Bunnahabhain 26 yo 1991 (50,3%, Malt Musketeers 2018, first-fill sherry butt #4321, 35 cl, 90 btl.)
Year: 2018
Fettercairn 28 yo (42%, OB 2018, ex-bourbon casks)
Fettercairn 40 yo 1977 (48,9%, OB 2018, ex-bourbon barrels + Apostoles finish)
Fettercairn 50 yo 1966 (47,9%, OB 2018, ex-bourbon barrels + Tawny Port finish)
Caol Ila 6 yo 2011 (58,4%, Master of Malt 2017, bourbon cask)
Lagavulin 25 yo (51,7%, OB 2016, 200th Anniversary, sherry casks, 8000 btl.)
Peat’s Beast 25 yo (52,2%, Fox Fitzgerald 2017, 3000 btl.)
News and upcoming releases from Compass Box, The XL Blend and First Editions
Clynelish 21 yo 1996 (52%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2018, refill sherry butt #11390, 517 btl.)
BenRiach 10 yo 2006 (63,1%, OB for La Maison du Whisky 2017, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #5293, 597 btl.)
Glenlivet 15 yo 2003 (59,4%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 2018, refill bourbon barrel, 176 btl.)
Glenturret 14 yo 2004 (55,1%, Gordon & MacPhail for TWE 2018, refill sherry hogshead 18/083, 296 btl.)
Kilkerran 8 yo Cask Strength (56,5%, OB 2018, 9000 btl.)
Jameson Bow Street 18 yo ‘Cask Strength’ (55,3%, OB 2018)
Whisky news and upcoming releases from Jura, Kilkerran, Douglas Laing and GlenDronach
Laphroaig 20 yo (49,9%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #6, 50 cl, 490 btl.)
Highland Park 13 yo 1992 (62,9%, Brachadair for Crann 2005, cask #20355, 83 btl.)
Blended Malt 17 yo 2001 (46,3%, Liquid Treasures ‘Snakes’ 2018, sherry butt, 396 btl.)
Teeling 27 yo 1991 (49,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry cask #6838, 180 btl.)
Glen Keith 24 yo 1993 (49,3%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill bourbon barrel #111152, 205 btl.)
Glentauchers 27 yo 1991 (56,8%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, first-fill sherry butt #6943, 473 btl.)
Scapa 30 yo 1988 (53,8%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill bourbon barrel #10585, 148 btl.)
New and upcoming releases from Teeling, Benromach, Kavalan and The Glenlivet
Caol Ila 50 yo 1968 (52,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, refill sherry hogshead, 190 btl.)
Macallan 1954 (80° proof, OB / Campbell, Hope & King Ltd. late 1960s, imp. Rinaldi Italy, sherry wood)
Port Ellen 12 yo (59%, James MacArthur ‘Fine Malt Selection’, dark version for Scoma, 75 cl)
Clynelish 38 yo 1972 (45,8%, The Whisky Agency ‘Private Stock’ 2010, sherry hogshead, 134 btl.)
Brora 24 yo 1977 (56,1%, Rare Malts 2001, +/- 6000 btl.)
Glen Grant 57 yo 1950 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail 2007, refill sherry casks #853 + #2734, 688 btl.)
Springbank 23 yo 1995 (48%, WhiskyNerds 2018, fresh sherry hogshead #63, 243 btl.)
New and upcoming releases from Highland Park, Aberlour and Craigellachie
Unicorn 30 yo 1988 (53,6%, CWS China 2018, first-fill Oloroso sherry butt #22, 630 btl.)
Laphroaig 6 yo 2011 (52,4%, Japanwhiskys & Whisky Tempel ‘Obsession’ 2018, bourbon cask, 168 btl.)
Octomore 09.1 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (59,1%, OB 2018, 42.000 btl.)
Octomore 09.1 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (58,2%, OB 2018, travel retail, 12.000 btl.)
Octomore 09.3 ‘Dialogos’ 5 yo 2012 (62,9%, OB 2018, 18.000 btl.)
Inverleven 33 yo 1985 (57,4%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, refill bourbon barrel #562, 130 btl.)
Bowmore 15 yo 2002 (54%, Master of Malt 2018, bourbon barrel)
New and upcoming releases from GlenAllachie, Glen Moray and Bladnoch
Orkney Islands 18 yo ‘Black Friday‘ (54,6%, Elixir Distillers 2018, 1400 btl.)
Compass Box Flaming Heart (48,9%, Compass Box 2018, 6th edition, 15.050 btl.)
Glenrothes 43 yo 1974 (49,5%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, refill sherry puncheon #18440, 276 btl.)
