Category Archives: – News and Announcements

Yesterday I posted this wee question on Facebook, in the hope to get a simple answer and move on: To the whisky community: When a distillery puts 2 bourbon barrels with Single Malt (200+ litres) into one sherry butt for … Continue reading →

It’s been a while that I reviewed a sample of an independent bottler that didn’t belong to some sample pack I got sent or was a bottle of my own collection. A while ago I did buy samples every now … Continue reading →

Yesterday saw the annual release of the newest Malt Maniacs Awards. They were two days late, but for such a vast endeavour based on amateur’s activities, hats off! The first thing I realized was how few of the whiskies they’ve … Continue reading →

I already reviewed our second latest club bottling months ago, right after the decision was made to bottle it. Back then there was a choice of four whiskies and this got top honours. My choice was very different from most … Continue reading →

For some reason it feels like it’s been ages since I posted a normal review of a whisky. That would mean that the Boutique-y reviews weren’t normal but for some reason it feels like that indeed. Don’t know why though. … Continue reading →

Bowmore is running their Ultimate Adventure contest in which you can win a trip to Islay and a professional photography course while you’re at it! On MaltFascination you can also win a few things: A full bottle of the flagship … Continue reading →

And the fourth in a row of the new Boutique-y batch 1 releases. Again, there is a batch 2 of Ardbeg, Macallan and Caperdonich, but those I have not tried (yet). Aultmore is one of those distilleries that you don’t … Continue reading →