Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Tasting an experiment: The Deanston Orange Wine cask When I started out in my whisky passion, I never could have predicted the incredible growth Deanston single malt eventually would go through. Checking the numbers in the Malt Whisky Yearbook 2026, we read about a 100 % increase in sales in just four years. Today, we…
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Bunnahabhain giants (50 years) from old vintages! Bunnahabhain has always been the odd one in the family of Islay distilleries. Famously aiming to be the one non-peated single malt coming from this island, it is actually funny that in recent years their peated variant Staoisha has become such a standard for high quality peated malt.…
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Balmenach shines bright on sherry maturation The sadly overlooked whisky production side of the Balmenach Distillery is a thorn in my side. This quite singular and characterful single malt deserves so much more spotlight than being a black sheep next to the popular gin Caorunn, that is also produced on site. Of all the distilleries…
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Meaty Kilchoman dominated by the casks Kilchoman is going as strong as ever, and few people out there consider this Islay Farm Distillery as a new cat in the crowd, even though the stills were only fired up in 2005. But then again, that is 21 years ago today. The brand is going strong, and…
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Blended Scotch and Blended Malt Galore! In the course of months, we accumulated a bunch of samples of blended (malt) Scotch and one Irish. So, we collected here, blends galore! Without further ado, let us dive in. Monkey Shoulder blended malt Scotch whisky, Smoky Monkey, bottled at 40 % abv First things first: From William…
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Caol Ila Feis Ile 2025 under Colombian oak influence Feis Ile bottlings used to be the Holy Grail for whisky enthusiasts and collectors alike. The former did suffer the influence of the latter, because we have steadily seen prices go up. I am sure that there is something to say for distilleries wanting to cash…
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Dalmunach: the Big Friendly Giant whisky producer Dalmunach is perhaps best compared to Diageo’s Roseisle Distillery. It is huge in capacity, and delivers malt whisky to the biggest blends in the world. But where the comparison is totally off, is the availability of the malt as its own brand. Roseisle has of course had some…
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Isle of Jura: scary flavour profile on Friday the 13th Well, I know it is not Black Friday today, but it IS Friday the Thirteenth, and those can get black too. Any excuse to put something in the glass eh? We taste an edition of the Black Friday releases that The Whisky Exchange used to…
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Funky Glencadam from a modest cask The Glencadam Distillery is rising more and more to prominence, and justifiably so. If I am not mistaken, the core range will soon get a fresh overhaul. Only fitting for a distillery that celebrated its bicentennial in 2025. Have you gone and taken a look at that electricity making…
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Comparing the old and new Original Glenmorangie The Glenmorangie Distillery is making waves in the world of single malt whisky. First they attracted renowned Hollywood star Harrison Ford as the new (old) face of the brand. The campaign is funny, even though as a modern whisky drinker I would not soon associate myself with a…