Category Archives: – World Whisky
Spirit of Hven, Seven Stars #3, Phecda, 45%
Montsh ago the nice folks at Spirit of Hven Distillery sent me this sample but, I’m sorry to say, it got lost in the box. It’s only the last couple of weeks that I’m really ramping through my samples with … Continue reading
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Tagged Free Sample, Hven, Seven Stars, Spirit of Hven, Sweden, World Whisky
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Millstone Rye, 6.5 yeard old, 43.3%, bottled for the Usquebaugh Society, 2014
Last year the Usquebaugh Society, by far the coolest whisky club in The Netherlands, bottled this six and a half years old (to the day) Millstone Rye Whisky. In March 2014 a delegation of some sixty members made the trip … Continue reading
Posted in - Rye Whiskey, - World Whisky, Millstone, Zuidam
Tagged 2007, Baarle-Nassau, Dutch whisky, Millstone, Rye Whisky, Virgin oak cask, Zuidam
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Millstone 4yo, Peated, Cask 1-009, 49.5% (Zuidam)
This is a weird one. I can’t find any information on this bottle online, and maybe it’s a cask sample I got from someone. I know it’s been sitting in my sample stash for a couple of years and I … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Millstone, Zuidam
Tagged Baarle-Nassau, Dutch whisky, Millstone, Peated, Zuidam
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Hielander Whisky Festival 2015
I realized a while ago that this 5th edition of the Hielander Whisky Festival is also the fifth time I’m there. So so far I didn’t miss a single one. I think this is something to keep up. This year, … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, - Japanese Whisky, - World Whisky, Armorik, Arran, Balvenie, Blair Athol, Cambus, Clynelish, Dailuaine, Glen Garioch, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Mortlach, Tomatin, Yoichi
Tagged Armorik, Arran, Balvenie, Blackadder, Blair Athol, Cambus, Clan Denny, Clynelish, Dailuaine, Distillery Only, Dutch Connection, French Whisky, Glen Garioch, Glen Moray, Glenmorangie, Grain Whisky, Hielander, Hielander Whisky Festival, Highlands, Japan, Jurgen's Whiskyhuis, Kintra, Lochranza, Millésime, Mortlach, Samaroli, Signatory, Speyside, Texelse Brouwerij, Tomatin, Uisge Beatha Taich, Warenghem, Yoichi
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Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask, 58.6%, cask S060710004
While I should technically do another two whisky reviews before getting to this one, as this one was the last whisky of the evening, I decided to skip them as those two bottles were the Bowmore Tempest Batch 3, and … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Kavalan
Tagged Emakina, Kavalan, King Car Company, Sherry Butt, Single Cask, Solist, Taiwan, Whisky tasting
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A trio from Spirit of Hven
With a title like that I almost feel like Serge Valentin, reviewing multiples of the same distillery on a single day. Spirit of Hven is a relatively new distillery in Sweden on the island of Hven. Strangely enough it is … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, - World Whisky, Spirit of Hven
Tagged Free Sample, Gin, Hven, Organic, Single Malt, Spirit of Hven, Sweden, Swedish Whisky
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The annual Bottom’s Up tasting at De Whiskykoning
This year I was invited again to join the Bottoms Up tasting in Den Bosch. Yesterday was the date and after a nicely long train journey I walked through my old home town to get to the shop just in time. … Continue reading
Posted in - American Whiskey, - Blended Malt, - Japanese Whisky, - World Whisky, Ardbeg, Bakery Hill, Ben Nevis, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Craigellachie, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenlossie, Linlithgow, Mortlach, St. Magdalene
Tagged Akashi, American Whiskey, Ancient Old Kentucky, Ardbeg, Ardbog, Authentic Collection, Blackadder, Bourbon, Cadenhead, Cadenhead's, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Craigellachie, Feis Ile, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenlossie, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Islands, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Linlithgow, Lowlands, Millennium Bottling, Mortlach, Raw Cask, Speyside, St. Magdalene, USA, White Oak
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Lascaw 12 year old, 40%, truffle cask finish
I just got to try this one at Zeewijck in IJmuiden, which happens to be a great shop, run by a great guy, who also organizes last week’s Whisky & Rum aan Zee festival. Which is also great. Anyway, last … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Distilleries, - World Whisky
Tagged Distillerie du Perigord, French Whisky, Lascaw, Truffle cask
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Millstone Ménage a Trois, 46% – Zuidam Distillers
I had to check with my wife before making this statement, but it seems like Zuidam’s Ménage a Trois is the only threesome I’m ever going to get. Apart from all lowbrow jokes on a ‘Ron de Jeremy’ level aside, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in - Grain Whisky, - World Whisky, Zuidam
Tagged Baarle-Nassau, Dutch, Dutch whisky, Ménage a Trois, Millstone, Zuidam
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Altore, 40%
About a year and a half ago I blogged about the Altore Moresca Reserve Finish. One of two of a ‘Corsican’ whisky you can more or less just buy on the island. Corsican is between quotation marks because the whisky … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Distilleries, - World Whisky, Altore
Tagged Altore, Corsica, France, Muscat finish
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Malt Fascination 