Baker’s Bourbon, 7 YO, 53,5 % Baker’s Bourbon is one of the small batch brands by Beam Suntory. Other small batch brands in their range are Knob Creek, Booker’s, and Basil Hayden’s. Here’s what they say about Baker’s Borubon: Named after Baker Beam, grandnephew of the legendary Jim Beam, Baker’s Bourbon honors the family’s long […]...

Jura Brooklyn, NAS, 42 % About a year ago, Jura Distillery, launched a special edition whisky in the US -more specifically in New York. The Jura Brooklyn was born out of a project started the year before. In 2013 the Jura master distiller, Mr. Willie Tait, visited A dozen establishments in Brooklyn. The aim was to create a […]...

On Tuesday, september 22, I was invited to attend the official opening of the world’s first Arctic whisky distillery. Actually it is an Arctic island distillery – even more exotic! The distillery in question is the Myken Destilleri AS (follow them on Facebook!), a small Norwegian company. They filled their first cask with new make […]...

Teerenpeli Distiller’s Choice Portwood Finish, NAS, 43 % The Teerenpeli Distillery in Lahti, Finland, is currently working on a big expansion. An investment in excess of € 500 000 will quadruple their production capacity, taking them from 40K lpa to 160K lpa (liters pure alcohol). Teerenpeli Distillery was established back in 2002, and as such […]...

The Glenturret 10 YO, 40 % The Glenturret claims to be Scotland’s oldest distillery. It was just this summer I tasted my first Glenturret! That particular happening found place at Kruts Kartport in Copenhagen, Denmark. Such a lovely place to be – even though the refurbishment was not quite finished yet. But it was just […]...

This summer I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Copenhagen Distillery. This is a tiny distillery setup in a beautiful and rustic house on the outskirts of Copenhagen. The facilities are actually from 1749, called Bryggergården (“the brewery house”), and initially housed a pottery and tile works. Later it became the location for one of […]...

Laphroaig 21 YO Friends of Laphroaig, 48,4 % So here it is, the latest whisky to celebrate Laphroaig’s 200th Anniversary. We have previously reviewed the Laphroaig Cairdeas 2015 and the Laphroaig 15 YO 200th Anniversary. Loved the first one, more meh! on the second one. The Laphroaig 21 YO Friends of Laphroaig (FoL), is a […]...

Hakushu 1998 Single Cask #CL40182, ~14 YO, 58 % Here is a single cask Hakushu whisky, from Suntory, released in Japan. My friend Łukasz Kreft bought this bottle on one of his visits to Japan, and was kind enough to share some with me. Check out his excellent blog Luk Loves Whisky. The Hakushu 1998 Single […]...

Ledaig 2005 9 YO Cask #0064, 46 % This is a single cask release from independent bottler The Vintage Malt Company. Ledaig, as I am sure most of you know, is the peated whisky made at the Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull. The Ledaig 2005 9 YO Cask #0064 was matured in an unspecified […]...

W Single Maltwhisky av Fredrik Paulin, 3 YO, 50,1 % This is a whisky with quite a long name, and a slightly unusual backstory. It has been produced by the company Skånska Spritfabriken / XO Spirits AB (also a long name!), in southern Sweden. Well, actually from what I can tell the actual distillation […]...

Tasting Balblair at Dr. Jekylls, one blended malt and four single malts Just a week ago I was fortunate enough to join a Balblair tasting at Dr. Jekylls Pub in Oslo. It was distillery manager John MacDonald himself who presented the whiskies. The line-up their current range – which was very interesting: Blairmohr 8 YO […]...

Girvan 25 YO The Girvan Patent Still, 42 % This old grain whisky was launched by William Grant & Sons last year. The Girvan 25 YO The Girvan Patent Still has been matured in ex-bourbon American Oak casks. It has been named after the still used in its production (see here for more). You can buy the […]...

BenRiach Albariza 18 YO, 46 % BenRiach recently released the BenRiach Albariza 18 YO, a limited edition of 3886 bottles. This is a peated whisky, initially matured in American oak casks, and then given a finish in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. The name, Albariza, has a clear connection with the contents of the bottle. Albariza is the name […]...

Back in mars 2014 I started my Nordic Whisky review series. So far I have released 56 reviews in this series. I had planned to publish a Top 5 list when I reached 50 reviews of Nordic whisky, but I plain forgot. Here it is then, the Top 5 – Nordic Whisky based on my first […]...

Braunstein 11:1, 3 YO, 46 % It is about time we had another whisky from Danish distillery Braunstein here. The Braunstein 11:1 is an old expression, released in 2011 (hence the name). This whisky has been matured in Oloroso sherry casks. It was distilled in 2008 and bottled on april 1 2011, making it a […]...

Linkwood 1991 20 YO The Octave 56,5 % vs Linkwood 1997 17 YO A. D. Rattray 50,9 % Box Whisky Festival 2015 could offer other exciting whiskies beside the distillery’s own bottlings. I got the chance to compare two Linkwood. The first one was a 20 YO from the independent bottler Duncan Taylor released in their […]...

Hanyu 1991 Ichiro’s Malt Jack of Clubs, 15 YO, 56,8 % The now legendary “Card Series” from Ichiro’s Malt is a series of single malt from the not closed Japanese distillery Hanyu. Ulf Buxrud has spent a lot of time and done great research to assemble the ultimate source of information on the Card Series. You […]...

Kilchoman 10th Anniversary, NAS, 58,2 % Kilchoman Distillery, the young newcomer on Islay, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. To commemorate this they release the Kilchoman 10th Anniversary at the Feis Ile 2015 festival earlier this year. This is a limited edition of 3000 bottles. It is a vatting of whisky from casks filled between 2005 […]...

Glenlivet 1974 (bottled 2011) Gordon & MacPhail, 43 % The independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has released a lot of whiskies from Glenlivet distillery, many of which have been bottled at 40 % or 43 %. This Glenlivet was distilled in 1974 and bottled in 2011. It is a part of the bottling series George & J.G. Smith’s. It is […]...

RoughStock Montana Spring Wheat Whiskey, NAS, 45 % Back in 2005, when distiller Bryan Schultz founded RoughStock Distillery, this was the first legal distillery in Montana in over 100 years. That is always a nice starting point when you want to tell the story of your distillery. RoughStock Distillery is located near Bozeman, and is today joined […]...