Belgian importer Young Charly recently secured a single cask from Glasgow distillery. The peated spirit was distilled in 2018 ...

Nose: bright and reasonably fruity. Lemon peels, sunflower oil and green bananas at first. It gets increasingly syrupy and rich, on tinned peaches and grapes. Then hints of marshmallow and vanilla ...

Delia’s Whiskyshop is one of the shops that quickly became popular. I’m sure this is partly due to the fact that they ship abroad – a rare thing for German shops. At least that’s why I got to know the ...

Review: Caol Ila 11 year old 'Ambrosial Feast', part of the 2024 Special Releases from Diageo. Scotch single malt matured in ...

Nose: sweet and fruity, full of luscious apricots, quinces, oranges and lime. Both fresh and preserved fruits. Honey on top, with vanilla and hints of flowers. Also nice whiffs of old leather and ...

Review of the Macduff 2006, a 17 year old single malt whisky bottled by Belgian bottler Asta Morris. An independent bottling ...

Review of The Singleton of Glen Ord 14 Year Old, a single malt Scotch whisky in the Special Releases series from Diageo. Cask ...

Nose: nice and juicy fruits, like fragrant peaches and nectarines, pears, oranges and pineapple cubes. The mix of sweetness and tartness is spot on, and is enhanced by a velvety layer of waxy notes.

Cream sherry casks are still not very common for whisky maturation (except for the Canasta casks that seem to be used by lots of distillers these days). I find that strange for different reasons.