Category Archives: – World Whisky
Wagging Finger ‘Gileanne’ 3, 2019-2022, 60.1% – BYOB-C
The very first ever release of Wagging Finger Whisky! The Dutch distillery, run in Deventer by Erik Molenaar has been around for a few years and started out by making gin. A couple of years ago whisky was added to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, BYOB-C, Deventer, Dutch whisky, Erik Molenaar, L'Intouchable, Strathearn, Wagging Finger
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2 Starwards from ‘private’ casks
Private between quotation marks because even though one of them is a real private cask, the other one is a bottling done for ‘The Netherlands’. While that is fairly limited in availability, it’s not really private. Anyway, Starward Distillery, from … Continue reading
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Tagged Apera Cask, Australia, Australian Whisky, Bonding Dram, French Oak, Melbourne, Sherry Cask, Starward, Victoria, Whivie.be, Wine cask, World Whisky
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Kyrö Distillery, a triptych
Imagine a bunch of sweaty, middle-aged men sitting in a sauna with a dram. I am not one for saunas, but I can imagine the banter happening, and the idea of making ones own whisky isn’t too far fetched. To … Continue reading
2 Kavalan from sherry casks
If you like heavily sherry’d whiskies and are willing to shell out at least a little bit, you probably are familiar with Kavalan. A Taiwanese distillery whose whiskies have won every award there is to win, unless it’s region specific … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008, Kavalan, King Car Distillery, La Maison du Whisky, Sherry Cask, Taiwan, The Nectar
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The Nordic Casks #1, Berry Bros. & Rudd
A little while ago, ‘The Nordic Casks’ were released by London bottler Berry Bros. & Rudd. The Nordic Casks is a set of four different whiskies from, you’d never guess, the Nordics. Single cask bottlings from a distillery in Norway, … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Fary Lochan, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken
Tagged 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, Berry Brothers and Rudd, Bourbon Cask, Denmark, Fary Lochan, Finland, High Coast, Kyrö, Myken, Nettle smoked, Nordic Casks, Norway, Sherry Cask, Sweden
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Nantou Omar, Sherry Cask, 46%
A few years ago I tried both the Omar Sherry Cask and the Bourbon Cask at a whisky festival and I remember being positively surprised by them. So when this one popped up in a random webshop-browsing-session I decided to … Continue reading
On new whisky, and Chateau du Breuil
Chateau du Breuil is a rather well known distiller of Calvados. They’re known for their iconic bottles, but also for adding some pear to the apple brandy. A few years ago they made their foray into distilling whisky. I completely … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Chateau du Breuil, Le Breuil
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Chateau de Breuil, France, Le Breuil, Normandy, Sherry Cask
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Paul John 5yo, Summer 2017, 57.4% – Cadenhead
Paul John (not Ringo George) is one of those weird distilleries that somehow don’t really resonate with me. Which is increasingly rare since I think about what I tried from them. None of the whiskies have been bad, most have … Continue reading
Milk & Honey 1yo Pomegranate Wine Cask, 55%
Sooooo. Pomegranate wine… Until SJ gave me the rest of his sample of this, I didn’t even know that was a thing. Of course that also made me unaware of it’s casks being used to finish whisky spirit in. Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Milk & Honey, Pomegranate Wine cask, Tel Aviv
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Kavalan Solist 2010-2016, B101217032A, 58.6%
Ah, who doesn’t remember B101217032A? It’s one of those iconic cask numbers that makes most whisky lovers drool. But no, it doesn’t really resonate, these eleven characters which most likely only mean something to the distillery’s barcode scanner. It also … Continue reading
Malt Fascination 