Review of the Benromach 2014 single cask 675, a single malt whisky bottled exclusively for The Whisky Exchange from a first ...

While Hampden has a long history, sherry casks are a new thing for the distillery. We’ve had some examples from The Colours ...

Review of the Glann Ar Mor 2014 (Journal des Kirsch) and Kornog 2018 (for Wu Dram Clan). Two great single malts from France.

Review of the Bunnahabhain 1980, a 45 year old single malt whisky bottled in Japan. It has a melancholic label illustration by Japanese artist Maito Yamamoto.

Strathisla 34 yo 1989 (45%, Malts of Scotland for The Whisky Dreamers 2024, sherry hogshead, 110 btl.) Littlemill 34 yo 1990 (50,7%, Malts of Scotland for The Whisky Dreamers 2025, bourbon barrel, 188 ...

While I was at WhiskyShine in Macau, rum was not my main focus, but this bottle of TDL 2003 definitely grabbed my attention. It is bottled in the Thirty-Five series, which consists of cute 35 cl cube ...

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

A single grain whisky in the Special Releases is not a new thing (a nice Cambus 40 Year Old springs to mind), but it is special coming from the malt distillery that is Teaninich. It marries ...

Nose: very peachy and sweet. Pineapple candy, grape juice, a hint of blood orange as well. Then some honey and golden raisins. There’s something of a white Port actually, I’m not sure they disclosed ...

Now there’s an older version in the same bizarrely beautiful bottle: Bowmore ARC-54. This unique 54 year old whisky was distilled in November 1968. The majority of the spirit aged in a second-fill ...

Manzanilla casks and Amarone casks, could you possibly think of wine types that are further apart? Anyway that’s what Bunnahabhain used for this Turas Math #1 release, presented in the shadow of Feis ...

Farm distillery Daftmill is steadily bringing out more summer / winter releases, coinciding with the farms quiet seasons. It’s made with Concerto barley grown and harvested on their estate, and ...