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Glenfarclas verticale: 1980 to 1953
2010 – A new whisky year, with an overview of the 2009 highlights
Glen Spey 1978 Daily DramGlen Spey 35 yo 1978 (52,1%, The Nectar of the Daily Drams for Drankenshop Broekmans 2013)
Glenfarclas 25 yo Quarter Casks (42,4%, OB 2012, 905 btl.)
Nikka Yoichi 1989 (60%, OB 2012, hogshead #206497)
Glenglassaugh 32 yo 1979 (43%, Signatory Vintage 2012, hogshead #1543, 255 btl.)
Nikka Taketsuru 25 yo (43%, OB 2012, ref. 10B30B)
Ardbeg 5 yo ‘Wee Beastie’ (47,4%, OB 2020)
Arran 10 yo (46%, OB 2019)
Balcones 3 yo (51,2%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2019, Batch #2, tequila cask, 212 btl.)
Balvenie Whisky Academy
Ben Bracken ‘Speyside’ (40%, Clydesdale +/- 2017)
Ben Bracken ‘Highlands’ (40%, Clydesdale +/- 2017)
Ben Bracken ‘Islay’ (40%, Clydesdale +/- 2017)
Best whiskies of 2012
Happy New Year 2018
Happy New Year! My overview of favourite whiskies in 2018…
Best wishes / whiskies of 2015 – 2015 was excellent for WhiskyNotes
Best whiskies of 2016
Bimber 2016 ‘Virgin Cask’ (57,8%, OB 2020, single cask #7, 249 btl.)
Bimber 2016 ‘Ex-Bourbon Cask’ (58,3%, OB 2020, single cask #8, 267 btl.)
Bimber 2016 ‘Sherry Cask’ (58,3%, OB 2020, Pedro Ximénez ex-solera cask #42, 329 btl.)
Bimber – The First Release (54,2%, OB 2019, Pedro Ximénez casks #6, 19, 31, 37, 38, 1000 btl.)
Blended Scotch Whisky #1 50 yo (46,6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, Batch #5, 2000 btl.)
Blended Scotch Whisky 21 yo 1988 (48%, Scotch Whisky Experience 2009, 498 btl.) – 82/100
Burnt Ends (45%, Atom Brands 2020, 50 cl)
I received many e-mails from readers about buying whisky in the UK. What’s the process like and what additional costs can I expect? I’m sharing my experiences.
Clynelish 14 yo (46%, OB +/- 2020)
Compass Box Affinity (46%, OB 2019, whisky + Calvados, 6028 btl.)
Compass Box Juveniles (46%, Compass Box 2018, 14.894 btl.)
Cotswolds 2015 Odyssey Barley (46%, OB 2019, Batch 01/2019)
Cotswolds 3 yo (50,4%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2019, Batch #1, 1785 btl.)
Crabbie 8 yo (46%, OB +/- 2019)
Cutty Sark: The making of a whisky brand – book review
Dongwei 2017 (62,3%, OB 2024, first-fill bourbon barrel #19)
µDongwei 2017 (64,1%, OB 2024, STR barrel #22, coffee malt)
Dongwei 2017 (66,9%, OB 2024, Mongolian oak barrel #31)
Dongwei 2016 PM-1 (62,8%, OB 2024, first-fill bourbon barrel #15, peated malt)
Dongwei 2017 PM-3 (63,3%, OB 2024, first-fill rye barrel #28, peated malt)
Dongwei 2014 (63,9%, OB 2024, double-fill bourbon barrel #1)
Dongwei 2014 (64,9%, OB 2024, first-fill bourbon barrel / sherry barrel #2)
Duchy Royal Deeside (0,0%, OB 2010, still water)
Cley Single Malt (40%, OB +/- 2023)
Boomsma Single Malt 7 yo (40%, OB 2023, ex-bourbon casks, 2200 btl.)
Horstman Single Malt (45,9%, OB +/- 2023, blue label)
Eastmoor Single Malt (47%, OB 2023, Batch #9, 1048 btl.)
Cley Oloroso Cask (54%, OB +/- 2022, Batch #1)
Family-owned Distillery 15 yo (51,3%, The Whisky Exchange ‘Time series’, 271 btl.) – 87/100
Flaviar is a club for premium spirits lovers and enthusiasts who are looking to discover new drinks. When you get a subscription, you will receive a tasting pack each month, containing five 5cl samples and a leaflet with specific information about each drink.
