Sometimes you open a bottle, and the aroma’s drifting from the bottle instantly beckon you to pour yourself an extra large dram. This Glenfarclas 1997 from the Family Casks series (summer batch 2024) is definitely one of those bottles. When […]
Sometimes it’s a lot of fun to blog about hard to find, rare malts. But for people visiting a blog, reading a review about an impossible to get, or unaffordable, bottle… is hardly any fun at all. That’s why I’m
Sometimes you open a bottle, and as soon as the aroma’s hit your nose… you know you need to get yourself a bottle. That was very much the case with this Bottle Dreams Arran 1997. Distilled at the Lochranza Ditstillery
Highland Park Distillery is one of the giants in the whisky industry and made the island of Orkney famous for it’s whisky, allthough Scapa is also worth a try from the seal island. Today I’m going to review Highland Park
Many of you may already know that I have a special bond with Laphroaig. When I first got into whisky my mom approached me to teach her a bit more about it, so I put together a little tasting with
Back in 2021 when this bottle was first released it was basically “unobtainium”. We were at the height of the whisky hype and these were snatched up even before they hit the shelves. My new employer (whiskysite.nl) kept a few
The GlenDronach Ode to the Dark has been out in the wild since December 2025, and ever since its release it has hovered on my radar like a faint, intriguing whisper. I finally sat down with a glass recently—ironically just
Today I will be reviewing the Fragrant Drops Blair Athol 2009, bottled for Whisky in Leiden 2025! This Blair Athol, fully matured in a Red Wine Barrique, has a very special meaning for me. The Whisky in Leiden event was
Eureka! I think that’s what many an Ardbeg fan must have exclaimed when this bottle was first announced. And that’s not just because of the name on the bottle. It has everything to do with the price. Ardbeg’s committee releases
When you know that it was Keiichi Toita’s dream to create an Islay style whisky, made in Japan… You’ll know he must have been happy with this dram! The Akkeshi Claude x Salud Friendship Cask is a single cask bottling
