Balblair 17 Years, Pulteney 23 Years, Glen Toon 8 Years, Caol Ila 15 Years and Ardnamurchan 10 Years, bottled by Decadent ...

Review of the T.D.L. 2003, a 22 year old rum bottled by 35Whisky (Lucky Choice) for Chinlam in China. A lovely rum from ...

Review of the Millstone 2018 Pajarete Cask, a single malt whisky from Zuidam distillery matured in a Paxarete cask from ...

In this article I go over 526 reviews from 2025 and list some of the highlights. What were the whiskies, cognacs, rums and ...

Nose: ripe plums and damsons with chocolate brownie, hazelnuts and sweet praline. Also wood spice like clove and cardamom. Maybe not a sherry bomb, but definitely sherried. Then sultanas and wine ...

Farm distillery Daftmill is steadily bringing out more summer / winter releases, coinciding with the farms quiet seasons. It’s made with Concerto barley grown and harvested on their estate, and ...

Glen Ord already appeared in the Special Releases in 2020, as an 18 year old from freshly charred hogsheads. The Singleton of Glen Ord 17 yo ‘Into the Blue’ (56,2%, OB Special Releases 2025, second ...

Spheric Spirits is a young indie bottler from Germany, started by Benedict and Claudio. They have a slightly edgy / flashy branding (check the website) – I like the vibrant colours on the labels but ...

At the last minute of 2024, we’re doing a rapid fire session – for the first time with rum. Concises tasting notes and a score, that’s it. There are 12 rums on the table, so be sure to start reading ...

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 ...

The latest release from WhiskySponge is a Jura 1991, part of a Patersponge Collection (the other one being a Dalmore from the same vintage). Both were selected from the Signatory Vintage stocks. It ...