Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Sinking our teeth into two 28 year old Laphroaigs Laphroaig! Now that is a brand! The distinct green glass bottle, the bright white label, and iodine and seaweed on the palate. When we look at the sales of this Islay classic, there is only blue skies ahead. There is a firm grip on the number…
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Caol Ila 1974 versus Caol Ila 1975 for Feis Ile 2026 Do you know that evergreen song by The Connells? It is called ‘74-’75 and we use it as a theme for today’s special Feis Ile tasting. We have on the table a Caol Ila distilled in 1974, and pit it against a Caol Ila…
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Celebrating the resurrection of Bruichladdich I once heard it said that Bruichladdich Day is the one Feis Ile day the Ileach themselves enjoy the most. I can certainly understand why, based on the two visits I did to this day while celebrating Feis Ile, the last time being exactly ten years ago. There was lots…
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Happy Lagavulin Day! We drink an Armagnac finish Yes! The Feis Ile Festival of Music and Malt is here again. We kick off the 2026 edition following the same route as previous years, by sampling a whisky according to the allotted day of the festival. Traditionally, Lagavulin opens the celebrations, so here we go! We…
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Campbeltown Malts Festival with Glen Scotia Glen Scotia will forever be the middle child in the Campbeltown family, won’t it? I mean, there is always the big brother in the spotlight (Springbank) and the youngest family member Glengyle is also gaining popularity. Who knows what will happen if new distilleries indeed open their doors and…
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Weird Springbank on Calvados and Palo Cortado wood The week of the Campbeltown Malts Festival is here, and if nothing else, this is the opportunity to taste your favourite Campbeltown whiskies in more variations than you might be used to. For this occasion, I have saved up a little bit of the good stuff! In…
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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,…