Categorie: Tasting Ledger
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Bratty Highland Park sherry bomb by casQueteers This week, we will feature island and/or peninsula made whisky! Welcome aboard! We are kicking off on the Orkney Islands. While Highland Park returned to normalcy with their packaging, and the whisky has always been a great all-rounder, independent bottlers can surprise us with some nice variations. Today,…
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Glenkinchie: barley testament of a bygone era When I acquire bottles of whisky, and I also want to open them, it is my habit to post them in my regular network for shares. I rarely drink a whole bottle on my own, because that is just too much. The Glenkinchie I will be tasting today,…
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Springbank 10, Springbank 20, Springbank 1998 As we heard through the grapevine already, the Springbank 25 years old has been discontinued and replaced by a vintage release. The first one of this new series has been released this year and comes from 1998 stock. We are going to taste that one today. We found a…
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The Wolfburn 12 years old: austerity as art Welcome back at the regular programming of the Long Pour Amour Whisky Blog! With the exception of some entries in Tom’s Dram Diary, we took a four week summer break. Not that we did not have enough samples to keep on going, but sometimes I find it…
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Kingsbarns Balcomie: classic sherry nuttiness Kingsbarns Distillery always made an impression of a very solid, well thought out operation. Quietly releasing a variation of core range bottlings, packaged in authentic glassware and with focus on a true Lowland malt whisky character. Of course, the strong ties to St. Andrews, with all its famous assets, makes…
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Young Campbeltowners including Longrow 100 proof, Hazelburn 8 and Springbank Local Barley There have been some spectacular releases by Springbank and Glengyle Distilleries in 2025, so we have to see where we all put them in the next few weeks or months. Might this be the reason that King Charles III dropped by in our…
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Benriach at its absolute peak with Signatory We kick off the week with this first of two 100 proof bottlings we will review this week. Be sure to check back in on Wednesday when we taste the new Longrow 100 proof (among others). For today, we turn to a series released by Signatory Vintage that…
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Some rarities from The Glenlivet and Linn House An independent retailer is a rare sight in the Dutch liquor store landscape. Most of them have attached their name to one of the big retail chains. Both ways have their pros and cons, I am sure. My local store is one of those independents, which gives…
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Hebridean Moon rising with Ledaig Yes, yes, I know, we did a few Ledaig samples just under two months ago, but there is a new expression out that sparked my curiosity. And everybody likes Ledaig! So here we go. We will start with a single cask expression bottled by Archives which matured in a sherry…
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Pass the fruit: Bushmills in the tasting glass Always nice to visit part of the core range of a certain distillery. Today, we put the spotlight on an old but strong brand: Bushmills. We are drinking Irish whiskey here, but this product comes from Northern Ireland actually. Bushmills is the oldest licensed distillery in the…