Linkwood 1997 “Citrus Burst”, 16 YO, 46 % A light dram from the Speyside distillery Linkwood is on the test bench today. Independent bottler Wemyss Malts released the Linkwood 1997 “Citrus Burst” in oktober 2013. It has been matured in a bourbon hogshead and the total outturn was 363 bottles. This whisky available to buy […]...

Smögen 2011 3 YO, 55,4% This is the first independent bottling of a Swedish single malt, as far as I know. This Smögen 2011 3 YO is extra heavily peated at 90 ppm. It was distilled on New Years Eve 2011, matured in a 40 liter 1st fill sherry cask, and bottled in januari 2015. […]...

Laphroaig PX Cask, NAS, 48 % The Ladies’ Share met for a peaty evening i februari 2015. One of the whiskies in the line-up was a Laphroaig PX Cask. I have tasted this whisky quite a few times, but never really got around to take any tasting notes…until now. The PX Cask is a NAS […]...

Bunnahabhain 1987  27 YO ‘The Osprey’ Liquid Art, 51,3 % This whisky is from Liquid Art, a relatively new independent bottler from Belgium. Serge Reijnders and Bert Dexters released their first bottling in juli 2014, and this Bunnahabhain 1987 27 YO ‘The Osprey’ was their second release. The artist behind the label art on this whisky is […]...

Bowmore 100 Degrees Proof, NAS, 57,1 % Bowmore distillery is located on Islay, which I recently visited for the very first time! We stayed just a few meters from Bowmore distillery actually, and of course we got a chance to visit. Well, todays whisky I did not taste on Islay, but with The Ladies’ Share in februari. I […]...

Bunnahabhain 1988 “Kirsch Gâteau”, 26 YO, 56 % The Bunnahabhain 1988 “Kirsch Gâteau” is one of the latest releases from independent bottler Wemyss Malts. It was released in februari 2015. The whisky itself was distilled in 1988, matured in a sherry butt, and bottled in 2014. The total outturn was 442 bottles. We have tested many […]...

Lossit Classic Selection, NAS, 43 % Here is another new creation from The Lost Distillery Company. This company researches old and lost distilleries, often closed a hundred years ago. They figure out what sort of whisky they made, then try to create a whisky that they feel represents what that distillery would have made had they […]...

Glen Elgin 1995 19 YO ‘Stag beetle’ Liquid Art, 49,3 % This is my very first experience with the independent bottler Liquid Art. And I am tasting their very first release, a 19 YO Glen Elgin. I have tasted a few Glen Elgins before and have found all of them to be ‘good’ or ‘very […]...

Glen Moray 16 YO, 40 % We have published more than 1000 reviews on this blog by now, but there are still quite a few distilleries we have not covered. One of them is the Speyside distillery Glen Moray. Glen Moray is located on the banks of the river Lossie, outside the town Elgin. The […]...

Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013, NAS, 48 % Well, here it is. The much hyped winner of Jim Murray’s “World Whisky of the Year” award. I do think Yamazaki whisky, and Japanese whisky in general, usually is of a very high quality. As such it is great to see one of these whiskies ‘win’ such an […]...

Spirit of Hven Sankt Claus Cask #11-229, 3 YO, 53,2 % The Swedish distiller Spirit of Hven released three single cask expressions just before Christmas 2014. They were aptly named Sankt Claus. One release was for the Swedish market (cask #11-222), one was bottled for Juul’s in Denmark (cask #11-224), and finally this cask which was […]...

Cask Islay Small Batch, NAS, 46 % Cask Islay is a release from the independent bottler A. D. Rattray. We know it is an Islay whisky, but we do not know which distillery it is. I got a chance to taste this whisky on my very first visit to Islay! A perfect combination. This is what […]...

The Limburg Whisky Fair is the ultimate happening for whisky nerds. This is probably the only place where you can find thousands of rare bottles – old and new. The festival is located in the small town Limburg in Germany, and attracts about 6-7000 people over two days (Saturday and Sunday). You will find only […]...

Towiemore Classic Selection, NAS, 43 % We have a brand new whisky on our test bench today. This is the first release in a new series called Classic Selection, from The Lost Distillery Company. All the expressions in this series are bottled at 43 % ABV, and they are not chill-filtered. Furthermore they are all […]...

Glengoyne Cask Strength, NAS, 58,9 % I have given you my tasting notes on a couple of the SMWS whiskies I tasted at The Bon Accord in Glasgow some weeks ago. That very same evening I tasted a Glengoyne Cask Strength. This was batch 002. The Glengoyne Distillery is located just outside Glasgow, but there […]...

Nordic Whisky #38 – Smögen 2011 4 YO Single Cask #7/2011, 57,3 % The Swedish west coast distillery Smögen Distillery is staying busy. Their whiskies are still very young, at 3-4 YO, but that does not stop them from releasing top quality product. They are not alone in this, of course, as a number of […]...

A new batch of whiskies will be launched for sale in Norway on Friday maj 8. We are treated to a total of 44 whiskies this time. As usual we have linked to our reviews for the ones we have already tested. Very interesting this month are the two exclusives for Norway; Arran OddPopp and […]...

Breaker Bourbon Whisky – Batch No. 05, 5 YO, 45 % The craft distillery Ascendant Spirits in Buellton, California, opened in mars 2013. My timing back then was quite perfect, as I got to visit the distillery just a few weeks later (see article here). I also got to try batch 1 of their Breaker […]...

Port Ellen 6th Release, 27 YO, 54,3 % Port Ellen is a distillery long gone. But we still like to taste the nice whiskies from the distillery. My husband bought a small bottle of the 6th Release when he visited Islay. We finished the bottle as an Easter gift to ourselves. The whisky was distilled […]...

Clynelish 1971 35 Yo Platinum Selection, 46,5 % We start off with an old expression from independent bottler Douglas Laing. This is from their most exclusive series at the time. The Clynelish 1971 35 YO Platinum Selection was distilled in 1971 and bottled back in 2006. There is no specification on the type of cask […]...