Longrow 14 yo 2003 ‘Sherry Cask Matured’ (57,8%, OB 2018, refill Oloroso sherry, 9000 btl.)
Lagavulin 21 yo 1997 (56,6%, OB ‘Select Cask’ for European Lagavulin fans 2018, European oak cask #0001, 158 btl.)
New and upcoming releases from Glenmorangie, Tamdhu, Douglas Laing…
Red Spot 15 yo (46%, Mitchell & Son 2018)
Mannochmore 18 yo 1999 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill sherry butt #10686, 670 btl.)
St Magdalene 34 yo 1982 (50,4%, Malt Musketeers 2017, 12 btl.)
Port Askaig 33 yo (50,3%, Elixir Distillers for Impex Beverages 2018, single cask, 115 btl.)
GlenDronach 28 yo 1989 (49,9%, OB 2017, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #5476, Batch #16, 546 btl.) – 88/100
Balvenie Stories // Nikka Days // G&M Private Collection… and more
‘A fine Christmas Malt’ 17 yo (58,7%, The Whisky Exchange 2018, Oloroso sherry butts, 1800 btl.)
Inchmoan 14 yo 2004 (54,2%, OB for Holy Dram IL 2018, recharred hogshead #68, 220 btl.)
Springbank 22 yo 1996 (54,9%, Archives ‘Shells from the Bay of Caracas’ 2018, bourbon hogshead #55, 259 btl.)
Springbank 22 yo 1996 (55,8%, Archives ‘Shells from the Bay of Caracas’ 2018, bourbon hogshead #56, 277 btl.)
Caol Ila 17 yo 2000 (68,6%, Master of Malt 2018, bourbon cask)
Glenfiddich 21 yo ‘Winter Storm’ (43%, OB ‘Experimental series’ 2018, Ice Wine finish, 8000 btl.)
Compass Box Stranger & Stranger A new blended malt with 1% non-Scotch whisky, that’s Compass Box Stranger & […]
Ord 13 yo 2005 (54,9%, Cadenhead for Massen & Flanders Finest Cask Selection, bourbon hogshead, 306 btl.)
Recently Elixir Distillers presented The Perfect Measure Glass, said to be the ultimate whisky & fine spirits tasting glass.
Braes of Glenlivet 23 yo 1994 (48,7%, Maltbarn 2018, bourbon cask, 161 btl.)
Springbank 21 yo 1996 (55,2%, Master of Malt 2018)
Irish Single Malt 1993 (48,1%, Liquid Art & Beacon Spirits 2018, 99 btl.)
Upcoming releases from GlenDronach, Compass Box and Craigellachie
Karuizawa 50 Year Old (65,2%, Elixir Distillers, 2 btl.)
Inchgower 27 yo 1990 (55,3%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, refill hogsheads, 8544 btl.)
Cladach (57,1%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, blended malt)
Talisker 8 yo (59,4%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, first-fill ex-bourbon casks, 4680 btl.)
Carsebridge 48 yo 1970 (43,2%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, single grain, 1000 btl.)
Caol Ila 35 yo (58,1%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, refill American oak hogsheads and refill butts, 3276 btl.)
Caol Ila 15 yo ‘Unpeated style’ (59,1%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, American and European oak casks)
Oban 21 yo 1996 (57,9%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, refill European oak butts)
Pittyvaich 28 yo 1989 (52,1%, OB ‘Special Releases’ 2018, refill hogsheads, 4680 btl.)
Glen Garioch 38 yo 1979 (42,9%, OB for CWS 2017, first-fill sherry butt #3831, 114 btl.)
Springbank 23 yo 1992 (52,2%, Elixir Distillers ‘Masterpieces’, refill sherry cask, 339 btl.)
‘Epitome’ 24 yo 1993 (53,1%, Maltbarn 2018, sherry cask, blended malt, 170 btl.)
Arran 21 yo 1996 (50,2%, The Whisky Exchange – Whisky Show 2018, 217 btl.)
Invergordon 44 yo 1972 (46,7%, Cave Aquila ‘A Knight’s Dram’ 2017, cask #20, 60 btl.)
Invergordon 43 yo 1973 “The Gaper” (47,7%, Boogieman 2017, barrel, cask #31, 66 btl.)
Invergordon 44 yo (51,6%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2018, hogshead, 268 btl.)
Hampden Estate 7 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Ledaig 12 yo ‘Present Future’ (58,4%, The Whisky Exchange for Whisky Show 2018, sherry butt, 637 btl.)
New: Teeling 30 Year Old // Malt Whisky Yearbook 2019
Speyside 40 yo 1977 (46,3%, Maltbarn 2018, sherry cask, 57 btl.)
