Michel Couvreur Overaged & Blossoming Auld Sherried
Michel Couvreur is an unusual house, maturing Scottish whisky in France, and we review their Blossoming Auld Sherried and Overaged.
Bottlers
Reviews of whiskies from independent bottlers
Glenburgie 8yo Gordon & Macphail/30yo Signatory
Glenburgie is a distillery you mostly have to rely on indy bottlers to see what it can do, so we review an 8yo Gordon & Macphail and two 30yo Signatory Vintage.
Glen Elgin 12yo And Three Indy
Glen Elgin is another Diageo underrated distillery. We review their official 12-year-old and indy bottlings from Chorlton, Lady of the Glen and That Boutique-y.
Two Exceptional 1970s Speyside ALOS
We explore the problem of having rare samples then review two Speyside whiskies from 1973 and 1975 bottled by Antique Lions of Spirits in 2017.
Three Teaninich
We review three Teaninich, with the 10-year-old Flora & Fauna, a 11-year-old bottled by Chorlton, and an old 1983 from Signatory Vintage bottled in 2011.
Rare Indy Chain Pier & Bonnington
We review a rare Chain Pier whisky bottled by Hogshead import, one of the 39 casks ever made, then a Bonnington bottled by The Caskhound.
Compass Box No Name 1/2/3 / Menagerie / 3yo Deluxe
We explore the art of Blended Malts with five expressions from Compass Box: the No Name 1, 2 and 3, Menagerie and Three-Year-Old Deluxe.
Two Tobermory & An Unpeated Ledaig
Tobermory is a distillery that rewards closer looks, and that’s what we get from reviewing the core 12-year-old, an indy 24yo and an unpeated Ledaig.
Seven Signatory Vintage 100 Proof #70-73 & #75-77
We review seven new Signatory Vintage expressions from their 100 Proof series, with editions #70 to #73 and #75 to #77.
Caledonian From 29 – To 48-Year-Old
We review three old single grains today, with three Caledonian from 29- to 48-year-old, from That Boutique-y Whisky Company and Scott’s Selection.
Five Independent Clynelish
We review five more Independent Clynelish, coming from Cadenhead, Signatory Vintage, Hidden Spirits, Whisky Sponge and Masam (Samaroli).
Grosperrin / Marie Foucher Malternative Belgium
We’re back to Cognac with a Grosperrin Lot 71 and a Marie Foucher Lot 75 from the independent bottler Malternative Belgium.