Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Glen Garioch single malt from the early 1990s Glen Garioch is perhaps the least known of the three Morrison Bowmore owned distilleries, that also includes the Bowmore Distillery on Islay and the recently revamped Glaswegian facility of Auchentoshan. All of them are now actually part of Beam Suntory, making it one big family with the…
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Octomore 14.2 – all peat and a dash of Amarone wine What is Octomore other than the wet dream of every Islay peat lover? Well, to be honest, I always saw it as an overprized gimmick, to start the year rather bluntly. It absolutely has it share of followers, this extremely peated whisky made at…
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Springbank Society bottling borrows the soul of Madeira Welcome to a new Campbeltown Wednesday – except we do it on a Friday because of the New Year. Happy 2026 everyone! Our monthly blog highlighting the beautiful whisky that comes from the Wee Toon on the Mull of Kintyre is back. As I write this, the…
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Happy birthday to me, celebrated with old classics! Welcome to my birthday blog! As I blow out 45 candles today, it is my pleasure to treat you on something special. You see, maybe I am a weird one when it comes to whisky, but more than anything else, I always loved the continuity of standard…
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Grandpa and grandson Johnnie Walker compared! It is that weird time of the year where you do not really know what to do with yourself. Your belly is probably exploding from the food intake during Christmas, and you decide to save some power for all the treats and Champagne that will inevitably come for New…
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December belongs to sherried whisky, with Balvenie Can you think of two distilleries further removed from each other than Balvenie and Lagavulin? Thinking of the soft and honeyed Speysider from Dufftown, it might be hard to consider that there is shared DNA with the Islay royalty that is Lagavulin, with its powerful peat and lemon…
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Unpolished diamonds from the Tomatin Distillery Tomatin is and remains one of my favourite brands. One always stays loyal to their first proper whisky experience, I guess. For me, this is how it works anyway. I amassed a nice stack of samples and some pours from my own bottles, to speed up this Christmas fever…
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Glenfiddich with Christmas, IPA, snow and a fast car The time of Christmas and snow has always played an integral role in the history of the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown. One of the most destructive snowstorms to hit the region, raged over the valley on Christmas Day 1886. William Grant and his large family of…
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Coastal malt whiskies from the west of Scotland The rugged west coast of Scotland is home to some amazing distilleries. We collected a few samples from Islay, Mull and Ardnamurchan, and we also put in the very new Oban 12 years old in the Special Releases 2025. Let’s dive straight in! Oban 12 years old,…
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Laphroaig 12 years old: the future of this classic Islay? Laphroaig is one of the biggest – if not THE biggest Islay single malt whisky in terms of sales and legend. As one of the three from the Kildalton coast being around for well over 200 years, there was a lot of time to build…