Iain McArthur, known affectionately as “Pinky” retired last December after an illustrious career spanning over 50 years in the whisky industry, making him an icon […]
Lagavulin ‘Iain McArthur Farewell Dram’ 18 yo
Category: Sherry
Millstone Peated 2017 – 5 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Cask TWE Exclusive
TWE has released 2 quite different Millstone whiskies – They are both bottled in celebration of the 50th anniversary of TWE co-founders Sukhinder and Rajbir’s family’s […]
A Speyside Distillery 2008 Sherry cask (TWE)
it’s November, and time to think about Xmas and holidays drams to be had in winter, when the weather’s cold and snow is falling outsides […]
Two Bunnhabhain Feis Ile 2020 releases
This week saw Feis Ile 2020, but this year it was a lot different, due to #Covid19 and social distancing. All the distilleries on Islay […]
Ledaig 2008, TWB ‘Originals’ Take I
The Originals lineup is a new IB range from TWB. They describe the range : The Whisky Barrel presents ORIGINALS® to showcase particular characteristics of our […]
Benromach Peat Smoke Sherry Cask Matured
It’s always good news when Benromach one of my favorite distilleries in recent years release a new expressions. This one has been released only last […]
Kilchoman Sanaig
Been some time since I reviewed one of the OB standard line Kilchomans , and this one’s one of my favorites when it comes to […]
Two Bruichladdie Micro Provenance single casks
Going over my sample cabinet I spotted a few Bruichladdich bottles from quite a distant twitter tasting that features 3 of their Micro Provenance single […]
Ledaig 2004–The Ultimate, Van Wees , 2015
A long time ago, when I was making my first steps in whisky, and when whisky used to cost an arm and a leg and […]
GlenDronach Cask Strength Batch #5
Time flies, and we’ve reached the 5th batch of the very successful product that is the GD Cask Strength. As we’ve seen before there’s indeed […]