Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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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…
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Retrospective: GlenAllachie 10, 15 and 18 years old GlenAllachie might be somewhat of a darling of the whisky enthusiast, but I have to admit that the whisky never swept me off my feet. Maybe it got hyped a bit too much when Billy Walker took over. Granted, what Mr. Walker accomplished at GlenDronach and BenRiach…
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Three wildly differing Blair Athol with lots of impact We are going to sink our teeth into one of our favourite distilleries in Perthshire, which is Blair Athol. A silent but strong single malt, modestly churning out loads and loads of malt as a signature for the Bell’s blend. It was, way back in 2005,…
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The resurrection of Spirit of Scotland by G&M My timeline started glowing up with a bunch of new releases of Spirit of Scotland. This is a bottling series done by Gordon & MacPhail but it has seemingly been on hiatus for over 10 years now. In a handsome new bottle the independent bottler who announced…
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St. Kilian single malt matured in Virgin Chestnut oak Not all distilleries in Germany make only whisky, but St. Kilian is the exception. This distillery in Rüdenau started production over ten years ago, in 2015. The stills and washbacks all came from Scotland. I cannot remember if I ever tasted St. Kilian before, maybe at…