Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Perfectly balanced Laphroaig Cask Strength batch 17 There are not a lot of age stated Laphroaig expressions left in the core range of the famous Islay distillery, but the yearly cask strength edition is still maintaining its 10 years old label. We try to monitor it every so many years, and it hardly ever disappoints.…
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Benriach Malting Season: all the best laid plans… When I first visited the Benriach Distillery way back in 2011, there were already rumours going round about reinstating the traditional malting floor. Even though lots of attention has been drawn towards the sale of the distillery by Billy Walker and his pals to Brown-Forman, the reintroduction…
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Edradour with an Italian Barbaresco twist One day I would like to do an in depth piece on Edradour, since a lot has happened at the distillery in the last 7 or so years. For starters, owner Andrew Symington of Signatory fame, actually built a practically whole new distillery next to the original one. We…
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The Glenturret Triple Wood tasting notes The Glenturret these days is owned by the Lalique Group since 2019 and it shows in the current presentation of the products. Beautiful bottles for Scotland’s official oldest distillery. Out from under the wings of names that used to be in one group together, like The Macallan, Highland Park…
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Milroy’s Heavily Peated delivers on its promise Milroy’s of Soho has been around since the 1960s and has steadily grown into an important player in bringing good drinks and spirits to the people. The London based merchant and retailer also has a steady reputation when it comes to whisky. It delighted us to acquire a…
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Springbank 10 years old with a hit of Amontillado The Springbank Sherry Wood series is by now a yearly release I look forward to very much. The 2024 expression arrived late in the year and thanks to my good whisky friend Erik, I was able to get a sample. That saved me from cracking open…
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Scapa on the rise with a new core range Scapa is the other distillery on Orkney and that can be a blessing and a curse. If you happen to be a whisky enthusiast, you know where the Orkney Islands are located, because of that other distillery. The famous one. It also means that Scapa will…
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A young trio of Tomatin to kick off 2025 Welcome to 2025. I hope you all had a fantastic New Year’s celebration. I spent a few nice days in Scotland, mainly in Edinburgh, where I blew out 44 candles. Making blogs about whisky in a time you are celebrating Christmas and New Year’s Eve with…
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The day when blogger Thijs choose Thy whisky There is a Dutch guy called Thijs that likes whisky that is made at the Danish Thy. That seems like a match made in heaven! Thijs is, of course, the blogger we all know and love for his insights on Words of Whisky. And Thy Distillery we…
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A Merry Christmas with four Islay Giants Let me start this special blog with wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas! Today, we slow down and take a moment to reflect on the year that lies behind us. Happy times and sadness have close ties to each other. Today, I attended a funeral for my…