Under the microscope here is a Kavalan Solist, this time from a Fino sherry cask. Solist is the distillery’s range which focuses on specific types of casks, ranging from Colheita Port over virgin oak ...

Elixir Distillers acquired Tormore distillery in 2022, while building a new Portintruan distillery on Islay and not long after The Whisky Exchange was sold to Pernod. They started production under the ...

Nose: nice biscuity notes with stewed apples and oranges, dried wildflowers and a hint of honey. Then it becomes more tropical, on mango and papaya, along with fragrant peaches and a subtle hint of ...

Nose: beehive notes aplenty. A lot of honey, yellow flowers, some pollen. Underneath there is a hint of peach, as well as some sharper lemon and green apple. Perhaps a little pineapple too. Rather ...

Malternative Belgium just released two cognacs from Laurichesse, a house they more or less discovered back in 2022. This is a royal diptych, in a way, featuring a lioness and a lion on the labels, ...

The WhiskyNerds have been quiet in the past couple of years. The last I know of was a French Brandy and a Secret Islay but that was back in 2023 already. I think it’s simple: their bar stays high, so ...

Halcyon Spirits has been following a slow path since 2023, with just one or two bottlings per year, released one-by-one. They set the bar high with old (expensive) Macallan and Clynelish. Subsequent ...