In case you haven’t got a ticket yet for the upcoming Whisky Festival in Gent this weekend, just […]
Glenfiddich 30 yo (43%, OB 2018)
Golden Grain 50 yo (50%, Cooper’s Choice 2016, fresh bourbon cask #0042, 250 btl.) – 90/100
Golden Grain 51 yo 1964 (51%, Cooper’s Choice 2016, fresh bourbon cask #1307, 240 btl.) – 90/100
Golden Grain 51 yo 1964 (50,3%, Cooper’s Choice 2016, fresh bourbon cask #1301, 250 btl.) – 91/100
Grace Île 25 yo (48%, Character of Islay Whisky Co 2020)
Grant’s Stand Fast – 1912 blend remake
Green Isle (40%, Character of Islay Whisky Co 2020)
Happy 2012
Happy new year 2011
Most bloggers (like me) do one whisky at a time, but others (most notably Serge) totally rely on direct comparisons. I’m not saying one method is better than the other, but I’d like to share some thoughts.
Highland Park 17 yo ‘The Light’ (52,9%, OB 2018, 28.000 btl.)
Holiday season
Invergordon 44yo 1972 (49,0%, Maltbarn 2016, bourbon cask, 121 btl.) – 89/100
Jefferson’s Reserve (45,1%, OB 2010) – 80/100
La Maison du Whisky – update
Ledaig 25 yo 1995 (48,5%, The Whisky Agency 2020, hogshead, 282 btl.)
Lindores Whisky Fest 2010
Lot No. 40 (43%, 2012 Edition) – 75/100
Fine Single Lowlands Grain 52 yo 1964 (47,7%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, barrel) – 90/100
Macdonald’s Celebrated Ben Nevis (46%, OB +/- 2019)
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012 (ed. Ingvar Ronde)
A quick look at the most up-to-date and informative whisky yearbook by Ingvar Ronde
Five missing samples: Ben Wyvis, Glen Flagler, Inverleven, Kininvie, Kinclaith
Mo Òr is a whisky collection of single casks bottlings released by The Whisky Talker
Aerolyte Lindsay 10 Years // Glenrothes Halloween Edition // Glenlivet Spectra
Antique Lions of Spirits: Savannah series // Gordon & MacPhail redesign // The GlenAllachie // Speyburn 18 Years
Ardbeg 25 Year Old A 25 year-old Ardbeg single malt, a very promising idea, which makes us think […]
New: Ardbeg An Oa / Craigellachie Double Casked / Tullibardine 1970 / Ledaig 19yo Marsala
Whisky news: Ardbeg Blaaack // Mortlach 15 Years (Game of Thrones) // Redbreast 27 Years Ruby Port
Ardbeg Drum, GlenDronach Forgue and new releases from Aberfeldy and Old Pulteney
New and upcoming whisky: Ardbeg Hypernova + Ardbeg Fermutation / Glendronach 50 Year Old / Glenlivet Sample Room Collection 21 + 25 Years / Wemyss Smoky Shores
Ardbeg Scorch / Black Bowmore 1964 DB5 / Arran Harmony vol.3
New and upcoming whisky releases: Ardbeg single cask, Glenmorangie Malaga Cask, Craigellachie 1995, Kilchoman Cask Strength and more…
Whisky news this week from Ardbeg, Port Askaig, Brewdog and GlenDronach
New and upcoming releases: Ardbeg Traigh Bhan, Benromach Heritage, Highland Saltire and more
Whisky news from Ardbeg, Tamdhu, Aberfeldy, Douglas Laing and more…
Upcoming whisky releases this week from Arran, The Whisky Exchange, Bunnahabhain, Red Spot and Ailsa Bay
Arrrrrrrdbeg / The Whisky Exchange single casks / Glenlivet 12 Years Illicit Still / The Epicurean – Edinburgh edition
This week’s whisky news from SMWS, Balvenie and Fusion Whisky
A quick look at some new of the new whiskies launched this week…
New and upcoming whisky releases: BenRiach Smoke Season, Tamdhu Edinburgh airport, Kilchoman Fino Sherry and Compass Box Peat Monster Arcana
New: Bimber Re-charred Oak // Tomatin Decades II // Glen Scotia 45 Years
New and upcoming releases from Karuizawa, Brora, Glenmorangie and more
Caperdonich 25 Year Old & 30 Year Old // Blair Athol Distillery Exclusive // Powers Irish Whiskey rebranding
Chichibu 2011 (TWE exclusive) // Bowmore 1989 ‘Black Gold’ (Wemyss Malts) // Midleton Very Rare: Knockrath Forest
New whisky releases: Clynelish 16 Year Old (Four Corners of Scotland) / Equilibrium 10 Years (WhiskySponge) / Kilchoman 2007 single cask for The Whisky Exchange / Tamdhu 2003 single cask #7196
New whisky releases: Clynelish 20 Year Old, GlenDronach Boynsmill, Jura 21 Years and Bunnahabhain 1987 (Wemyss)
