Glenfiddich The Original, NAS, 40 % The Glenfiddich Original is a limited edition bottling that is a reproduction of the 1963 Glenfiddich Straight Malt recipe. The original (yeah, I know, bear with me) expression launched in 1963 came at a time when blended whisky ruled the whisky market completely. The single malt category was in […]...

Balblair Vintage 1990 2nd release, 46 % I have already given you a brief summary of the Balblair tasting I attended at Dr. Jekylls Pub earlier this Autumn. Today I will share my tasting notes on one of the whiskies. Balblair Vintage 1990 2nd release has been matured in bourbon casks for 21 years and […]...

Juuri Rye, Unaged, 46,3 % I do tend to stretch the term ‘whisky’ from time to time in this series. I just want to cover all possible whisky related releases from all the Nordic Whisky distilleries. Today I am reviewing the Juuri Rye, an unaged single malt rye from Kyrö Distillery Company in Finland. I […]...

Balvenie Tun 1509 – Batch 2, NAS, 50,3 % This is the follow-up to the very successful Balvenie Tun 1401, which was released in 8 batches. This is the second release from Tun 1509, the first release was released last year. Balvenie Tun 1509 – Batch 2 is made from 32 casks. 23 American oak casks and […]...

Longrow Red 12 YO Fresh Pinot Noir Casks (2015), 52,9 % Longrow, the peated whisky from Springbank Distillers, has an annual wine finish release. The latest release is the Longrow Red 12 YO Fresh Pinot Noir Casks (2015). I have previously reviewed the Longrow Red from 2013 and 2014. The 2015 release is 12 years old, […]...

Port Ellen 1982 31 YO Cask #1511 (Mackillop’s Choice), 56,2 % I must admit I have almost given up on Port Ellen. It was closed in 1983. It has reached legendary status (not 100 % sure why). The prices for Port Ellen as the remaining stock gets increasingly older and more scarce are way past ridiculous, just like […]...

Macallan Rare Cask, NAS, 43 % Today is my second time tasting the Macallan Rare Cask. The first time I was influenced by a cold and tasting notes would not have been fair then. I thought. It turns out I think much the same about the whisky today as I did the first time. The […]...

Mackmyra Brukswhisky, NAS, 41,4 % Today I am testing and tasting the Mackmyra Brukswhisky. This product was launched back in 2010, and is still part of the Mackmyra core range, together with Mackmyra Svensk Rök and Mackmyra Svensk Ek. I really do not know anything about the maturation for this whisky, but over at Master […]...

Highland Park 16 YO – tasting Highland Park in Stockholm I had a great weekend at Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival last weekend! On Friday I was lucky enough to get a place at the Highland Park masterclass with senior brand ambassador Martin Markvardsen. During my whisky ‘career’ I have tasted quite a few Highland […]...

Old Pulteney 35 YO, 42,5 % This is a real treat, I have to admit. No reason to hide it, this is classy. The Old Pulteney 35 YO was released in 2014, limited to only 1350 bottles. It has been matured in American oak ex-bourbon casks and Spanish oak ex-Sherry casks. The whisky has not been subjected to […]...

Laphroaig 32 YO, 46,6 % The 200th Anniversary releases from Laphroaig keep coming. I have previously reviewed the Laphroaig 15 YO 200th Anniversary, the Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015 and the Laphroaig 21 YO Friends of Laphroaig. Now the time has come for the most exclusive of the lot, the Laphroaig 32 YO. This whisky has been matured in a mix […]...

The whole experience Last weekend I visited the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival 2015. I have been to this enormous festival several times before, and I have a somewhat ambivalent feeling towards it. On one hand it is fantastic, with the enormous amount of whisky, beer and other sorts of spirits available to try. There’s also […]...

Springbank 12 YO Cask Strength Batch 11, 53,8 % The Campbeltown distillery Springbank recently released the Springbank 12 YO Cask Strength Batch 11. I have tried several of the previous batches, but for reasons unknown I have not posted reviews – must be too many whiskies and too little time. Anyways, here’s the review for batch […]...

Box Whisky The Festival 2015, 3 YO, 54,5 % It is time again for a new release from Box Whisky, Sweden. The Box Whisky The Festival 2015 was made available exclusively to attendees at the Box Whisky Festival this summer. You can read all about the festival itself and the mad queuing for this special […]...

Bunnahabhain 12 YO, 46,3 % I cannot believe I have not reviewed this classic Bunnahabhain whisky before. Well, time to remedy that. Bunnahabhain is one of the eight (soon to be nine or possibly ten) whisky distilleries on the island of Islay. Islay whisky is predominantly known for being peaty and heavy. Not so for […]...

Bunnahabhain Rubha A’ Mhail, 11 YO, 57,4 % At the Islay whisky festival (Feis Ile) this year, Bunnahabhain released two limited expressions. One of them was the Bunnahabhain Rubha A’ Mhail. This is what the distillery itself says about this bottling: Bunnahabhain Rubha A’ Mhail (pronounced ‘rooaval’) takes its name from a modern day Helmsman’s […]...

I have spent this whole weekend in Stockholm, attending the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival 2015. As usual it has been a very busy weekend here, meeting up with lots of friends and acquaintances, and trying new whiskies. I will post a more thorough report from the festival in a a few days, but I […]...

Timorous Beastie, NAS, 46,8 % Independent bottler Douglas Laing’s “Remarkable Regional Malts” is an umbrella brand for their collection of premium, blended (vatted) malt whiskies. In 2009 they launched the first product, Big Peat, their Islay offering. Since then they have also launched a Speyside product (Scallywag), an Island whisky (Rock Oyster) and the Timorous […]...

Glenlossie 1996 18 YO Blackadder Raw Cask, 53,3 % I had a good time at Box Whisky Festival 2015. One of the highlights turned out to be a Glenlossie. Up until this Glenlossie I had only tasted three. And those three gave me a very mixed experience. Todays Glenlossie is released by the independent bottler Blackadder. It […]...

Braunstein 11:2, NAS, 46 % Time now for yet another Nordic Whisky. This time we go back to Braunstein in Denmark. I reviewed the Baunstein 11:1 a few weeks back, and here we have Braunstein 11:2, released the same year (2011). The Braunstein 11:2 is a lightly peated release. It has been matured in bourbon […]...