We’re again dealing with a ‘Mystery Malt’ here. I guess most of you are familiar with that notion, but just a quick explanation for those who are new to the whisky world. A Mystery Dram, is a whisky bottled by an independent bottler without disclosing the true origin of the spirit , that is to say: in which distillery the …

It’s no secret that i love the whiskies John Glaser of Compass Box makes. I’ve tasted quite a few, Recently the ‘Flaming Heart’ and ‘Double Single’ 10th Anniversary , and loved them.
Exceptional cask selection , and creative blending, creates some wicked whiskies.
Now, The folks at Master of Malt, teamed up with CB’s Glaser to create a wonderful competition, i think …

The holidays are coming and most blogs have written their “gift guides” in the last week or so. I guess this post is mostly aimed at you Europeans/Americans out there, as we Israelis and Jews, do not celebrate Xmas, and hence get no gifts. Bummer!
My idea is to put a few recommendation together for non-expensive gifts, you would be able …

The Jura distillery is celebrating it’s 200th anniversary and  to commemorate this event,  it has released a unique version of it’s 21 year old expression. Available from the island or from whisky merchants,  this dram was matured in vintage sherry barrels from 1963. The Box includes contains an exclusive invitational scroll from Distillery Manager, Willie Cochrane, to a special tasting …

Xmas is near, and if there was a Xmas dram, this is it. It’s not new that The Macallan makes wicked sherry drams. I’ve tasted their 18 year old (1990) , their 12 and some of the FineOak (reviews coming, I know I am way way behind times).
Even that we do not celebrate Xmas here (most of us don’t anyways …

My friend Josh is a Glenmorangie devotee. When he got this bottle and sampled it, he was on the top of the world. I did manage to get a wee sample of this one from him some months ago, and saved this little precious dram (a rather generous 50 ml, when you take into consideration the price of this one) …

It’s hard for us here in Israel to depict scotland in winter. We hear about heavy snow, closed roads, ice, airports, and everyone is freezing where here, it’s supposed to be winter too , yet it’s hotter than in the Scottish summer.
My amigo Lukasz Dynowiak from the EWB and now Social media consultant for Inver house distillers updates about the …

It’s that time of the month, and the Whisky Knights meet again. This time Neil & Joel from Cask Strength are our hosts and the topic deals with holiday sales.
the question raised is :
The festive season sees the big players in the spirits business heavily discounting some of our favourite whiskies in the supermarket chains with a view to entice …

Every year The Malt Maniacs release their MM awards. The awards are maybe the best non-interest ranking you can find. Each judge (11 in number, world wide)  gets to sample around 260 samples, blind and then the scores are all presented along with an average.
This year’s ‘winner’ is : Glendronach 38yo 1972/2010 (49.5%, OB, Oloroso Sherry butt, C#700, Taiwan, 241 …

Today i am about to try a dram by one of the less known Speyside distilleries : AnCnoc. The distillery itself is called Knockdhu rather than AnCnoc, and until 1990 the whisky made was also branded Knockdhu . Apparently another distillery exists with a similar name (Knockando), so in order to save us the confusion between the two different distilleries, …