Review of two cognacs from Delamain, bottled by Malternative Belgium: Lot 62 Petite Champagne and a TV RES Grande Champagne ...
Review of the 12 Year Old, a single malt Scotch whisky that is part of the 2025 Special Releases (Diageo). Cask strength ...
Review of the Springbank 20 Year Old, bottled from a single Oloroso sherry cask by Best Dram. This single malt whisky is part ...
The first bottle is The Golden Union, a combination of London’s stocks with spirit from Adnams Distillery (supposedly 13 ...
We already mentioned The Roots had bottled two Cooley 2001 casks a while ago. Here they are. Always nice to be try two immediate sisters casks head-to-head. Cooley 23 yo 2001 (50,8%, The Roots for The ...
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 ...
Hibiki is a whisky that I haven’t tried in a very long time. It means a lot to me though. I would even dare say it was crucial in my whisky discovery, among the three whiskies that sparked my interest ...
Nose: such warm, velvety coal smoke with sweet vanilla and toffee but also fresher, more medicinal and coastal notes. Lacquered meat on the barbecue. Hints of ginger lemonade with a slice of orange ...
I’ve reviewed four Springbank whiskies from Decadent Drinks in the past couple of years. Always high quality (90+ points) although the price often tempered my enthusiasm a little. After the 1996 ...
Nose: bright orchard fruits, like (cider) apples, stewed pears and yellow plums. Underneath there is a slightly dusty barley note, old books and a forgotton bowl of potpourri. Then honeyed notes, ...
Nose: garden fruits (apples, stewed pears) with a good dose of sherry influence in the form of toffee, walnuts, milk chocolate and spices like ginger and cinnamon. Also a peppery / oaky kick. Mouth: ...
A couple of months ago I picked up the plans of Glenfarclas to bottle a 40 year-old at a price level well below the market standard. Glenfarclas has a huge stock of old casks, some of which are ...