Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Soul of the Highlands: Loch Lomond Distillery Today we are presenting you a Loch Lomond super-blog with a few variations from this versatile distillery in Alexandria, at a stone’s throw away from the famous lake. We know they present three core range variations these days, being the broadly composed “Loch Lomond”, the way more fruity…
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Educational session with various Aberlour We are going to pit a sherry matured Aberlour against a bottling by the uncrowned king of spirit-forward matured whisky (Archives) and their bourbon matured Aberlour. Because yes, let’s be honest, when I think of Aberlour my mind immediately wanders to sherry matured whisky. Their spirit seems to play nice…
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Tormore on the rise under new ownership A distillery I certainly hope to visit one day is the Tormore Distillery in Speyside, not too far from Grantown-on-Spey and right along the A95. Who has not stopped the car when spotting this magnificent distillery from the road, just to snap a few pictures? I know I…
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This Aberfeldy is different. Good different? Who knows! There are quite a lot of distilleries that have ventured into wine cask series over the years. Aberfeldy joins the fold and does not do that lightly. Today we taste an expression that was matured for no less than 18 years before being transferred to a wine…
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Port Ellen 1983 by Douglas of Drumlanrig Port Ellen Distillery has only recently started producing single malt whisky again after a forty year hiatus, but the Islay legend does have a longer history. In fact, the distillery first entered the scene exactly 200 years ago this year. I came across publications that stated Diageo will…
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New Ardbeg 15 years old Anthology (and Napa stuff) The Beithir’s Tale is the name of the new Ardbeg expression in the Anthology series. We had a 13 and a 14 years old before, and the 2025 expression comes with a new story and another year added to the maturation. We now get, you guessed…
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Chain Pier Distillery: an Uncharted whisky oddity Chain Pier Distillery is going to be a very rare specimen in the history of Scotch whisky. The small setup was active only for a few months in 2018 and 2019. No more and no less than 39 casks were filled and the sole purpose of the distillery…
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Glenmorangie Lasanta: sipper for everyday use The Glenmorangie Distillery is one of the big names in UK single malt whisky sales. In recent times, they upgraded their labels to a much more visible display of the name: GLEN MO RAN GIE. Well, if it gets the job done, I won’t object, even though I am…
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SPEY Tenné: extremities with the port cask The Speyside Distillery is probably one of the more beautiful locations to visit, even though I understand they have to pack in their business soon and relocate to a nearby spot to continue distilling. Moving boxes ready? In my sample drawer, I found a cask strength bottling by…
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Springbank 100 proof 5 years old: Adorably Victorian The twenty-first century so far has been an amazing time for the Scottish whisky industry. At the forefront of many distilleries opening their doors and firing up the stills, were Glengyle Distillery in Campbeltown and Kilchoman on Islay. But after that, keeping count was almost impossible. This…