Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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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…
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Spotlight on Cadenhead on Campbeltown Wednesday Cadenhead’s as an independent bottler originates from Aberdeen, but for decades and decades it has been associated with Campbeltown, its current day base of operations. Indeed, a visit to the capital of Kintyre is not complete with just going to the Glen Scotia or Springbank distilleries, if you do…
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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…
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Cley Whisky: a duel between smoke and sweetness Shame on me, but as an old-school single malt Scotch whisky lover, I have long neglected all else there is in the world. Even though my focus and pleasure remains primarily focused on the products coming from Scotland, I do try and slip in something worldly every…
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Talisker strengthens the Atlantic ties with Wild Blue If we are not careful with the blue marble called earth that we live on, there might be no future for the generations after us. The blue of our world comes from the oceans and must be a sight to see if you are in space. Talisker…
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High entertainment value with Glen Spey single malt Glen Spey is a beautiful distillery to behold, if you are quick enough to spot it while driving on the A941 through the little village of Rothes. The distillery was founded in 1878 but despite its long history, never really caught the eye of the single malt…
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Ardbeg fun and Ardbeg brilliance in one blog As whisky blogger, you need to pay attention to what you have already tasted. For today’s final Feis Ile blog, I put ready a sample of an Ardbeg that I actually tasted last year already. I found a closed up sample of it in my drawer, so…
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Peated Bunnahabhain Staoisha and Jura 1983 Today, we celebrate two neighbouring island single malts. We kick off with Bunnahabhain, that is of course located on Islay. Across the sea strait right in front of the distillery, where views are truly breathtaking, we see the rugged Isle of Jura, famed for its deer population, the fact…
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Tasting Kilchoman Loch Gorm at 10 years of age How Kilchoman Distillery has changed since the early beginnings, some 20 yeas ago. A modest farm distillery indeed, the still room was quaint and small and the two stills gently purring away. Floor malting was done on the site itself. Since the first spirit releases and…
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A trio of Ardnahoe, Bowmore and Laphroaig We have three tasting notes for you today, while we continue to travel past the Islay distilleries that each have their own day during the Feis Ile festival, that is in full swung as we speak. New to the fold is of course Ardnahoe, that released a special…