Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Glen Scotia putting a spotlight on Campbeltown Campbeltown is not the biggest place on this planet, but somehow we missed visiting the Glen Scotia Distillery during my last visit to the Wee Toon. As our usual Bed & Breakfast is located in the same street as the distillery, of course I managed to catch a…
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Lagavulin Distillery Exclusive: a textbook example A visit to Islay is not complete without a visit to the true king of the island: Lagavulin Distillery. There are few distilleries that capture the magic of peated whisky so perfectly as this one. It is with fond memories that I look back at my last visit to…
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The 17 years back in time session part 1: 2008 While I was preparing some samples to taste for you this week, I came across a few distilleries of which I had not produced tasting notes. Turned out they both come from the year 2008, which is – now the calendar turned to 2025 –…
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Millstone Rye is not to be overlooked Millstone is Dutch whisky made at the Zuidam Distillery. By now, I think it is not only chauvinistic as a Dutchman to say it, but also an objective statement, that Millstone is one of the leading European whisky names. Not only is their single malt impressive in whatever…
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Loch Lomond: Highland character, Scandinavian allure Loch Lomond is one of the more remarkable distilleries in Scotland, due to having quite a range of different stills to make whisky with. This means they can mix it up and create interesting combinations. The Remarkable Stills Collection wants to celebrate this “breadth of capability and spirit possibilities”,…
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A trip through the lowlands with Ailsa Bay The Lowlands as a whisky region are fully back in top form, not in the least with the return of its true king: the Rosebank Distillery. With new stills gently purring like the many new distilleries in Fife, Edinburgh, Glasgow, the south and the Borders region, there…
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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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Great Northern Irish single malt whiskey tasting note The Great Northern Distillery is a whiskey made in Dundalk, north or Dublin, in Ireland. To me, this production facility has quietly been flying under the radar, so I had to do some research to share with you here. The GND is actually an operation you could…