Month: December 2024
-
WC sniff & sip 2025 (Part 1/2)

No, no, I’m not taking a samples out of my toilet, but from my Whisky (advent) Calendar of 2024. Of the many calendars that one can find online, very few focus and small batch and single cask samples, but among those that do, none compares to the one from Brühler Whisky house. The 2023 totally…
-
Bottle kills of 2024

The year is heading towards its end, and so are quite a few bottles that have long occupied the top shelf of my drinks cabinet where all the open bottles live a crowded life. It is indeed a good time to make room for the new immigrants that will be cracked open in 2025, so…
-
Ghost Safari – Imperial strikes back

Today I’m back where it all started for me with the closed distilleries: Imperial. Nothing new to say, so I’ll just take chance in this intro to review my hitherto progress of the ghost safari tour. Distillery Region Closing year Safari status Caperdonich Speyside 2002 🟡 sample acquired Imperial Lowland 1998 🟢 tried & reviewed…