GlenDronach 13 yo 2003 (55,2%, OB for TastToe & Broekmans 2016, Oloroso butt #5489, 705 btl.)
GlenDronach 15 yo 2002 (54,7%, OB 2017, Pedro Ximénez puncheon #4648, 678 btl.)
Bruichladdich 25 yo 1991 (48,8%, OB for CWS 2017, French oak cask, 276 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 11 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail Discovery 2018)
Ledaig 12 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail Discovery 2018)
Jura Seven Wood (42%, OB 2018)
A new Springbank Local Barley, Highland Park Twisted Tattoo and more
Pulteney 19 yo 1998 (57,5%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, first-fill bourbon barrel #1071, 192 btl.)
GlenDronach 24 yo 1993 (52,4%, OB 2017, Batch 16, sherry butt #445, 649 btl.)
GlenDronach 24 yo 1993 (56,7%, OB 2017, Batch 16, sherry butt #55, 567 btl.)
Caperdonich 22 yo 1995 (59,2%, Master of Malt 2018, bourbon cask)
Tomatin Wood (46%, OB ‘Five Virtues’ 2018, 6000 btl.)
Tomatin Fire (46%, OB ‘Five Virtues’ 2018, 6000 btl.)
Longmorn 57 yo 1961 (40,8%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, cask #512, 97 btl.)
Longmorn 57 yo 1961 (45%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Private Collection’ 2018, cask #508, 97 btl.)
Speyside Malt 1973 + Irish Malt 1989 (TWA) // Whisky Show bottlings // Tomatin 30 Years // Karuizawa 1999-2000
Cask Orkney 18 yo (46%, A.D. Rattray 2018, bourbon cask)
GlenAllachie 27 yo 1990 (54,6%, OB ‘50th Anniversary’ 2018, sherry butt #2517, 50cl, 144 btl.)
Caol Ila 33 yo 1984 (52,8%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill sherry hogshead, 216 btl.)
GlenAllachie 12 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Glen Scotia Double Cask (46%, OB +/- 2017)
Edradour 22 yo 1995 (54,2%, OB for Whisky L 2018, Oloroso finish, 661 btl.)
Glengoyne 30 yo (46,8%, OB 2017, 6000 btl.)
Clynelish 28 yo 1989 (49,3%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill American hogshead, 221 btl.)
Arran 10 yo (46%, OB +/- 2018)
The Balvenie 14 yo ‘Caribbean Cask’ (43%, OB +/- 2018, rum cask finish)
New Glenrothes core range, 2x Cu Bocan vintage, Cladach and BenRiach 12 Sherrywood
Mortlach 31 yo 1987 (54%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill sherry hogshead #425, 200 btl.)
Glenlivet 11 yo 2007 (67%, Signatory Vintage – Italian car series #4 2018, first-fill sherry hogshead #900201)
Highland Park 14 yo ‘Loyalty of the Wolf’ (42,3%, OB 2018, travel retail)
Highland Park 18 yo ‘Viking Pride’ travel edition (46%, OB 2018)
Fettercairn 12 yo (40%, OB 2018)
Great King Street ‘Artist’s Blend’ (43%, Compass Box 2018)
Great King Street ‘Glasgow Blend’ (43%, Compass Box 2018)
The Story of the Spaniard (43%, Compass Box 2018, ex-sherry casks)
Great King Street ‘Marrying Cask – Bourbon’ (46%, Compass Box for The Nectar 2018, ex-bourbon hogshead #25, 318 btl.)
Great King Street ‘Marrying Cask – Sherry’ (49%, Compass Box for The Nectar 2018, ex-sherry butt #4, 564 btl.)
Teeling 27 Year Old – Whisky Exchange exclusive The Whisky Exchange has just bottled a Teeling 27 Year […]
Port Charlotte 13 yo (52,7%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #6, 1317 btl.)
Ardbeg 1978 (43%, OB 1997)
Ardbeg 1978 (43%, OB 1998)
Brora 25 yo 1978 (57%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 2004, #61.2 ‘Marmalade on burnt toast’)
Port Ellen 22 yo 1978 (60,5%, Rare Malts 2000)
Glen Keith 23 yo 1994 (52.5%, Asta Morris for GaiaFlow / Passion for Whisky 2018, AM114, refill bourbon, 114 + 42 btl.)
Wolfburn Batch N°270 (46%, OB 2018, 6000 btl.)
Ben Nevis 11 yo 2007 (56,2%, Le Gus’t ‘Selection XVI’ 2018, first-fill bourbon cask #17, 228 btl.)
