Mackmyra Svensk Ek, NAS, 46,1 % The product Mackmyra Svensk Ek (Swedish Oak) is surrounded with a bit of controversy. This is in fact a re-launch of the previous product Mackmyra Första Utgåvan (The First Edition), although the composition of the whisky has also been slighty adjusted (so not simply a name change). The controversy […]...

A total of 45 whiskies are released in the Vinmonopolet monopoly stores on Friday september 4. In the list below we have linked to our reviews for the ones we have already tested. Very interesting this month are the Arran 18 YO, Bruichladdich Octomore7.1, Miltonduff, Knob Creek Rye, and the Scallywag Cask Strength. Amrut 2009 Single […]...

Nikka All Malt, NAS, 40 % The whisky of the day is a blended malt from Nikka. They have mixed single malt from their Yoichi Distillery on Hokkaido, and what they call ‘coffey malt’ – Maltwhisky distilled in their Coffey stills at the Miyagikyo Distillery near Sendai. You can buy the Nikka All Malt in […]...

Adelphi Limerick Slaney 1991 23 YO Cask #8265, 58,1 % Today I dig into a fairly old Irish whiskey. This is a single cask release from independent bottler Aldephi. It was distilled in 1991, and bottled in 2015, with a total outturn of 202 bottles. It was matured in a refill hogshead, and from what […]...

Ben Nevis 1996 17 YO Cask #1472 Cooper’s Choice, 46 % Ben Nevis distillery is located in the region Highland in Scotland. The Vintage Maltwhisky has released this whisky in their Cooper’s Choice range. This Ben Nevis was distilled 1996, then matured in sherry butt #1472 before bottled in 2014. The outturn was 360 bottles. The […]...

Tomatin 1999 Norway Tomatin Trilogy – Bourbon Cask Edition, 14 YO, 55,2 % This whisky is the first release in what is hoped to be a trilogy of Tomatin single cask releases exclusively bottled for Norway. The Tomatin 1999 Norway Tomatin Trilogy – Bourbon Cask Edition was matured in a 1st fill bourbon cask (cask #34150), distilled […]...

Glenfiddich 12 YO, 40 % Here is a real classic for you. The Glenfiddich 12 YO is produced by William Grant & Sons, and is a product with a long history. In their marketing they now say this is the world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky. The basis for this claim is that the Glenfiddich […]...

Smögen Jubilee, 3 YO, 60 % Time really does fly. It is now 5 years since Smögen Distillery started production, on the west coast of Sweden. This coming Saturday, augusti 29, there will be a big birthday celebration. Pär Caldenby, the owner and master distiller, is releasing a special single cask release to commemorate this […]...

Millburn 1978 (2008) Gordon & MacPhail, 46 % The independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has a bottling series called Rare Vintage. This is what they say about Rare Vintage: In partnership with each respective distillery, all whiskies in our Rare Vintage range are uniquely labelled. In years gone by many of these unique designs were […]...

Ji-Whisky is the term used for craft distilling in Japan, more or less (see more from Nonjatta and Dekantã on this). The French company Les Whiskies du monde have been bringing some of these products to Europe over the past few years. We have previously reviewed Akashi, Togouchi and Isawa. Now Les Whiskies du monde […]...

SPEY Tenné, NAS, 46 % This is our second review of the (relatively) new range SPEY from the Speyside Distillery. We have previously reviewed the SPEY Chairman’s Choice. This whisky has initially been matured in bourbon casks, then it has been given a 6 month finishing period in Tawny Port casks. The Spey Tenné is currently […]...

Stauning Rye Second Opinion, NAS, 48 % This is only my second whisky from the Danish distillery Stauning. I have previously reviewed their Stauning Young Rye. This rye whisky was distilled in 2009 and 2010, and released on augusti 1, 2011. This was a limited release of 1789 bottles at 50 cl. It was made […]...

BenRiach 10 YO, 43 % This whisky is a major milestone for the current owners of BenRiach Distillery. Finally they can launch a 10 YO whisky predominantly with spirit distilled under the new owners. It is matured in bourbon and sherry casks. I’m stealing a snippet from Master of Malt here, as they quote Sales Director Alistair Walker at […]...

SPEY Chairman’s Choice, NAS, 40 % In 2012 Harvey’s of Edinburgh bought the distillery with the slightly too generic name The Speyside Distillery. The distillery has naturally had to market it’s whisky under brands called something other than simply ‘Speyside’, as that would confuse the end customers no end! The brands used by the Speyside […]...

Knob Creek 9 YO Single Barrel Reserve, 60 % Knob Creek is one of several small batch and ‘craft’ brands from the rather huge Jim Beam corporation. Knob Creek is a series that include both bourbon and rye whiskies, and also single barrel releases like this one. A bit fun to see that the label […]...

Carsebridge 1979 27 YO Rare Auld, 60 % Today I am writing about a grain whisky. Grain whisky is produced through a continous destillation process, using column stills, rather than the batch destillation in pot stills used for Maltwhisky. Grain whisky can be made using various types of grain, such as barley, corn, wheat or rye. A […]...

Mikkeller Spirits Bourbon Cask Black, NAS, 43 % OK, OK, OK, so I am ‘cheating’ a bit – again. I have done this once before, reviewing a ‘whisky’ which is actually distilled beer. So, technically this is not whisky, as it also contains hops. But there are still quite few Nordic whiskies, so I should […]...

DYC 12 YO Spanish single Maltwhisky, 65,9 % This is my first ever Spanish single malt. Exciting times! We found this whisky at Danish independent bottler Noorbohandelen in Copenhagen. This is a single cask release from the Spanish Distilerias y Crianza del Whisky (DYC) distillery. The distillery is today owned by Beam Suntory. DYC […]...

Springbank 1999 11 YO Local Barley, 57,9 % The Springbank 1999 11 YO Local Barley is a Society bottling released in 2011 and made available to the Springbank Society members. Distilled in 1999, matured for 11 years in a re-charred sherry butt, then bottled in 2011. The total outturn was 516 bottles. If you are […]...

Amrut 2009 Single Cask Bourbon #3441, 4 YO, 60 % A couple of weeks ago I shared my tasting notes on a single cask release from Amrut distilleries; a sherry matured whisky from cask #2697. Today it is time for another single cask release, this time a bourbon matured whisky. The whisky was distilled in juni 2009, […]...