MALTYMISSION

Two household names releasing ‘under our radar’ whiskies. (Aka a bang for buck release from Cadenhead’s and a Ralfy botling by Signatory…) I only recently did a post about independent bottlers  when I was covering Scandinavian whiskies, and already I’m back on this topic? Yep, because we can’t highlight their importance and significance enough, in my opinion.  Just  imagine, for a second, the whisky realm if we were to take away the whole concept of independent bottlers. We w

White Peak Distillery: if you know, you know…(And more and more people know) When the peak of the whisky boom was at its height 3 or 4 years ago, it was impossible to keep track of all the exciting new things happening in whisky wonder land. The new kids in town were, well, the talk of the town and it was almost as if established distilleries were getting benched because everyone was keen to see the new players on the pitch. Everyone, yours truly included ,  was busy talking

Springbank 12 yo cask strength 2024 release I think I’ve been quite clear about how I hold Springbank in very high regard throughout my...

From the usual suspects to the dark horses… The OSWA’s are here! The Online Scotch Whisky Awards are returning for the 5th year running...

To conclude the series on Scandinavian whisky, I’m taking the opportunity to not just declare my love for indie bottlers, but also...

A follow-up on Aqvavitae’s recent ‘5 positive things to say about Diageo’ vPub. FTR: long read ahead… It was an interesting and fun vPub,...

This week continues to ‘explore’ a bit what’s happening in the Scandinavian whisky scene at the moment. And there’s no denying that, post...

Around  this time last year it was announced that Mackmyra filed for bankruptcy. Although many of us who take an interest into what...

So last week I talked about the Longrow 18. You can obviously easily find it so I won’t really dwell on it here, but  what was...

What is it that makes us gravitate towards certain whiskies/distilleries more than to others? And by ‘we’, I mean those of us who can...

After a much welcomed summer break,  I find myself once again going through my sample boxes, trying to find something of interest. While...

If there’s one thing I want to stay well clear off, it’s falling into the  Dunning-Kruger trap. As much as I’m an opiniated bugger, I...

Part 2 of this series on Japanese classics covers a grain whisky. As a category, grain whisky is often overlooked, and by and large,...

Ok first things first: last week’s sample of the Balblair  wasn’t gifted to me by my dear Italian friend Yuri, it came from another...

Falling in and out of love with distilleries   It’s quite peculiar and sometimes downright weird the way we connect with certain...

In case you never noticed: the rules regulating what can be seen as ‘Scotch whisky’ are pretty tight. The SWA (Scotch Whisky...

So last week I suggested that sometimes a smoky Islay whisky can be just the thing  when summer starts of a bit ‘rocky’, but seeing how...

(Peat Perfectly Suited to savour in Summer) With all the splendid weather we’ve experienced here over the past few weeks (it was actually...

'Mystery' releases: good fun & interesting or mere clever marketing? Thompson Brothers  were (are) the talk of the town when releasing...

Seeing how last week I already introduced this 2 part review of Dràm Mòr’s most recent release, I’ll try and keep the introduction to a...