Side by side: Bain's 18yo Single Grains

I've written about Bain's Single Grains before comparing the standard 5yo against it's 15yo old brother, now thanks to a whisky mule I'm able to try two of the 18yo!

Huge thanks to @DistilleryBikes for bringing these back from a recent trip to South Africa!

Side by side: A pair of Loch Lomond Single Casks

Over the last few years it's been more and more difficult to get hold of single cask releases from @LochLomondMalts in the UK, but in the last month 2 have been released!

Let's see what they are like, as good at my all time favourite Cask #40?

All change at Mackmyra - Virvelvind - their last Moment?

Swedish distillery @Mackmyra have released 36 exclusive small batch expressions featuring numbered bottles from unique casks. The latest, Virvelvind, is the last in the series.

I've tried a number of them and they are often unusual, let's see what it's like...

Flash Blog: Limestone Branch Distillery's Yellowstone Select

Another Flash Blog! This time it's on National Bourbon Day and it's a dram from a distillery I'd not heard of before : Limestone Branch in Kentucky.

Let's see what this one is like:

#BTC22 #BlindDrams Tasting Notes

These are my tasting notes from the Blind Tasting Consortium's 22nd #BlindDrams evening.

These drams were picked by Ben @WhiskyWithMolly

Virtual tasting: Ailsa Bay Deconstruction Tasting with W Club

The @WhiskyShop W Club organise regular virtual tastings, selling samples for a zoom tasting.

For June this was a Deconstruction Tasting of @AilsaBay's Release 1.2 Sweet Smoke.

Glen Scotia Campbeltown Malts Festival 2022 Single Casks

The Campbeltown Malts Festival was back in full swing for 2022 and Glen Scotia released their 8yo Peated PX Cask finished Festival Limited Edition. (Review here)

They also released their Festival Edition and Festival Dinner Single Casks.

Cooper King 24 month old Maturing Malt

There are many milestones in a distillery's journey towards releasing a single malt, the penultimate one must be release of a 24 month old Maturing Spirit.

Cooper King have just done that and I was lucky enough to be sent a sample box!