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 ...

Ardnahoe is one of the new distilleries on Islay, opened in 2019 by independent bottler Hunter Laing. Kudos for being so patient, waiting more than five years before releasing a product. Always a good ...

Our backlog for Decadent Drinks is pretty huge. I could choose to review one of their bottlings a day and keep going for two months or longer. Instead I decided to do a ‘rapid fire’ session with ...

Talisker distillery just launched the third and final release in the Xpedition Oak series. This combines very old single malts with a certain experimental character, released in partnership with ...

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: chalky and oily, with a coastal salinity and a fresh hint of green apple, rhubarb and sweet lemons. Maybe pineapple. Then Chamois leather and leafy notes, with hints of muddy water, rapeseed and ...

Nose: classic South shore Islay, with hints of bandages, seaweed and iodine, leafy notes and hints of wormwood. A few herbal elements but also a nice sweet fruitiness underneath (peach?). Then a ...