Belgian importer Young Charly recently secured a single cask from Glasgow distillery. The peated spirit was distilled in 2018 ...

They’ve recently launched Delia’s Christmas Series 2024, a set of five bottlings from The Whisky Agency, exclusive to the ...

Review: Caol Ila 11 year old 'Ambrosial Feast', part of the 2024 Special Releases from Diageo. Scotch single malt matured in ...

Nose: bright and reasonably fruity. Lemon peels, sunflower oil and green bananas at first. It gets increasingly syrupy and rich, on tinned peaches and grapes. Then hints of marshmallow and vanilla ...

Nose: sweet and fruity, full of luscious apricots, quinces, oranges and lime. Both fresh and preserved fruits. Honey on top, with vanilla and hints of flowers. Also nice whiffs of old leather and ...

Review of the Macduff 2006, a 17 year old single malt whisky bottled by Belgian bottler Asta Morris. An independent bottling ...

Nose: clean and very ashy, with plenty of phenols, a little menthol and a good deal of coastal notes. Vertical and pure, not as boldly peated as expected. Then bread crust and just a hint of round ...

Cream sherry casks are still not very common for whisky maturation (except for the Canasta casks that seem to be used by lots of distillers these days). I find that strange for different reasons.

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 ...