the sample, and still I have not fully recovered. Read on with caution, while I bring in remembrance the first time I sipped…