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, ...

Review of the Oban 12 Year Old, bottled in the 2025 Special Releases series. It is a classic single malt Scotch whisky matured in ex-bourbon casks.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nose: sweet fruits (apricots, pears) with honey, as well as a more oxidized hint of dried fruits, bruised yellow apples and caramel. Then hazelnuts and vanilla, along with raisins and hints of buttery ...

Nose: classic iodine, with raw barley and oak char. Seaweed and seashells on a beach. There’s a vague fruitiness in the background, mainly on citrus and apple. Wet wool and hints of almonds as well.

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 ...