The first bottle is The Golden Union, a combination of London’s stocks with spirit from Adnams Distillery (supposedly 13 ...

Review of BUS Single Malt, a whisky produced at De Heische Hoeve in The Netherlands. A very lightweight, young and rough ...

Review of Glenfarclas 2004, GlenAllachie 2011 and Ardbeg 2009 (Rivesaltes cask) - three single malt whiskies bottled for ...

Secret Clynelish 2010, Inchgower 2012, Secret Glen Scotia 2016, Caol Ila 2014 and Caol Ila 2015. All Scotch malts.

Springbank 12 Year Old is the annual Cask Strength version. This 2024 release was a mix of 60% bourbon casks, 35% sherry and 5% rum casks. I really liked the 2021 100% bourbon release, let’s see how ...

Review of the Bruichladdich 17 Year Old, a single malt Scoth whisky bottled in the 1990s. The distillery went through a ...

This is another one of the samples that somehow reached me from China. It was bottled by a couple of Chinese guys who wanted my opinion. Nose: really punchy, with a lot of orange liqueur and this hard ...

Nose: like the initial 15yo. More nutty notes (almonds, hazelnut paste), more beef stock and mushrooms, more sulphury edges as well. Some apple peelings and raisins. Muddy notes. The sherry sweetness ...

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 ...

While virtually every independent bottler is releasing cognac and rum these days, Calvados is still taking up a small share. Perhaps because its obvious fruity character makes it quite different from ...

At the last minute of 2024, we’re doing a rapid fire session – for the first time with rum. Concises tasting notes and a score, that’s it. There are 12 rums on the table, so be sure to start reading ...