WhiskyNotes

The Glendronach House Editions is a series of whiskies exclusive to travel retail.

Recently I got in touch with Raf Rombouts who recently started importing the Swedish Smögen whisky to Belgium.

Bàgh Garbh, Toiteach A Dhà, Abhainn Araig, Eirigh Na Grein...

A couple of days ago I celebrated my birthday with a special dram...

In this session we'll have two Trinidad rums exclusive to The Whisky Exchange.

Holyrood Smoulder is the latest limited edition from Holyrood distillery.

Normally when we're having whisky from the same distillery, we'll focus on a certain age or style.

Before I got into whisky I was more interested in (making) cocktails, so I had about 100 different spirits in my shed.

Here's the August outturn from Decadent Drinks.

Here's Trinidad Distillers again, from two vintages that brought us some wonderful bottlings before.

Earlier this year The Whisky Agency teamed up with Sansibar to bottle this Secret Orkney 2000.

We'll have a short stroll among some of the recent Japanese distilleries, all selected by Lucky Choice and friends in Asia.

I'm surprised Loch Lomond is distillery number 135 in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society list.

Today our focus is on the latest releases from Mark and Kate at Watt Whisky, bottled late 2025 and early 2026.

Early this month The Whisky Exchange presented a new set of exclusive bottlings.

This official Talisker release was selected by the Thompson Brothers for Dornoch Castle.

Sometimes people send me a surprise package with a couple of samples they want me to try.

Auldecole Spirits is an independent bottler from Hungary.

No shortage of Burnside these days, the blended malt built around Balvenie.

Mister Sam Tribute Whiskey is composed by Drew Mayville, the Master Blender of Sazerac.

Not so long ago we tried an excellent Kornog 2018 bottled for the Wu Dram Clan.

Three Armagnac houses that we haven't tried before.

Certain whisky is so reliable that you can almost write the tasting notes beforehand.

The Quest Collection formed The Macallan's global travel retail range since 2018, until it was replaced by the Colour and Harmony collections.

The Glendronach 12 Year Old used to come in dumpy green bottles until the late 1970s.

Even though we're fully in summertime, there haven't been many rum session lately.

The Bruges Whisky Company (or Brugse Whisky Company) is the producer behind the Ryggia Belgian Single Malt.

We had a really nice Prunier 1989 from Pieter and Ysatis a few months ago, and now we're having one of their recent official bottlings.

Here's a slightly belated review.

Every year on November 23, Het Anker distillery launches a Gouden Carolus Anniversary Edition, honouring their first whisky release.

If you visited the Limburg Whisky Festival this year, then you probably know this particular bottle.

Edradour is still one of those distilleries that I can't really put my finger on.

Domaine de la Pèze is located in the Aveyron (France).

The Wealth Spirit is the independent bottling business started by Eric Dang.

Another oldie, if you don't mind.

Two of my favourite distilleries: Ben Nevis and Clynelish.

In my opinion Bowmore has a good track record of distillery bottlings, especially if you like the combination of sherry and peat.

In the past few months Fruitful Spirits released a series of new casks in their series called Exceptional Cask Selection.

In August I will head for México, cabrones!

Piacere Rinato is the Belgian spirits shop of former lawyer Niels Volckaert.

This is an assorted selection of recent Decadent Drinks releases.

Not so long ago a parcel of Cask of Distinction samples were dropped off at my door.

Impossible to keep up with the 100 Proof series from Signatory Vintage, especially these undisclosed (M) single malts.

Gordon & MacPhail unveiled an ultra-rare 39-year-old single malt as part of its Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Range.This release honours George Urquhart, 'the father of single malt' by reimaging the iconic black label that adorned his Connoisseurs Choice r…

A good friend got me these samples of Kwun Cheung, a Chinese single malt whisky.

Two cognac releases that just arrived on my desk...The numbered Ancestral series from François Voyer holds some of the best cognac I've had.

Here are two of the latest releases from The Duchess in The Netherlands.

The packaging of this Tomintoul 8 Year Old screams 1970s and disco glitter to me.

A new package with samples from the Thompson Brothers arrived.

Under the microscope here is a Kavalan Solist, this time from a Fino sherry cask.