When one thinks of Lowland malts, one often thinks about light whisky, malty, leafy and certainly not a peated spirit, right? Well, think again, as […]
A peated Lowland? Ailsa Bay–Review and notes
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Wemyss Malts ‘blowing on a sea breeze’ – Bunnahabhain 1990
It’s really been ages since I last reviewed a Wemyss single cask, and I am happy to do that again with such a lovely dram […]
Kilkerran Calvados Single Cask
Oddly this is my first review of a Kilkerran on the blog. I’ve had a few of them, but never properly written tasting notes, so […]
More Old Pulteney–visitng the 21 yo
This is the last OP I am going to review in this brief series of Ops. It has won quite some awards (including being selected […]
Re-tasting the Old Pulteney 17 year old
After hosting the OP tasting last week in Tel Aviv, I was reminded that for some reason I’ve not posted notes for the 21 year […]
Laphroaig 21 , OB , 2015 edition (FoL)
Laphraoig released quit a few expressions recently, some of them better some are ok. This one being the oldest Laphraoig I can still afford (the […]
Caol Ila 17 year old Unpeated– #Diageo Special Rel. 2015
Going back and tasting a few of the remaining SR 2015.. This Caol Ila is the second affordable whisky of the range (after the excellent […]
Douglas Laing ‘Yula’ 20 yo – Blended Malt
The folks at D.Laing are never resting on their laurels, and they have recently announced the first installement in a trilogy of limited edition island […]
Laphroaig 15 Year Old (200th Anniversary Edition)–Review and thoughts
We’re taking a bit of time of from the Diageo SR 2015, to a more down to earth dram, we’re able to afford: The Laphroaig […]
Diageo SR 2015 Part III –Port Ellen 32 yo [1983]
So, we come to the holy grail of whisky collectors and geeks : The Legendary Port Ellen from this year’s Special releases. Aged 32 years […]