Ben Nevis 27 yo 1990 (58,9%, Le Gus’t ‘Selection XV’ 2018, Port pipe #5, 736 btl.)
Wolfburn Langskip A new release from the northernmost mainland distillery Wolfburn. Their Wolfburn Langskip is very high strength […]
Laphroaig 10 yo (40%, OB +/- 2018)
Springbank 13 yo ‘Single Cask’ (56,1%, OB 2017, fresh sherry butt, 540 btl.)
Glenrothes 20 yo 1997 (47,9%, Whisky-Fässle 2017, sherry butt)
Glenrothes 19 yo 1997 (50,2%, Eiling Lim 2016, P.X. sherry butt, 201 btl.)
GlenAllachie 18 yo (46%, OB 2018)
Aberfeldy 25 yo 1993 (58,8%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, first-fill sherry puncheon #4054, 444 btl.)
Whisky news this week from Kingsbarns, Bruichladdich, Edradour and more…
Widow Jane 10 yo (45,5%, OB 2018, cask #1791)
Pete’Series (46%, Asta Morris)
Lagavulin 1995 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB 2013, lgv. 4/501)
Lagavulin 1997 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB 2013, lgv. 4/502)
Lagavulin 1998 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB 2014, lgv. 4/503)
Lagavulin 1999 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB 2015, lgv. 4/504)
Lagavulin 2000 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB 2016, lgv. 4/505)
Miltonduff 40 yo (47%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #4, 50 cl, 478 btl.)
Macduff 20 yo 1997 (51,3%, Valinch & Mallet 2017, bourbon hogshead #17-0120, 296 btl.)
Ardbeg Drum, GlenDronach Forgue and new releases from Aberfeldy and Old Pulteney
Vega 40 yo 1977 (43,1%, North Star Spirits 2018, blended malt n°2, 400 btl.)
Orkney Malt 17 yo 2000 (51,8%, Eiling Lim ‘Zen label’ 2017, 96 btl.)
Glenmorangie 18 yo ‘Extremely Rare’ (43%, OB +/- 2018)
Glen Moray 2007 (50%, Asta Morris 2018, fresh bourbon cask, 270 btl.)
Hazelburn 13 yo 2004 ‘Oloroso Cask Matured’ (47,4%, OB 2018, 9000 btl.)
Upcoming whisky releases this week from Arran, The Whisky Exchange, Bunnahabhain, Red Spot and Ailsa Bay
Kilchoman Loch Gorm (46%, OB 2018, 15.000 btl.)
Ardmore 14 yo (49,5%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #5, 582 btl.)
Glenmorangie Vintage 1990 (43%, OB ‘Bond House No 1’ 2016, 5000 btl.)
Caol Ila 2011 (56,1%, Asta Morris 2018, sherry butt ref. AM 055, 580 btl.)
Rock Oyster is the Islands components in the Remarkable Regional Malts series from Douglas Laing. It is a […]
Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage Collection – Strathisla Gordon & MacPhail announced a Rare Vintage Collection from Strathisla […]
Glen Garioch 1976 (50.4%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society 1985, SMWS 19.1)
Bunnahabhain 11 yo (49,5%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #5, 1091 btl.)
Irish Malt 26 yo 1992 (48,3%, Liquid Treasures ‘Summer Dram’ 2018, bourbon barrel, 172 btl.)
Highland Park ‘Spirit of the Bear’ (40%, OB 2018, 1 litre, travel retail) // Highland Park 16 yo ‘Wings of the Eagle’ (44,5%, OB 2018, 70cl, travel retail)
Inchgower 2002 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2015, refill sherry hogshead)
Whisky news from Highland Park and Johnnie Walker
Dalmore 15 yo (40%, OB +/- 2017)
Orkney 13 yo 2005 (56,2%, Signatory Vintage Un-Chillfiltered for Flanders’ Finest Cask Selection 2018, hogshead DRU17/A63 + 65, 342 btl.)
Old Pulteney 2006 (46%, OB 2017, 100 cl)
Irish Single Malt 24 yo 1993 (48,2%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018, bourbon barrel)
Bowmore 19 yo 1998 (48,8%, The Whisky Agency for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry butt)
Whisky news from The Whisky Agency, Game of Thrones, Compass Box and more
Alt-A-Bhainne (60.5%, Cadenhead’s Cask Strength 1992, white label, cask #100027)
Bowmore 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2018)
Springbank 10 yo 2007 ‘Local Barley’ (57,3%, OB 2017, 9000 btl.)
Glencadam Origin 1825 (40%, OB +/- 2017)
Glen Keith 24 yo (49,1%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co. 2018, Batch #5, 377 btl.)
