Well friends! I’m once again very lucky to have received a sample from The Teeling Whiskey Co . This sample arrived around three weeks ago but I’ve kept in in my sample-cabinet since I wanted to time my review with the launch here in Sweden, which is today! Swedish whisky consumers will find it here ! As far as I know I am the only blogger in Sweden (so far, ooops/jinx?) to receive samples from the nice people at Teeling ☺

Anyways, the sample I’m trying today is a quite new release (17th of oktober 2014) simply called ’ Single...

Before I start digging deep into the latest shipment of samples from Clydesdale that arrived a couple of days ago (Clydesdale is one of Swedens top importer and seller of whisky), I just have to say hello to a sample that was in the shipment that arrived in september. Among the samples was the ’Big Peat’-christmas-2014-edition. I should think that most of you have heard of the Big Peat, but if not it is produced by Douglas Laing & Co . Now owned by one of the Laing-brothers, namely Fred. From what I have heard (and please correct me if...

Friends and followers, dear readers! I’m so happy to announce that as of today, SamuelWhisky turns 1yo! I’m even happier to, on this particular day, take a stroll down to my local post office (yes, on a Saturday) to collect the all new Connemara 22yo that I ordered a couple of days ago! As you all now, I am a bit of a Connemara ambassador, running the ’Connemara Clan’ since 2009, so I’m also extra happy to taste the first release of a new Connemara expression since 2011, a period of almost three years (the latest release as you might...

Friends and followers! Tomorrow is the time for this years ’ Laphroaig Live ’! I thought I’d start celebrating this festive event already today by warming up and taste one of four Laphroaigs they will taste tomorrow, namely the 2014 edition of Laphroaig Cairdeas! 

As you might know by now Cairdeas is Gaelic for friendship, which leads us to the fact that Laphroaig once a year during the Islay festival releases a limited edition for all visitors to taste there, at the festival. A bunch of bottles is also sold via their website, exclusive to the ’ Friends of Laphroaig ...

Friends! On this very warm summer day (at least here in Sweden), I will taste the first release from the northern Swedish distillery Box ! The name of this first release is ’The Pioneer’ for reasons we can all understand ☺ 

Now, Box is the 4th distillery in Sweden to release ”fully matured” whisky (3yo as the law requires). So far I have tasted Mackmyra (but not done any tasting note here on the blog), Smögen and a couple of weeks ago I tasted Hven and they have all been really good so I’m really excited to try whisky from...

It's an amazing summer here in Sweden, at least where I am, that is in the archipelago on the east coast of Sweden not far from the town Norrtälje! 

Today I will try something very special that sold out on the same day that it was launched. You guessed it! Swedish single malt from the small island of Hven . The whisky comes from single cask no. 11-217 which gave 273 bottles. The productionprocess of this particular whisky is very special and hard to retell so do take part of the distillerys own words: 

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Dear friends and followers! It's time to celebrate midsummer here in Sweden! The way we usually do that is to accompany the traditional herring, potatoes, eggs and sourcream with some swedish schnapps. This year I decided to go with the 'Eastern-Sweden malt and grain schnapps '! This schnapps is based on a malt and grain destillate that has been matured in oak casks and after maturation spiced with honey and raisins! Ok, let's try it! <!--[if gte mso 10]>/* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable...