Friday, 10 April 2026

#BTC63 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes and results from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 63rd #BlindDrams evening.


These drams were picked by Paul @derekcuster

Glasgow 1770 Small Batch 2026 - Peated Passito di Caluso Cask Finish

Glasgow 1770's annual Small Batch Series throws up unusual maturation of the distillery's three spirit types.

This year there's a Triple Distilled White Port, Double Distilled Amarone wine and this Peated Passito di Caluso wine bottling.

Thursday, 9 April 2026

Glasgow 1770 Small Batch 2026 - Double Distilled Amarone Cask Finish

Glasgow 1770's annual Small Batch Series throws up unusual maturation of the distillery's three spirit types.

This year there's a Peated Passito di Caluso wine, Triple Distilled White Port and this Double Distilled Amarone wine bottling.

Wednesday, 8 April 2026

Glasgow 1770 Small Batch 2026 - Triple Distilled White Port Cask Finish

Glasgow 1770's annual Small Batch Series throws up unusual maturation of the distillery's three spirit types.


This year there's a Peated Passito di Caluso wine, Double Distilled Amarone wine and this Triple Distilled White Port bottling.

Thursday, 26 March 2026

4,000 up!

I recently reached a bit of a milestone with my 4,000th different whisky tried a 1999 25yo Springbank from Decadent Drinks which I tried at the 2026 Independent Spirits Festival in Leith.

Here's an overview of my stats to get to that 4,000!

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Loch Lomond Distillery Edition Ten

@LochLomondMalts recently released the tenth in their Distillery Edition series going down a new path - a highly peated release.


This time it's a 8yo, let's try it!

Thursday, 19 March 2026

Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2026 Limited Edition - Heavily Peated Ruby Port

This year's Campbeltown Malts Festival Limited Edition from Glen Scotia has just been released!


This year they've gone with a Medium Peated 7yo finished in Ruby Port Casks.

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

London Distillery Company - Ten Times Around The Sun

"Ten Times Around The Sun" refers to two primary creative works: a debut album by indie band Shy Nature (2017) and a 10-year-old limited edition single malt whisky from the London Distillery Company (2026). Guess which one we're talking about!


The first ever 10 year old London malt whisky!

Monday, 9 March 2026

Loch Lomond Distillery 60th Birthday ?

As you all probably know I'm a huge Fanboy of Loch Lomond Distillery ever since my first tour there in 2018 and this year is their 60th birthday!


They don't seem to be celebrating it in any way so let's do it for them!

Sunday, 8 March 2026