Review of Blair Athol 1986, a 38 year old single malt whisky bottled by One8Nine in the Eternal Cycle series. Matured in a ...

There’s a new batch from The Whisky Agency called Wave farewell to 2025. Today we’ll look at the non-peated single malts. All ...

Review of Big Peat Sinterklaas Edition, an Islay blended malt whisky from Douglas Laing. It is a limited edition for The ...

This is a limited edition of the well-known Glenfarclas 105. The back label explains that George S Grant used to bottled a cask strength whisky as a Christmas gift for staff and friends in the 1960s, ...

Diageo’s 2025 Special Releases have arrived. The aura of this series isn’t what it used to be: prices are really high and at the same time retailers are complaining they are still trying to sell ...

Like last year there are eight Special Releases in the final line-up. It surprises me that there are no vintage statements on the labels this year. Maybe they’re added later, or weren’t really an ...

Nose: a very rounded profile on honeyed cereals, vanilla and the expected candle wax. Then oranges, bananas, charred pineapple and lemon candy appear, alongside a slightly dusty hint of wood and mild ...

Some time ago a friend poured this Kavalan Solist at a tasting. It is a single Oloroso sherry cask, bottled a few years ago and only available in Europe. In general these Solists are safe bets in my ...

Whisky Live Germany is taking place in Hamburg this weekend, more info here. For this occasion Kirsch Import is releasing a new Awakening series. It spans different brands that Kirsch is representing, ...