GlenDronach 15 Years ‘Revival’ (2018) // Tamdhu 12 Years
Teeling 19 yo 1998 (52,3%, OB for The Nectar 2018, single rum cask #100053)
The Kurayoshi Pure Malt ‘Sherry Cask’ (43%, OB +/- 2018)
Box Quercus I ‘Robur’ (50,8%, OB 2017, 50cl, 8229 btl.)
GlenDronach Cask Strength (57,9%, OB 2018, Batch #7)
Glen Grant 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2017)
Whisky news from Glenmorangie, Douglas Laing, Jura, Bladnoch and more…
Springbank 21 yo (47,5%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #8, 911 btl.)
Glenrothes 9 yo 2009 (53%, Valinch & Mallet ‘Brotherhood Collection’ 2018, bourbon hogshead, 234 btl.) // Glenrothes 11 yo 2006 (53%, Valinch & Mallet ‘Brotherhood Collection’ 2018, sherry butt, 120 btl.)
Port Charlotte 10 yo (50%, OB 2018)
Edradour 8 yo 2008 (60,4%, van Wees ‘The Ultimate’ 2016, sherry butt #118, 696 btl.)
Compass Box Delilah’s XXV (46%, OB 2018, 8520 btl.)
Mortlach whisky / Compass Box Delilah XXV / Octomore Dialogos
Bowmore 27 yo Batch #5 (47,6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, 285 btl.)
Ardbeg Grooves (46%, OB 2018)
Auchentoshan 16 yo 2001 (58,2%, Signatory Vintage ‘Un-Chillfiltered’ for TastToe 2017, bourbon barrel #800114, 195 btl.)
Glengoyne 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2018)
Glenlivet 36 yo 1981 (47,6%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2018, sherry butt #12, 702 btl.)
Royal Lochnagar 12 yo (40%, OB +/- 2017)
Tomatin 21 yo Batch #1 (47,4%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2018, 50cl, 304 btl.)
Highland Park 1970 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail Centenary Reserve 1995)
Tamdhu 28 yo 1988 (46,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, 50cl, 270 btl.)
Braeval 20 yo 1998 (59%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, refill American hogshead #26004, 185 btl.)
Auchentoshan 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2018)
Vallein Tercinier 27 yo ‘Lot 90’ (49,7%, Maltbarn 2018, Grande Champagne, 150 btl.)
Caol Ila 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2017)
Blended Malt 20 yo (46,3%, Darkness 2018, Moscatel cask finish, 100 btl.)
Ben Nevis 19 yo 1999 (51,7%, Valinch & Mallet ‘Hidden Casks’ 2018, bourbon hogshead, 278 btl.)
Balblair 12 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Miltonduff 10 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Caol Ila 13 yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Discovery’ 2018)
Orkney Islands 11 yo 2007 (63,7%, Sherwoods 2018, bourbon hogshead #0036/2007, 329 btl.)
Springbank 26 yo 1992 (51%, Maltbarn 2018, bourbon cask, 100 btl.)
Glen Mhor 1975 (60,9%, Cadenhead’s Cask Strength 1992, white label, cask #931)
Octomore Oc5 2011 (59,8%, Elements of Islay 2018, 50cl)
Clynelish 24 yo (49,7%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2018, Batch #4, 267 btl.)
A review of the 1920s Blender’s Whisky Glass (Speciality Drinks)
Glencadam 1974 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 1991)
Caol Ila 14 yo 2003 (57,7%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice 2018, first-fill bourbon barrel #302260, 212 btl.)
Highland Park 17 yo ‘The Light’ (52,9%, OB 2018, 28.000 btl.)
Deanston 2008 ‘Bordeaux Red Wine Matured’ (58,7%, OB 2017, 1400 btl.)
Blended Whisky #2 22 yo (41,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2018, Batch #3, 1650 btl.)
Whisky news from Gordon & MacPhail and Irish Distillers
Port Askaig 14 yo ‘Bourbon Cask’ 2004 (45,8%, Elixir Distillers 2018, first-fill bourbon casks)
Ardmore 20 yo 1996 (49,3%, OB 2017)
Cragganmore 12 yo (40%, OB +/- 2017)
Glen Elgin 20 yo 1997 (55,7%, Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseur’s Choice 2018, first-fill sherry butt #18/003, 602 btl.)
Bruichladdich 13 yo (47,6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2018, Batch #11, 478 btl.)
New releases from The Whisky Agency, Loch Lomond, Douglas Laing, Glengoyne…
GlenDronach 19 yo 1992 (57,8%, OB 2012, Oloroso butt #1123, 524 btl.) – 90/100
Ardmore 8 yo 2008 (53%, Asta Morris 2017, bourbon cask, 268 btl.)