Clynelish Distillery Exclusive // Christmas Malt 2019 (The Whisky Exchange) // Gordon & MacPhail Christmas bottlings
Compass Box Magic Cask // Compass Box The Circle #2
Whisky scoops this week: Compass Box No Name // BenRiach Rarus // Crown Royal Bourbon Mash // Orphan Barrel Entrapment // Midleton Very Rare 2017
News and upcoming releases from Compass Box, The XL Blend and First Editions
New and upcoming releases from Compass Box, Big Peat, Glengoyne and Royal Lochnagar
Single Malts of Scotland ‘Reserve Casks’ // Cragganmore & Glenkinchie Anniversary bottlings // Balvenie Tun 1509
Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage Collection – Strathisla Gordon & MacPhail announced a Rare Vintage Collection from Strathisla […]
Whisky news from Gordon & MacPhail and Irish Distillers
Bunnahabhain ‘Eich Bhana Lìr’ 46 Year Old // Tobermory 42 Year Old 1973 // Scapa Glansa // Glen Grant 12yo and 18yo
GlenDronach 15 Years ‘Revival’ (2018) // Tamdhu 12 Years
GlenDronach single casks Batch #17, new TWE exclusives, Oban Old Teddy and more
New: GlenDronach Kingsman Edition / Springbank 14yo Bourbon Wood / Glenmorangie Spios
Whisky news: GlenDronach Kingsman Edition // GlenDronach Port Wood // Douglas Laing XOP Black
New: peated GlenDronach, Glengoyne Teapot Dram #7, XOP Black premium releases and a 1996 Grand Vintage from Glenmorangie
New and upcoming releases from Glenfarclas, Compass Box, GlenAllachie and Alistair Walker
Glenfiddich Fire & Cane // Compass Box The Spaniard
New: Glenfiddich Winter Storm / Bowmore Vintner’s Trilogy / The Kinship / Tomatin 1972 / Glen Scotia 25 Years
Glenlivet & Aberlour Cellar Collection / Scapa Single Cask Vintage Editions Chivas Brothers has released some of its […]
A quick look at some of the upcoming whisky releases…
The Glenrothes Wine Merchant’s Collection // BenRiach Peated Cask Strength
Looking at some upcoming whisky releases…
Looking at some upcoming releases from Dalmore, Highland Park, Knappogue Castle and more…
Glenrothes with age statements / Port Askaig 33 / Nectar Grove
New: Highland Park Triskelion // Bowmore Dragon Edition // Cù Bòcan
New: Highland Park Valkyrie // Highland Park Full Volume // Benromach 1976 cask 2393
Whisky news from Johnnie Walker, Big Peat, Kyrö, Bunnahabhain and more
Karuizawa Emerald Geishas for TWE & Karuizawa 1964 for WealthSolutions
Talisker 26 yo 1990 ‘Casks of Distinction’ for Boyao Zhao // Karuizawa Golden Geisha // Balvenie DCS Compendium – Chapter 3
Looking at upcoming releases from Kilchoman, Hazelburn, Glen Scotia and Claxton’s
Looking at some of the upcoming releases from Compass Box, Kilchoman, Old Pulteney and Douglas Laing
News: Kilkerran 12yo // Tobermory 18yo // Tobermory 20yo
New and upcoming whisky from The Whisky Exchange, Bruichladdich, Hunter Laing and Deanston
Lagavulin 10 Year Old Lagavulin 10 Years is a new travel retail exclusive from Lagavulin distillery. It is composed […]
New: Lagavulin 22 Years Jazz Festival / Kilkerran 16 Years / Benromach 21 Years / Glenturret
Coming up: Lagavulin 8 Year Old, Compass Box The Circus, Glenrothes 1976 single cask, Macallan 65 Years in Lalique…
New and upcoming whisky: Laphroaig 10 Sherry Oak / Whisky Show 2020 bottlings / Kilchoman Genesis
New and upcoming releases from Laphroaig, The Macallan and Daftmill
Laphroaig 28 Years The new release in the series of limited editions from Laphroaig (check my review of […]
New and upcoming releases from Laphroaig, Glendalough and Tamdhu
Longmorn 16 Year Old // Longmorn 23 Year Old // Macallan Double Cask // Macallan Edition N°2 // The Whisky Exchange releases
News: Longrow Red Malbec 10 Years / Macallan Distil Your World: London / Glenfiddich Gran Cortes XXII / Glenfarclas 60 Years
Upcoming whisky releases: Macallan Edition n°5, Ardbeg 25 Years (SMOS) and Glenrothes 40 Years
A look at this week’s whisky news from Macallan, Jura, BenRiach, Kilchoman and Bowmore.
