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 ...

Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...

Millstone (Zuidam distillery) is paying a lot of attention to its sherry casks and they’ve also got hold of a couple of special things. One of them is this Pajarete Cask in which they matured a ...

I tried a couple of Welsh Penderyn whiskies around 2008-2010 when they were still a bit immature. Let’s be honest: I avoided them for a couple of years after that. I tried the Myth / Legend / Rich Oak ...

Signatory Vintage is really spoiling whisky fans with their 100 Proof series. They keep releasing high strength sherry bombs at an incredible pace and at an incredible price. Some might even say ...

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 ...

I believe the oldest Imperial whisky I tried was the 33 year old Recollection release from Gordon & MacPhail. Today we’ll top this with a 34 year old bottled by Elixir Distillers in the Director’s ...

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 ...