Bielle 8 mo 2023 (58%, Swell de Spirits ‘On Tour’ for Limoges Spirits Festival 2024, 250 btl.)
Grand Arôme du Galion 3 yo (56,3%, Swell de Spirits ‘Easy Peasy’ 2024, bourbon barrel, 600 btl.)
Isautier – Rhum Agricole RVA 13 yo 2011 (59,4%, Swell de Spirits ‘Wild Nature’ 2024, single cask, 316 btl.)
2023
Arran 17 yo (46%, OB 2023, sherry hogsheads + bourbon barrels, 12.000 btl.)
Nikka Yoichi 10 yo (45%, OB +/- 2023)
Bimber ‘The Channel’ 4 yo 2017 (57,8%, OB for Sea Shepherd 2021, Madeira finish #109/4, 292 btl.)
Bimber ‘Germany Edition 2023’ (59,2%, OB 2023, Pedro Ximénez cask #456, 280 btl.)
Bimber ‘Germany Edition 2023 – peated’ (59,4%, OB 2023, Pedro Ximénez cask #458, 283 btl.)
A review of the whisky year 2023, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.
Port Askaig 8 yo (45,8%, Elixir Distillers 2023)
Port Askaig Cask Strength (59,4%, Elixir Distillers 2023)
A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas Whisky (52,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2023, sherry casks, 1800 btl.)
Lagavulin 12 yo (56,4%, OB Special Releases 2023, Don Julio Añejo tequila casks)
Roseisle 12 yo (56,5%, OB Special Releases 2023, first-fill bourbon + refill casks)
Port Askaig 17 yo (51,8%, OB 2023, American oak casks)
Clynelish 10 yo (57,5%, OB Special Releases 2023, first-fill bourbon casks)
Kilchoman Fino Sherry Cask (50%, OB 2023 Edition, 15.650 btl.)
Kilkerran 8 yo Cask Strength – Bourbon Cask (55,8%, OB 2022, Batch #8)
Kilkerran 8 yo Cask Strength – Sherry Cask (57,5%, OB 2023, Batch #9)
Diageo Special Releases 2023: Lagavulin, Clynelish, Oban, Roseisle, Glenkinchie and more. A yearly series of premium cask strength single malt whisky.
New and upcoming whisky: Compass Box Delos & The One I Love / Glen Scotia 21 Years / Glenallachie Cuvée / Whisky Sponge releases and more…
A review of the whisky year 2022, with a list of our favourite new releases, favourite cognacs and rums, as well as some whisky stats and thoughts.