Looking at some new and upcoming whisky releases…
Mortlach whisky / Compass Box Delilah XXV / Octomore Dialogos
Bruichladdich Octomore 08 Masterclass / Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1973 / Glen Grant 15 Batch Strength / Wemyss Family Collection
New: Octomore OBA Concept // Method and Madness (Midleton) // 4 new Maltbarn bottlings
Upcoming releases from Bruichladdich, Redbreast and Compass Box…
Whisky news: Redbreast single cask and bottlings from Teeling, BenRiach and Glenglassaugh
Redbreast Dream Cask Tonight, May 20th at 7PM Dublin time, Redbreast will host a Facebook Live Tasting from the […]
Whisky news from Redreast, Deanston and Tobermory
Royal Brackla 12 / 18 / 21 Years, Dalmore travel retail and GlenAllachie single casks
Whisky news from Glenmorangie, Douglas Laing, Jura, Bladnoch and more…
Looking at some of the most interesting whisky releases this week…
New and upcoming whisky releases from Springbank, Rosebank, GlenAllachie and The Singleton.
Jameson 18 Bow Street / Talisker 40 Years / Teeling Revival V
Talisker 41 Years ‘Bodega Series No.2’ // Glenkinchie Tattoo / Glen Scotia 1999 for Whiskybase
Teeling Brabazon Bottling // Scallywag 13 Year Old Sherry // Shackleton Blended Malt
Tomatin 44 Year Old 1971 // Black Bull 40 Year Old
New whisky releases from Tomatin, Fettercairn, Claxton’s and more
Whisky news: Tomatin Five Virtues – Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal & Water
TWB Originals, The Glenmorangie Cadboll Estate and a 33 year-old Big Peat
New whisky releases: Velvet Fig 25 Year Old // Inchmurrin 2010 + Whistlepig 10 Years for TWE // Wolfburn Batch 155
New: Waterford 1st Cuvée: Pilgrimage // Strathearn single malt // Glengoyne Duncan’s Dram 17 Years
Whisky news from The Whisky Agency, Game of Thrones, Compass Box and more
Upcoming releases: Wolfburn Kylver ‘Raido’, Benromach 50 Year Old and more
Whisky news: Compass Box Rivals // Benromach 1973 cask #4606 // Old Pulteney 35 Year Old
Whisky news: Compass Box Spice Tree Extravaganza // Highland Park Fire Edition // Glen Moray Elgin Heritage Collection
Glen Scotia and Loch Lomond travel retail expressions // Glenfiddich Project XX & IPA Cask finish
Wolfburn Aurora / Wolfburn Northland / Highland Park Hobbister
News: Karuizawa 36 views of Mount Fuji / Highland Park / Macallan 40 Years / Timorous Beastie 40 Years / Bruichladdich Octomore 10yo / Bowmore 10 Year Old
News: Laphroaig 30 Year Old Cask Strength – Bowmore Vault Edition – Dalmore 35 Year Old
Norlan whisky glass: review and comparison
Paul John 6 yo (52,9%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2016, Batch #3, 822 btl.)
Pierre Marcolini – Rare whiskies and rums (box of chocolates)
Redistilled Talisker 10 yo (45,8%, Master of Malt 2012, experiment)
Redistilled Glenfarclas Movember 2011 (53%, Master of Malt 2012, experiment)
Redistilled Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or (46%, Master of Malt 2012, experiment)
Säntis 10 yo (51,4%, That Boutique-y Whisky Co 2019, Batch #1, 916 btl.)
