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Review 233. Thompson Brothers Secret Speyside 2011-2023
'Mystery' releases: good fun & interesting or mere clever marketing? Thompson Brothers were (are) the talk of the town when releasing...
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May 28, 20254 min read


Review 233. Dràm Mòr Spring 2025 release part II: Mannochmore, Glen Garioch and Staoisha
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...
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May 22, 20255 min read


Review 231. Dràm Mòr Spring 2025 release (part 1)
Last week I explained why I love whisky festivals so much. While now first and foremost a social gathering for me, providing the...
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May 15, 20256 min read


Review 230. A 28 year old blended malt combining the best (?) of Islay, Orkney and Speyside
I love whisky festivals. They are a great place to meet up with old and new friends and likeminded folk. It’s an ideal location and...
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May 8, 20255 min read


Review 229. Ardnamurchan 10 year old.
Where (if?) last week I was making a case for one of the lesser known 21st century distilleries that is, in my opinion, coming along...
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Apr 30, 20255 min read


Review 228. Clydeside: Glasgow's 'other' whisky pearl...
While it’s too soon to actually declare the (Scotch) whisky industry in crisis, there’s no denying quite a few warning lights have...
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Apr 24, 20255 min read


Review 227. Broadening the whisky horizon, part 4: a German single malt.
It should come as little to no surprise to learn that there are two countries in Europe which vastly outnumber any other in terms of...
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Apr 10, 20253 min read


Review 226. Broadening the horizon part3: off the wall Swedish whisky
If you were to ask me roughly 5 years ago which country might be the one to look out for when talking about whisky from outside of...
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Apr 3, 20254 min read


Review 225. Broadening the horizon, part 2: maze running through the Japanese whisky labyrinth
If there is one place that can arguably set its foot next to Scotland when it comes to whisky, in terms of approach, philosophy,...
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Mar 27, 20257 min read


Review 224. Broadening the horizon, part 1: Macaloney’s Killeigh, a cheeky Canadian?
As I keep on rummaging through my sample box(es), it struck me how quite a few of them are actually non-scotch whisky. And seeing how in...
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Mar 20, 20255 min read


Review 223. Kilkerran triple distilled: a micro look at batch variation
I think we’ve all been there: we pick up a bottle, open it, pour it, enjoy it, and make a mental note to purchase another bottle...
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Mar 13, 20257 min read


Review 222. Lord of the Isles, part 2: Arran vs Orkney
(Why 'The Islands' make for a lousy scotch whisky region) Whereas last week, I took a look at 2 distilleries from the Hebdrides, this...
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Mar 6, 20255 min read


Review 221. Lord of the Isles, part 1: Mull vs Raasay
A miniseries where I put 2 Island whiskies head to head, just because I can. This week, It’ll be a battle between 2 distilleries from the...
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Feb 27, 20255 min read


Review 220: 2 under the radar distilleries
Where last week I put the focus of my attention towards my most hoarded distillery , it’s safe to say there are still quite a few...
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Feb 20, 20254 min read


Review 219. My most ‘hoarded’ distillery…
Just last week Roy tackled the topic of whisky collections on his Aqvavitae channel . It seems that, apart from an industry heading...
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Feb 13, 20255 min read


Review 218: older equals better (?)
On the back of last week’s post where I argued how in recent years young whiskies have influenced and changed the way I understand and...
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Feb 6, 20258 min read


Review 217: is young whisky changing my palate?
When I started getting into whisky during my college years over 2 decades ago, I was all about the peatmonsters from Islay. My very...
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Jan 30, 20259 min read


Review 216. Whatever happened to the Irish Whiskey Revival? (an outsider’s perspective)
I think everyone is up to speed on the sad news that came from Waterford late last year. Even if you consider the fact that Waterford...
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Jan 23, 202511 min read


Review 215: Pulteney 9 yo, bottled for The Good Spirits Company, 55% ABV, 2023 release
Let’s talk store picks… …because it’s quite common to see this sort of thing in the US of A, but somewhat less so over here in Europe. In...
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Jan 16, 20256 min read


2025: a year in samples
Blowing off the dust from the keyboard and back in the whisky saddle. New year, new me and all that crap, but as for this wee whiskyblog...
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Jan 9, 20254 min read
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