Croftengea 9 yo 2008 (54,8%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, refill hogshead #272, 289 btl.)
Nectar Grove (46%, Wemyss Malts 2018, 9000 btl.)
Caol Ila Cl10 (58,2%, Elements of Islay 2018, three hogsheads)
Upcoming releases from Bruichladdich, Redbreast and Compass Box…
Tomintoul 16 yo (40%, OB +/- 2018)
Tomintoul 15 yo ‘Portwood Finish’ (46%, OB +/- 2018)
Tomintoul Five Decades (50%, OB 2015, 5230 btl.)
Benromach 39 yo 1977 (56%, OB 2017, hogshead #1268, 225 btl.)
South Shore Islay 8 yo (48,8%, Valinch & Mallet ‘dumpy series’ 2016, bourbon hogsheads)
Ardbeg Ar10 2001 (52,4%, Elements of Islay 2018, two bourbon barrels)
Teeling Revival 12 yo (46%, OB 2018, cognac & brandy finish, 15.000 btl.)
Whisky news from Ardbeg, Tamdhu, Aberfeldy, Douglas Laing and more…
Macallan Rare Cask Black (48%, OB +/- 2016)
Rock Town 1 yo (51,7%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2018, Batch #2, 190 btl.)
Lagavulin ‘Lg8’ 2006 (59,5%, Elements of Islay 2018, two bourbon barrels)
Macduff 30 yo 1980 (54,1%, Malts of Scotland 2011, bourbon hogshead #6107, 175 btl.)
Girvan 33 yo 1979 (46%, Cadenhead 2013, bourbon barrel, 222 btl.)
Jameson 18 Bow Street / Talisker 40 Years / Teeling Revival V
Speyside Region 45 yo 1973 (53,2%, Maltbarn 2018, sherry cask, 299 btl.)
Slyrs Edition N°3 – Oloroso finish (46%, OB +/- 2015)
Glen Ord 20 yo (51,5%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017)
Blended Malt No.4 6 yo (53,6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #1)
Blended Grain No.1 50 yo (46,9%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #2)
Dailuaine 16 yo (43%, OB +/- 2017)
Benromach 20th Anniversary Bottling 1998 (56,2%, OB 2018, first-fill casks, 3000 btl.)
Antique Lions of Spirits: Savannah series // Gordon & MacPhail redesign // The GlenAllachie // Speyburn 18 Years
Brora 30 yo (56,6%, OB 2004, 3rd release, 3000 btl.)
Wardhead 21 yo 1997 (55,5%, Liquid Treasures ‘Entomology’ 2018, bourbon hogshead)
Old Pulteney 2004 (62,1%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2018, first-fill sherry butt #128, 612 btl.)
Lochan Sholum 14 yo 2003 (52,3%, Maltbarn 2017, sherry cask, 147 btl.)
Springbank 17 yo 2000 (41,6%, Whiskybroker for Port of Holmsund, refill Demerara rum cask #630, 196 btl.)
No Brora, no Port Ellen. Instead there is Caol Ila 35 Years, Carsebridge 48 Years, Talisker 8 Years, Cladach and more.
Clynelish 21 yo 1995 (54,7%, Signatory Vintage for The Whisky Exchange 2017, refill sherry butt #8676, 544 btl.)
The English Whisky Company 6 yo 2011 (60,5%, Claxton’s 2018, rum cask #457, 258 btl.)
Blended Scotch Whisky #1 50 yo (46,6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #5, 2000 btl.)
Balvenie ‘Tun 1509’ (51,7%, OB 2017, batch 4, 8850 btl.)
Glenfarclas 18 yo (43%, OB +/- 2017, 1 litre)
Glenfiddich Fire & Cane // Compass Box The Spaniard
The Lost Distilleries Blend – Batch #10 (51%, TBWC 2017, 1041 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 2003 ‘PX Finish’ (54,3%, OB 2017, 6768 btl.) // Bunnahabhain 2004 ‘Moine Brandy Finish’ (55,3%, OB 2017, 4152 btl.)
Big Peat 25 yo 1992 ‘Gold Edition’ (52,1%, Douglas Laing 2017, 3000 btl.)
Foursquare 13 yo 2004 (61,1%, Rasta Morris 2018, Barbados, ref. RM 002, 196 btl.) // Caroni 20 yo 1997 (63,1%, Rasta Morris 2018, Trinidad, ref. RM 001, 227 btl
Glenallachie Distillery Edition (40%, OB 2017)
Aberlour Casg Annamh // Highland Park Valknut // GlenAllachie single casks // Douglas Laing XOP Platinum
Old Pulteney 25 yo (46%, OB 2017)
Glentauchers 20 yo 1996 (46,9%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #4, bourbon barrel #4891, 50 cl, 327 btl.)