Scotch Whisky Aroma Nosing Kit – review
Seaweed & Aeons & Digging & Fire 10 yo (40%, Atom Brands 2022)
Shene Elixir of Life (49%, OB 2021, Apera + Pedro Ximénez finish)
Shene Mackey Enigma (49%, OB 2021, Apera + Oloroso & PX finish)
What is a sherry cask? Nowadays mostly a fairly new cask that tailor-made for the whisky industry. It is seasoned with very young sherry that is quite different from the sherry that is bottled. The production of sherry casks and the production of sherry are less related industries than you would think…
Speyside Region Malt 41 yo 1975 (47,4%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, Fino sherry butt) – 92/100
Springbank 20 yo 1997 (54,6%, Signatory Vintage for TastToe 2017, Oloroso butt finish, cask #1, 251 btl.)
Starward 4 yo 2016 (58,9%, OB for Germany + Belgium 2021, Barossa Valley red wine barrel #6850, 396 btl.)
Starward 5 yo 2016 (52,4%, OB for La Maison du Whisky 2021, first fill Apera cask #1870, 240 btl.)
Tasting Collection – whisky subscription + Giveaway!
Ten days of accessible anti-crisis whisky (50 euros or less)
A series of Japanese whisky reviews. There’s a Hakushu and Yamazaki bottled for Whisky-Live Japan, a Karuizawa 1991, several Nikka bottlings, the highly praised Yamazaki 18yo, a Mizunara wood finish etc.
Tennessee whisky (51,5%, Eiling Lim 2016, not so many bottles) – 86/100
Fine Tennessee whiskey 5 yo 2011 (51,4%, Whisky-Fässle 2016, barrel) – 86/100
Tennessee bourbon 13 yo 2003 (52,6%, The Whisky Agency ‘Art Nouveau Ladies’ 2017, barrel) – 88/100
The best whisky glass – an unscientific round-up
‘The Ileach’ peated Islay malt (40%, OB 2015) – 81/100
The Kurayoshi Pure Malt ‘Sherry Cask’ (43%, OB +/- 2018)
The Spirit of Unity is a special blend released to support Japan. Seven Scotch whisky distilleries are donating a cask of its single malt that will be expertly blended to create a limited edition whisky.
Happy 2014 – Best whiskies of 2013
The whisky year 2014
Unblended Highland Single Malt 35 yo 1985 (46,1%, WhiskySponge 2020, refill hogshead, 232 btl.)
Waterford Single Farm Origin 2016 – Bannow Island – Edition 1.1 (50%, OB 2020, 8616 btl.)
Waterford Luna 1.1 Biodynamic (50%, OB 2021, 21.000 btl.)
Waterford Micro Cuvée – Der Wanderer 3 yo (50%, OB 2022, 1200 btl.)
Waterford Organic Gaia 1.1 (50%, OB ‘The Arcadian Series’ 2020, 18000 btl.)
Waterford 4 yo 2016 ‘Ballymorgan 1.2’ (50%, OB ‘Single Farm Origins’ 2020, 30000 btl.)
Waterford 4 yo 2016 ‘Bannow Island 1.2’ (50%, OB ‘Single Farm Origins’ 2020, 9000 btl.)
Waterford 4 yo 2016 ‘Ballykilcavan 1.2’ (50%, OB ‘Single Farm Origins’ 2020, 9000 btl.)
Waterford 4 yo 2016 ‘Sheestown 1.2’ (50%, OB ‘Single Farm Origins’ 2020, 30000 btl.)
Whisky Advent Calendar 2016 (Master of Malt)
Whisky bar: Oishii Hasselt (Belgium)
Best Whisky Blogger of the Year 2015 – International Whisky Competition
Whisky Blogger of the Year 2015 – International Whisky Competition
The Times They Are a-Changin’. Part of the whisky community seems ready for palliative care.
Whisky Round Table – December 2010
Head over to Whisky4everyone (by Matt & Karen) for this month’s Whisky Round Table. The twelve of us […]
Whisky Round Table – April 2011
I’m hosting the September edition of the Whisky Round Table. Here’s what I asked my fellow Knights:
If you could reopen a mothballed or demolished distillery, which one would it be and why?
Whisky sale: selling around 80 bottles from my collection
Why whisky lovers should try sherry (again)
Willowbank 17 yo (53,8%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company 2017, 50 cl, 307 btl.)
Win free tickets for the Whisky Festival Gent (6-7 February 2010) or a sample of this year’s festival bottling (a peated Connemara)