Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Lagg Small Batch tries on a Manzanilla finish The Isle of Arran now boasts two distilleries, and even though that is still miles and miles behind “whisky island” Islay, it is something to be proud of. The Lochranza single malt better known as Arran has a strong following. The “take no prisoners” peat violence that…
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All aboard the train to Tamdhu Dalbeallie Station! The Dalbeallie release by Tamdhu is meant to honour the quaint little train station next to the distillery, now one of the landmarks on this section of the Speyside Way. I first tasted the Dalbeallie expression in 2019, when only the second release came out for the…
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Clynelish Bonanza with 1989, 1997, 2011 and 2014 There are times you find yourself looking at a sample drawer that contains no Clynelish at all, and the next moment you find a bonanza of them. I contemplated what to do; split up all these samples in separate blogs, or try to plow through all of…
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Complexity aplenty in this Benromach 2008 We love a good Benromach from time to time on LPA! In fact, one of the very first blogs we did was tasting notes for a Benromach Vintage release. We tend to lean towards the very naked Benromach expression, meaning: matured on bourbon casks. Today, we must be in…
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Ardbeg 2000: back in time to when ‘young days’ The biggest news to come from Ardbeg in the past year must have been that Jackie Thomson decided to move on, after being connected to the distillery for almost 30 years. She is going to help out creating the visitor experience at the brand new Portintruan…
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Isle of Jura from a once in a lifetime sherry cask It is said that long ago, Jura started a gigantic reracking program for their whisky maturing in poor wood quality casks, and pouring it all into better wood over the course of a decade. The numbers seem to support this decision, as Jura nowadays…
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Bunnahabhain Day 2026 with a hint of White Port The last time we tasted Bunnahabhain, it was rumoured that this 50 years old was made at that Islay distillery. Today, for our Feis Ile special, we take a closer look at a proprietary bottling released by Bunnahabhain not so long ago. I would almost sigh:…
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Kilchoman from Islay and with something exotic Happy Kilchoman Day 2026! We have two samples on the table for this celebratory event, one that is a 100 % Islay Kilchoman, while the other is influenced by something more exotic: Mezcal! We have seen this cask variant come up more and more throughout the releases. My…
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Clean Bowmore and a slightly unwashed Bowmore Some stories are as great as the hardships that had to be overcome in them. This certainly rings true for Bowmore Distillery, which had some kind of a dark age in the 1980s, a time when whisky was made that was barely good enough to wash your dishes…
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Tasting rare Ardnahoe releases for Feis Ile 2026 The ninth distillery on Islay has taken its rightful place between the other facilities, with quite a few impressive releases already. Even though Feis Ile bottlings of the distillery sell out like they are Harry Styles concert tickets, we still manage to get our hands on some…