Compass Box Double Single (46%, Compass Box 2017, 3rd edition, 5838 btl.)
Tamdhu 10 yo 2007 (57,8%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2018, Koval cask #36101, 156 btl.)
Croftengea 10 yo 2007 (56,9%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2018, refill hogshead #195, 312 btl.)
Bruichladdich 12 yo 2005 (52,5%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2018, barrel #1470, 139 btl.)
Tomatin 27 yo 1988 (50%, OB 2016, bourbon barrels + fist-fill Port pipes, 1800 btl.)
Glenrothes with age statements / Port Askaig 33 / Nectar Grove
Inchmurrin 10 yo 2008 (57,1%, OB for World Duty Free 2018, 278 btl.)
The Glenlivet Code (48%, OB 2018)
Lagavulin 8 yo (48%, OB 2017)
Auchentoshan 25 yo 1992 (51,4%, Signatory Vintage 2017, bourbon barrel #5430, 206 btl.)
Willowbank 17 yo (53,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, 50 cl, 307 btl.)
BenRiach 21 yo (46%, OB 2017)
Don Pancho 25 yo 1992 (49,2%, Sansibar 2017, 267 btl.)
Travellers 10 yo 2007 (66,6%, Eiling Lim & The Duchess 2017, Belize rum, barrel #14, 281 btl.)
Hampden Estate 6 yo 2010 ‘LROK’ (67%, Habitation Velier 2016)
Bowmore 26 yo ‘French oak barrique’ (48,7%, OB ‘Vintner’s Trilogy’ 2017, wine matured)
Glen Albyn 10 yo (40%, John E. McPherson & Sons pre-1974, white label)
Johnnie Walker Blue Label ‘Ghost & Rare’ – Brora & Rare (46%, OB 2017)
Looking at some upcoming whisky releases…
Longmorn ‘Fiadhaich’ 27 yo 1989 (54,6%, Woodwinters ‘The One’ 2017, hogshead, 50 cl, 185 btl.)
Macduff 14 yo 2003 (55,9%, Claxton’s 2018, sherry butt #1834-900822, 652 btl.)
Orkney 10 yo 2007 (63%, Claxton’s 2018, hogshead #1836-008, 330 btl.)
Glen Keith 23 yo 1994 (51%, bourbon barrel #1837-157671, 146 btl.)
Glen Keith 22 yo 1995 (49,2%, refill hogshead #1833-171290, 311 btl.
Glenfarclas 30 yo (43%, OB +/- 2017)
Glenrothes 24 yo 1992 (55,2%, OB 2016, Lustau American oak Oloroso finish, cask #01, 648 btl.)
Booker’s True Barrel 6 yo (62,7%, OB 2017, Batch 2017-01E)
Looking at upcoming releases from Kilchoman, Hazelburn, Glen Scotia and Claxton’s
Balblair 2005 (46%, OB 2017, 1st release)
Balblair 2000 (46%, OB 2017, 2nd release)
Balblair 1991 (46%, OB 2018, 3rd release)
Speyside region 19 yo 1998 (52,3%, Maltbarn 2017, sherry cask, 177 btl.)
BenRiach 22 yo ‘Moscatel finish’ (46%, OB +/- 2017)
Bowmore 18 yo ‘Manzanilla Cask’ (52,5%, OB ‘Vintner’s Trilogy’ 2017)
Glenfiddich 18 yo (40%, OB +/- 2017)
This week’s whisky news from SMWS, Balvenie and Fusion Whisky
Auchentoshan 40 yo 1965 (41,6%, OB 2006, bourbon cask, 200 btl.)
BenRiach 25 yo (46,8%, OB +/- 2017)
Another trio of these glorious undisclosed Speyside 1973 releases
Roe & Co (45%, OB 2017, Batch #1)
Kavalan Solist Amontillado Cask (56,3%, OB +/- 2017)
Bunnahabhain 35 yo (40,2%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #4, 50cl, 302 btl.)
Deanston 12 yo (46,3%, OB +/- 2017)
Tullibardine 24 yo 1993 (52,5%, Sansibar ‘Clans label’ 2017, 272 btl.)
Tullibardine 24 yo 1993 (48,7%, Maltbarn 2017, bourbon cask, 132 btl.)
Collectivum XXVIII (57,3%, OB 2017)
Port Askaig 8 yo (45,8%, Elixir Distillers +/- 2017)
New releases from GlenDronach, Tobermory and Springbank. And sherry.
