The facts The Bergen International Whisky & Beer Festival is a brand new festival. Hopefully this is the start of a great new tradition. It is impossible to talk about this new festival without also mentioning Whisky-Meet, which has been around for a few years (six times in total, see more here). Frode Harring was […]...

Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain, NAS, 43 % Compass Box Whisky Company was established in 2000. Their business is to blend whiskies. They have released a lot of different styles of whiskies. My husband har reviewed Flaming Heart, The Spice Tree and The General. Here is what Compass Box says about Hedonism: Our bottlings of Hedonism are made […]...

Once upon a time (several times actually) there was Whisky-Meet, a great whisky festival in Bergen. The wizard in this particular whisky tower was Frode Harring, then whisky manager at Terminus Whisky Bar. Frode traveled the world, dreamt dreams, and planned plans. One day he found that the time had come and the time was […]...

We are very happy to announce several pieces of great news from Det Norske Brenneri (The Norwegian Distillery). This company was previously called Agder Brenneri, and was the distillery that launched the first ever Norwegian single malt back in 2012. Since then they have new owners, and the duo that pull the strings now are […]...

Bladnoch 1992 22 YO Exclusive Malts, 53,3 % This will be my last tasting note from Cinderella Whisky Fair 2015. I tasted this little gem at Svenska Eldvatten. Svenska Eldvatten is a Swedish independent bottler. In addition they carry some bottlings from Creative Whisky Company, amongst others. Today’s whisky is a 22 YO Bladnoch from the […]...

Braunstein 14:2, NAS, 46 % The whisky under review today is the Braunstein 14:2, the second Library Collection release of 2014 from this Danish distillery. This whisky has been matured in bourbon and oloroso sherry casks, and it was bottled on 2014-09-10. It holds an ABV of 46 %, and is sold in 50 cl […]...

Cask Norway is one of the exciting whisky importers in Norway. The company was established in januari 2009 when Marius Vestnes purchased Spirits AS, an established beer and spirit importer in the Norwegian market. Cask Norway AS is part of the Cask Owners group and have a sister company in Sweden called Cask Sweden AB. […]...

Caol Ila 1991 23 YO Cask #1033 Cooper’s Choice, 46 % Let us go to Islay, the island of peaty drams. Let us visit Caol Ila, the giant among the eight, soon to be nine or perhaps ten, distilleries on the island. The Caol Ila 1991 23 YO Cask #1033 Cooper’s Choice is an independent bottling […]...

Ardbeg 17 YO, 40 % Vel, dette er ikke akkurat en whisky som er lett å få tak i lenger. Etter hva jeg har forstått, er den litt sagnomsust. La oss se hva jeg synes om den. Dette er forresten den andre gangen jeg smaker whiskyen. Scoren endte på akkurat det samme begge gangene, faktisk. Whiskyen […]...

Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008, ~6 YO, 50 % We are testing a Travel Retail Exclusive today. The Bruichladdich Bere Barley 2008 was announced in oktober 2014, and is the third release of Bruichladdich Bere Barley. It was distilled in early 2008, and bottled in 2014, making it about 6 years old. The release is ‘limited’ to […]...

Springbank 1999 14 YO Society Bottling Local Barley, 57,8 % A special release is in the nosing glass today. This is a special release for the Springbank Society’s 10th Anniversary. The whisky has been matured in a refill sherry butt. It was distilled in september 1999, and bottled in april 2014. The total outturn was […]...

Highland Park 1991 21 YO Directors’ Cut, 53,6 % Highland Park is one of the distilleries I have tasted most whiskies from, 47 different ones. I usually find whisky from Highland Park to be very nice, whether it is distillery bottlings or releases from independent bottlers. In fact I have only scored four of these whiskies […]...

Mackmyra Svensk Rök, NAS, 46,1 % We are going Swedish again today. Mackmyra Svensk Rök (Swedish Smoke) is the first regular expression from Mackmyra that is peated. Mackmyra Svensk Rök contains about 70 % peated whisky and 30 % unpeated (“elegant”). The name reflects the fact that this whisky has a unique Swedish smoke character, as […]...

A few weeks back we received a very exciting packaged. Myken Distillery, the worlds first Arctic whisky distillery started production in december 2014, and they have kindly sent us samples of their new make and a sample that had been matured for 12 days in a heavily roasted American oak 5 liter cask. For more […]...

Kilchoman 100 % Islay 4th Edition, 4 YO, 50 % Well, a blind challenge is always an interesting experience. A friend gave me this sample a couple of weeks ago, and I have waited (im)patiently to find the right moment to enjoy it. My tasting notes below are the original ones and has not been changed since […]...

Balvenie Tun 1509 – Batch No. 1, NAS, 47,1 % After nine batches since 2010, of the Balvenie Tun 1401, it is now time for the follow-up. Tun 1509 is four times the size of Tun 1401, at 8000 liters, so we should see larger batches released. Balvenie Tun 1509 – Batch No. 1 is […]...

Highland Park 1989 23 YO Cask #10518, 47,9 % Time now for an old whisky from Orkney, the Highland Park 1989 23 YO Cask #10518 from independent bottler Adelphi. This whisky was matured in a refill bourbon cask. It was distilled in 1989 and bottled in 2013. The total outturn was 170 bottles. The Highland Park 1989 […]...

Kildalton 2007 7 YO Svenska Eldvatten, 56,8 % Kildalton, a new release from the independent bottler Svenska Eldvatten. Which distillery is this whisky coming from? We do not know for sure, other than it is an Islay distillery. Rumours has it that it is Lagavulin. The bottler lets us know the whisky comes from one of […]...

Box Whisky The Archipelago Baltic Sea 2015, 3 YO, 54,8 % This is the second special release from Box Whisky. Last summer they released the Box Whisky The Festival 2014, which was a peated whisky. The Box Whisky The Archipelago Baltic Sea 2015 (wow, that’s a mouth-full!) was bottled exclusively for Viking Line and was […]...

BenRiach 1985 24 YO Cask #5502, 50,1 % Here is a whisky we tasted completely blind a couple of days ago. Utter darkness perhaps describes this better. We had no clue whatsoever. We were given the sample by good friends who love to challenge us, and we are always ready to be challenged. Having nosed […]...