WhiskyNotes

Elixir Distillers acquired Tormore distillery in 2022, while building a new Portintruan distillery on Islay and not long after The Whisky Exchange was sold to Pernod.

We're still in the aftermath of the heatwave, so one whisky at a time is the most we can handle right now.

The Antelope is one of the leading retailers in Macau, especially for the type of whisky we're most interested in.

Malternative Belgium just released two cognacs from Laurichesse, a house they more or less discovered back in 2022.

The WhiskyNerds have been quiet in the past couple of years.

Behold the oldest whisky ever bottled from Glen Garioch distillery.

Halcyon Spirits has been following a slow path since 2023, with just one or two bottlings per year, released one-by-one.

Benromach's innovative Contrasts series has a new member: a 12 Year Old single malt matured in first-fill bourbon casks before 26 months finishing in Côte-Rôtie wine casks.

Wait, another 52 year-old after Angus' Glen Garioch?

Although we never get enough of the recent wave of Bowmore releases, this one arrived exactly when I just published two or three others.

Pineau des Charentes is a blend of grape must with grape distillate – typically Cognac eau-de-vie.

The next one is a classic, at least among my friends.

Heather (or heather honey) is one of the most common tasting notes in Highland Park whisky.

We have two more whiskies from the Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, the latest (stunning) range from Gordon & MacPhail.

Turntable Blending is releasing affordable small-batch whisky with high value for money.

In case you don't recognize these names immediately: all of these are (smaller) Belgian bottlers or clubs.You may know Buds & Barrels as a whisky shop, but they also have their own range.

We've tried a large range of bottlings from Hogshead Imports (or rather Hogshead Indie) in the past two years or so.

LMK is Leung Man King (aka Brian) who lives in Hong Kong / Taiwan.

We may have missed some kind of outlet sale at a Portuguese cooperage recently.

Some time ago we already had a series of new whiskies from Maltbarn, that had been presented at the Limburg festival.

Kanekou Okinawa is a Japanese whisky from Shinzato distillery, founded in 1846.

Here we have two of the latest releases from Kavalan distillery in Taiwan.

This is a travel retail edition of the Bushmills 21 Year Old, which comes at a higher strength of 46% and adds an extra finish.The spirit ages in signature bourbon barrels and Oloroso sherry casks for around 18 years and then goes into first-fill Marsala…

Sometimes I just need a small incentive to start a new rum session.

Douglas Laing likes to play with their Big Peat series, one of the cornerstones of the Remarkable Regional Malts range.

The Whisky Exchange presented a second quartet of whiskies from the Zodiac series.

Aberlour Triple Cask has been around for a while, but we've never had it before.

We're back with a selection from The Roots.

A few weeks ago German reader Sven contacted me about a new Glenfarclas 2015 bottled for the Spirit of Speyside Festival.

Some time ago we had a Glen Scotia 2015 bottled by the Thompson Brothers for The Whisky Exchange.

Another Bowmore already?

Gordon & MacPhail is launching the Connoisseurs Choice Heritage Collection, a new way of celebrating George Urquhart.

Black Art Sapero is the first expression in a new spin-off of the Bruichladdich Black Art series exclusive to global travel retail.

I sometimes get the question 'which distillery should I look into?'

Decadent Drinks recently introduced a new series named Decadent Grapes.

The Whisky Agency (founded 2008) teamed up with East Village Whisky Company (founded 2018) to celebrate their anniversary.

Here were have two recent Longrow expressions.

Milroy's of Soho just released a new batch with four single malts and one single grain whisky.

Local Barley is a thing these days, taking inspiration from Springbank and from the wider interest in heritage grains and terroir-driven whisky.

I met Pieter and Ysatis of Malternative Belgium in Limburg again, where they showed off two of their latest releases.

We're having new releases from Decadent Drinks today.

There appears to be a subset of the Old Particular range from Douglas Laing, called The Islay Collection.

Among the latest bottlings from The Whisky Jury there were two 1991 Islay Malts.

In the summer of 2025 The Macallan released two whiskies in collaboration with JING Tea.

The first stand that I visited at the recent Limburg Whisky Fair was The Whisky Agency.

Moscatel is one of the key wines of Andalusia.

We received a package with two new releases from Sansibar.

At the recent Limburg Whisky Fair I met some Asian friends.

I'm sure you remember the prestigious Macbeth project, a Shakespeare play translated into whisky by Livingstone Rare and Elixir Distillers.

Maury is one of the AOCs for fortified wines (Vin Doux Naturel) in the Rousillon area, near Perpignan in France.