Tag Archives: Tom van Engelen
Springbank 12, Cask Strength, Batch 24, 54.1%
Are we first? Did I publish in time and did Tom write in time? That’d be something, right? The review of the most recent Springbank 12 Cask Strength is here! Perfumed Pebbles Dubbed ‘batch 24’, this is the newest edition … Continue reading
Teeling 23, 1998-2022, Rum Cask 100040, 49.3% – Hand-Filled at the Distillery
Hot on the heels of Michiel Wigman’s Teeling single cask there is another one. My friend Tom van Engelen visited Dublin recently, and brought back this single cask from the distillery. A rum cask, of no less than 23 years … Continue reading
Wolfburn 10, 2nd Fill Oloroso Hogshead, 46%
Tom continues his love affair with new-ish distilleries by reviewing the first ever 10 year old Wolfburn! Not only the first ever Wolfburn 10, but as far as we can trust a quick search on Google, also the first review … Continue reading
Glasgow Distillery: Delicious Urban Whisky
On the way to Campbeltown for a ridiculous tasting with the ‘Springbank Stallions’, Tom also visited Glasgow Distillery. Here’s an impression It was time for me to get back to Scotland too, after a few dark years of lockdown. On … Continue reading
Taking Flight with the Springbank Stallions
Steady contributor Tom went to Campbeltown in January, and of course, he did a nice write-up for us/you/me! Let’s see what this tasting is about, in which they tasted the first sixteen (!) Society bottlings! Bram van Glabbeek of WhiskyNerds … Continue reading
Flora & Fauna Classics, revisited by Tom van Engelen
Once more Tom has kindly supplied us with some nice reviews of things I normally don’t have on my radar. In this case, it’s a trio of Flora & Fauna releases by Diageo. With a Blair Athol, still regularly available, … Continue reading
Port Ellen 16, 1981-1998, 62.4% – Cadenhead Authentic Collection
Sometimes Tom van Engelen sends me reviews for publication on MaltFascination. Sometimes I forget. So now I have a backlog of a few that I’m trying to get through before the end of the year. Young Port Ellen has become … Continue reading
A Campbeltown Vertical of Classics
With anything made by Springbank selling out instantly, Tom thought it right to go through the three classics that they put out. Most of them are reasonably available, with especially the Springbank 10 being in some shops for € 50 … Continue reading
Caol Ila 15, Feis Ile 2022, Refill and Virgin American Oak, 55.2%
Even though I have a sample of this lined up somewhere, Tom van Engelen beat me to it by writing this tasting notes, and sending them to me for publication. Freak out with Caol Ila Sawdust The Festival of Malt … Continue reading
Ardnamurchan AD/04:21, Paul Launois Release, 57.6%
With me trying to get my bearing and reshuffling priorities between working in an actual office, and not spending a coffee break writing a blog post, being back from a short trip to Scotland and spending some evenings with the … Continue reading