Balvenie 12yo Double Wood & American Oak
We explore two well-known takes on a 12-year-old Balvenie: the classic DoubleWood and the more recent Sweet Toast of American Oak edition.
Single Malt
Shizuoka Contact S & United S
We review the Shizuoka Contact S & United S Japanese single malts, made from a vatting of their ex-Karuizawa and wood-fired stills.
Glenfiddich 26-Year-Old Grande Couronne
Glenfiddich is the biggest Scotch single malt distillery and is still family owned. We review the Glenfiddich 26-year-old Grande Couronne.
Glenfarclas Family Casks 1979, 1967 & 1957
I celebrate being another year less young with three old Glenfarclas Family Casks 1979, 1967 & 1957, going from my birth year to long before.
Chichibu 2013 & 2015 for LMDW
We alternate between the Saitama Prefecture and Paris, as we review two singles casks Chichibu 2013 & 2015 bottled for LMDW.
Four European Whiskies
We take a trip around Western Europe and review Four European Whiskies from Bows, Radermacher, Scheibel Mühle and Slyrs.
Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley & Port Charlotte 10-year-old
We review two expressions from Islay’s Bruichladdich Distillery: the Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley & Port Charlotte 10-year-old.
Longmorn 16yo & 1983 Gordon & Macphail
We put a retired official bottling against an almost twice older licensed bottling: Longmorn 16-year-old vs Longmorn 1983 Gordon & Macphail.
Kingsbarns Doocot and Balcomie
We review two core range expressions from a young Lowland distillery: the Kingsbarns Doocot and Balcomie single malts.
Glen Keith 1996 Wemyss Malts
We review a Glen Keith 1996 Wemyss Malts ‘Sweet Disposition’, an indy bottling of a distillery quite shy when it comes to official bottlings.
Hakushu and Yamazaki 25-year-old (2024)
We review the Hakushu and Yamazaki 25-year-old single malts, sitting at the top of House of Suntory’s core range. Not really core, price-wise!
Bimber Shoulders of Giants Second Release
Bimber is back with a second set of eight expressions in its Shoulders of Giants series. I review them but also have a rant.