Glenrothes 2000 (58,7%, OB 2017, sherry butt #2364, UK exclusive Batch #1, 575 btl.)
‘Isle Solera’ 16 yo (58,1%, Woodwinters ‘The Four’ 2016, sherry butt, 50cl, 700 btl.)
Glen Keith 21 yo 1995 (48,6%, Cave Aquila 2016, bourbon barrel #100264)
Glen Keith 24 yo 1993 (52,2%, Sansibar ‘Clan label’ 2017, bourbon cask, 142 btl.)
Glen Keith 24 yo 1992 (59,7%, Archives ‘Fishes of Samoa’ 2017, barrel #120633, 131 btl.)
Inchmurrin 18 yo (46%, OB +/- 2017)
Macallan Edition No.3 (48,3%, OB 2017)
Looking at some new and upcoming whisky releases…
Kilchoman 10 yo 2007 (58,5%, OB for The Whisky Exchange 2017, sherry butt #401, 599 btl.)
Highland Park 40 yo 1967 (47,1%, John Scott’s 2007, cask #6687, 168 btl.)
Convalmore 1975 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail Rare Old 2015, refill sherry hogsheads, ref. #R0/15/06, 299 btl.)
Speyburn ‘Bradan Orach’ (40%, OB 2017)
Speyburn 10 yo (40%, OB 2017)
Speyburn 15 yo (46%, OB 2017)
Caol Ila 33 yo 1984 (49,8%, Douglas Laing XOP 2017, refill hogshead ref. 11620, 216 btl.)
Karuizawa Emerald Geishas for TWE & Karuizawa 1964 for WealthSolutions
Glen Moray ‘Chardonnay Cask Finish’ (40%, OB +/- 2017)
Glengoyne 25 yo (48%, OB +/- 2017)
GlenDronach 21 yo 1993 (56,4%, OB for The Nectar & LMdW 2014, Oloroso sherry butt #475, 627 btl.) //
GlenDronach 20 yo 1993 (53%, OB for LMdW 2013, Oloroso sherry butt #30, 626 btl.)
Cragganmore 27 yo (49,1%, Darkness! 2017, Fino cask #157, 100 btl., 50 cl)
Glenlossie 35 yo 1975 (51,6%, The Whisky Agency & The Nectar 2011, ex-bourbon hogshead, 195 btl.)
Kilchoman 5 yo 2011 (58,3%, OB for Drinks by the Dram 2017, bourbon cask #524/2011)
Kilchoman 2011 (56,5%, OB for Whiskybase.com 2017, cask #696/2011, PX finish, 213 btl.)
Bladnoch 27 yo 1990 (49,4%, Antique Lions of Spirits ‘Butterflies’ 2017, bourbon cask, 276 btl.)
Ardmore Tradition (46%, OB 2016, 1 litre)
Green Spot – Chateau Montelena (46%, OB 2017)
Invergordon 25 yo (46,1%, Darkness 2017, Pedro Ximénez cask, 100 btl., 50 cl) // Invergordon 43 yo (49,3%, Darkness 2017, Oloroso cask, 100 btl., 50 cl)
Looking at new and upcoming whisky releases: The Glenlivet Code, Darkness sherry bombs, Laphroaig Cairdeas 2018 and The Essence of Suntory
Glenury Royal 28 yo 1984 (46%, Gordon & MacPhail ‘Rare Old’ 2012, refill sherry butt R0/12/05, 430 btl.)
Caol Ila Cl8 (55,2%, Elements of Islay 2017, bourbon barrels, 50cl)
Irish single malt 28 yo 1989 (56,2%, Limited Whisky Investment & Sansibar ‘Monkey series’ 2017, bourbon cask, 164 btl.)
Mortlach 15 yo 2001 ‘Moment of Serenity’ (55,1%, SMWS 2017, 76.135, first-fill hogshead + PX finish, 233 btl.)
Caol Ila 7 yo 2010 ‘Honey and vanilla smoke’ (58,4%, SMWS 2017, 53.242, refill bourbon hogshead, 332 btl.)
Springbank 21 yo 1996 (58,1%, WhiskyNerds 2017, hogshead #471, 180 btl.)
Laphroaig 28 Years The new release in the series of limited editions from Laphroaig (check my review of […]
Dewar’s 25 yo (40%, OB 2017, travel retail)
Laphroaig 27 yo (41,7%, OB 2017)
GlenDronach 21 yo ‘Parliament’ (48%, OB +/- 2017)
Orkney single malt 13 yo 2004 (50,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2017, sherry cask)
Happy New Year 2018