Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Kingsbarns Balcomie: classic sherry nuttiness Kingsbarns Distillery always made an impression of a very solid, well thought out operation. Quietly releasing a variation of core range bottlings, packaged in authentic glassware and with focus on a true Lowland malt whisky character. Of course, the strong ties to St. Andrews, with all its famous assets, makes…
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Young Campbeltowners including Longrow 100 proof, Hazelburn 8 and Springbank Local Barley There have been some spectacular releases by Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries in 2025, so we have to see where we all put them in the next few weeks or months. Might this be the reason that King Charles III dropped by in our…
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Benriach at its absolute peak with Signatory We kick off the week with this first of two 100 proof bottlings we will review this week. Be sure to check back in on Wednesday when we taste the new Longrow 100 proof (among others). For today, we turn to a series released by Signatory Vintage that…
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Some rarities from The Glenlivet and Linn House An independent retailer is a rare sight in the Dutch liquor store landscape. Most of them have attached their name to one of the big retail chains. Both ways have their pros and cons, I am sure. My local store is one of those independents, which gives…
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Hebridean Moon rising with Ledaig Yes, yes, I know, we did a few Ledaig samples just under two months ago, but there is a new expression out that sparked my curiosity. And everybody likes Ledaig! So here we go. We will start with a single cask expression bottled by Archives which matured in a sherry…
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Pass the fruit: Bushmills in the tasting glass Always nice to visit part of the core range of a certain distillery. Today, we put the spotlight on an old but strong brand: Bushmills. We are drinking Irish whiskey here, but this product comes from Northern Ireland actually. Bushmills is the oldest licensed distillery in the…
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A Cigar Malt from Speyside that gets the job done Themed whisky was not such a big thing back when I started developing a taste for single malt. In fact, the only releases I can indeed remember, were the one we taste today. If I am not mistaken (and Whiskybase says I am not) there…
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Ultimate mellow allrounder: Knockando 18 years old Knockando is one of my favourite easy-drinking-every-day-drams. I often have a bottle of this Speyside whisky open. The distillery, sadly not open for visitors, is one of the north bank distilleries in Speyside, along with Tamdhu (500 metres upstream the Spey River) and Dalmunach (also nearby, but downstream). …
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Unravelling the Enigma whiskies by Cadenhead Enigma is a fairly new label introduced by Cadenhead’s a few years ago and since the first one in 2023 we have seen a steady stream of bottles. One of the very first blogs we did on LPA’s predecessor Whisky Odyssey was actually an Enigma Islay (presumed to be…
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Baby Ardbeg (Red Bag): a master stroke by Dramfool Sometimes, one has to walk around the edges of the extreme in the wonderful whisky world, and for today I think I have found such an extreme. Independent bottler Dramfool offers us very tasty and indeed thought-provoking bottlings. Two years ago, on the way to the…