Nose: Quite gentle, with a whiff of smoke, sea-spray (it’s a maritime mix of malts, from the Islands after all), gentle brine, and black pepper, and some oak which gives away the actual age of this, and…

This is most heavily-peated octomore to date (309ppm!!), but remember this is pre-distillation so actual post distillation ppm will be much lower, but still this is HUGE. Following a carefully controlled…

Nose: This one’s fruitier alright, with quite some red fruit, as the wine casks are at work. There’s some smoke on the nose, but it’s only playing 2nd violin to the fruity goodness.There’s some candied…

Nose: Starts quite sweet with vanilla, tablet, with some farmy notes, Scottish tablet, and a whiff of sea breeze, the smoke is quite sweet, and mixed with vanilla and honey suckle. very nice all in all…

At any rate, Octomore 7.1 is made from Barley grown on the mainland (not quite Octomore farm as one would come to think), peated to 208 PPM and bottled at 59.5% after a 5-year aging period in American…

A lot of new Highland park releases lately , and this is yet another one. Basically this is a US release called ‘Full Volume’, a single malt distilled in 1999 and matured exclusively in first-fill ex…

Octomore Farm 2009 [private cask bottling] DECEMBER 6, 2017GAL GRANOV 0A few days ago, I met a bunch of good friends, who appreciate good whisky for our monthly dramming session which happens to take…

I enjoy a good bourbon / whiskey from time to time, and when I heard of this release a year or so ago from my good friend and whisky lover Sjoerd, I decided to opt for a 10 cl sample, before i buy a…

There are 3 commercial whisky distilleries currently operating in Israel : M&H (Milk and honey) , Pelter and Golan heights which is the one getting the least headlines, and PR, probably since it’s a…

Nose: Sweet stewed fruit in syrup, earthy peat, but quite soft, with a nice sweet smoky edge. burnt leaves, quite earthy in a way and also dusty. not your everyday Marsala cask, but lovely. more fruit…