Review of Kiyokawa 'The Cask', the first single malt whisky from Kiyokawa distillery in Japan. It matured in a Pedro Ximénez ...

Ben Nevis 28 yo 1996 (49%, The Taste of Whisky ‘Future Legends’ 2025, hogshead #758, 126 btl.) Ben Nevis 26 yo 1997 (55,1%, The Taste of Whisky ‘Future Legends’ 2025, first fill PX hogshead #2316302, ...

Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...

I already mentioned the Arran Sherry Cask while reviewing its bourbon counterpart called Arran Barrel Reserve. It is part of duo that has no age statement and no fancy finish either – it is meant to ...

A single grain whisky in the Special Releases is not a new thing (a nice Cambus 40 Year Old springs to mind), but it is special coming from the malt distillery that is Teaninich. It marries ...

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

Watashi Whisky is a Taiwanese bottler with interesting series like Things We Dared Not Do or Seven Catly Sins. Ha! I also noticed one bottling of Glenturret matured in a sherry cask from Fernando de ...

The Whisky Exchange starts the year with a couple of exclusives. One of them is this Glenburgie 1996, selected from the stocks at Gordon & MacPhail. Over the past few years, casks 5803-5809 already ...

One of the new exclusive bottlings from The Whisky Exchange is this 10 year old Glen Scotia finished in Tawny Port casks. It is bottled by the Thompson Bros. The label is inspired by a 1930s Champagne ...

We’re moving Down Under today. The Asian whisky scene is much closer to Australia of course, so it’s not surprising they’re looking at Sullivan’s Cove or Hellyer’s Road for single cask releases. These ...

Sipper’s Rum is the ‘ongoing’ rum release from The Whisky Jury. This blended rum contains rums up to 20 years old, from 3 parts of the world. The label mentions Jamaica, Asia and Latin America, but ...

Nose: rather more impressive than the GlenAllachie 18 Years. Very fresh, with a bright fruitiness (banana, nectarine and mango) with marzipan and vanilla cake. Light mineral notes, grass and a peppery ...