
On February 15th Ardbeg Rollercoaster will be made available through the Ardbeg site. It is a vatting of 10 casks, one from each year between 1997 and 2006, put together co celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Ardbeg Committee. It…

This is a new packaging of the islay’s ‘medium-peated’ malt. It has a clear iodine character with lots of pepper and yet the malt is balanced and smooth as well as smoky.

Ardbeg Ten Years Old is a very special bottling for the Ardbeg distillery as it is the first non-chill filtered whisky in the Ardbeg range. Chill filtering isn‘t a bad thing, in fact it created real consistency of product when…

Replacing the now extinct 10 year old is this sumptiously packaged 12 year old version of the triple-distilled Lowland. Happily they’ve improved on the 10, being richer, spicier and with more sherry influence.

Rich and grapey Glenmorangie with lots of fruit and vanilla. Highly rated by Dave Broom.

Full of flavour and very appetising indeed, this is the second special release from the only Northern Highlands distillery to retain its own maltings. Matured in a mixture of American and European Oak casks, there are only 3600 numbered bottles…

Produced using distilling methods first established in 1815, Laphroaig 40 Year Old was laid down by the only lady distillers and distillery owners, Bessie Williamson. Known and respected for her vision and love of Laphroaig, Bessie used European oak to…

Here’s the new large batch Laphroaig, unexpectedly bottled at 40%. A bit strange when you know the difference that just 3 more percents can make to the regular 10yo. This is a very mellow taste with pretty delicate peat, some…

The distillers describe this whisky as “Mildly smoky, with sweet, warm undertones — and just a hint of the sea.” Always bottled in limited quantities and replaced by the 18 year old in March 2009. Faintly salty. Laphroaig 15yo is…

Yellow and Amber with amontillado sherry hue with a nose of Digestive biscuits and sweet soda bread. Fresh and youthful. The palate is wonderful. Lemon meringue pie. Sweet. Engaging.
To conclude it, a real beauty from this ever popular…