MALTYMISSION

52.8 % ABV, Natural colour, UCF, matured in 1st fill Bourbon and Virgin Oak casks, 2021 release, app. €50-€55 The revenge of the eternal...

Engage in conversation with pretty much any whisky enthusiast about all things whisky, and chances are not before long quite a few ‘hot...

43% ABV, natural colour, UCF (according to whiskybase), 2016 release from ex bourbon and sherry casks, app. €70-€75 I’m ending this theme...

46% ABV, American Oak, possibly coloured, UCF, 2020 release Why not digress a bit from the beaten scotch whisky path and expand the...

46% ABV, natural colour, UCF, app. €45-55 / £40 - 50 “The times they are a changing”. Bawb knew it decades ago already. You see, when I...

46.3% ABV, natural colour, UCF, 2020 release, MSRP around £32 - 35 - €40 - €45 In my ongoing investigation into the realm of overlooked,...

Last year I did a series called ‘unsung heroes or downright zeroes’ (shortly before switching website providers, so if you fancy...

Glenglassaugh 6 yo, Ben Nevis 8 yo, Inchfad 15 yo. Last Week, I promised you more (mòr?) about the summer releases from Dràm Mòr. So...

Summer break done and dusted, time to get back to business. And by business, I of course mean whisky. I’ll let you in on a ‘little...

(If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!) This series started off with ‘Berg’, a whisky from the High Coast distillery in...

Glina 10 year German single malt whisky - 56.8% ABV, matured for 4 year in ex- Bordeaux casks, 4 years in ex Port casks, and 2 years in...

Northmaen Cuvée 1110, batch 1/2021, NAS, 48% ABV, natural colour, UCF If there is one country in Europe where they know a thing or two...

Episode 1: High Coast Berg, 50% ABV, UCF, natural colour, Bourbon & Pedro Ximenez Casks If you ‘re a regular visitor here (thank you; by...

56.5% ABV. 14th Edition. Distilled in 1978, bottled in 2014. 2964 bottles For the fourth and final episode in this series, I figured...

2018 release. 62.4% ABV, 1st fill bourbon, wine and sherry casks, natural colour, UCF. 9000 bottles Ok, let’s get straight down to it....

2020 release, 47.8% ABV, NC, UCF, original retail price around £100, now ‘slightly’ more on secondary. After last week’s endeavour with...

Or is the hunt better than the catch? “Unicorn whisky”. Most of us will immediately know what is meant by this: very hard to find,...

Triple Distilled, NAS, UCF, Natural Colour, 57.2% ABV Single Cask Bottled for The Whisky Mercenary in September 2021 The final whiskey in...

Namibian whiskey, 46% ABV, no information regarding colouring or chill filtration. Namibian whiskey: apparently, it’s a thing. As such,...

Oddball whiskies, part 1: Corsair Oat Rage (single pot still whisky, 50% ABV, natural colour, UCF) Just before you start worrying I’m...