Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Braeval battle between bourbon and sherry casks Sometimes you never drink Breaval, and for us this is already the second blog about this Speyside distillery in the first half of 2026! Well, technically we tasted a Braes of Glenlivet earlier this year, but the name of the distillery changed to Braeval in 1994. Anyway, we…
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Spirit of Yorkshire English single malt whisky The English whisky landscape has truly boomed in the last two decades. I still remember (as I am by now a very old guy) the first new whisky distillery in England being opened up. This was all the way back, in 2006, with a distillery now known under…
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Bushmills at its best: fruity to the maximum! In Ireland it is much more accepted to put your name on a whiskey that you have not actually distilled yourself. These sourced malts come in handy when you want to earn money, for instance, when you just started up a distillery but already want brand recognition…
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Decadent Drinks turns Millstone to the dark side Zuidam Distillers is one of the frontrunners in Dutch whisky production, and known for releasing very high quality products. Not only single malts but other variants as well, with a special mention for their “100 Rye” releases. We do not often see independently bottled Millstone single malt,…
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Longrow matured on Oloroso and Manzanilla On this Campbeltown Wednesday, we turn towards a Longrow again. It has been a while, almost a year or so, since we last featured the peated brand made at Springbank Distillery. I believe I cried out for a return to greatness for this beloved hard-hitting single malt. But it…
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Discovering chemistry between Arran and Sauternes In my Malt Whisky Yearbook 2026 I looked near Ardbeg and Ardmore but did not find Arran. I guess I still have to get used to looking up this distillery under the name “Lochranza”. Anyway! The Isle of Arran single malt can still be found under a recognisable name,…
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Contradictions between two Knockando malts Don’t mind me, but when I think about the Knockando Speyside single malt whisky, my heart gets a bit heavy. The distillery was closed for quite some time between 2017 and 2023 and from the core range only the 12 years old remains. The charming vintage statements have all but…
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Scoring Bowmore Tequila with a grain of salt The Bowmore Distillery on Islay is quietly purring away making excellent malt whisky, with its beloved floor malting and subtle peated output. The only thing I might have overheard people complaining about, is the recent change in bottle livery. I am not totally against it, but I…
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Fruity and dangerous Loch Lomond variants Not so long ago, I gave into the feeling of nostalgia, and acquired two old Loch Lomond bottles just for aesthetic reasons. The blue tube, blue label no age stated Loch Lomond was a bottle you could get anywhere for an insanely cheap price, in my early days of…
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AnCnoc / Knockdhu malts on the tasting table The Knockdhu Distillery is one of those hidden gems among whisky aficionados. The spirit produced there seems to have just that much more backbone compared to other Speyside whiskies, like the almost namesake Knockando. Actually, I had to check if Knockdhu is indeed a Speyside whisky, as…