Distillery Visit – Stauning Whisky
As promised in my article on my holiday drinks, we visited the Stauning Distillery, located right across the Ringkøbing Fjord. So, it was a must-visit.
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Oakwood – Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection
I already featured the Chairman’s Reserve Master’s Selection Coffee Still version in March 2026. Now, I also had the chance to review the John Dore Pot Still bottling. Yes, I mixed a cocktail with it, too.
Spirited News 04/2026 – Nc’Nean Huntress
I attended another tasting event organised by Kirsch Whisky. This time, we tasted the latest edition of the Nc’Nean Huntress. In addition, we tried five other spirits, ranging from the Nc’Nean Botanical Spirit to the Cask Strength Bottling.
Cinders and Smoke – LMDR Colombie
Through this year’s Tropical Month my faith in rum was “somewhat” restored. In the months or even years before that, I was a bit bored by all the sweetened rum out there. Sure, there were trends in the opposite direction, but a lot of them tasted similar. Now, I have to admit that the La […]
Spirited News 05/2020: Plantation Rum SC
Every year Plantation Rum releases new Single Cask bottlings. This year is no different, with a whooping number of elven different ones. I was lucky enough to get my hands on five samples of the whole range for 2020. So, let us see what master blender Alexandre Gabriel has in stall for us today!
Spirited News 06/2019: Whic.de Coal Ila 9 Years
The next bottling in Whic.de’s “The War of the Peat” comes from Islay. It might even come as a surprise that this was not the first whisky in the range. – After all, when thinking of smoky whisky, Islay is the first thing that comes to mind! So, let us take a closer look at […]
Spirited News 02/2019: More Rum
Even now that Tiki month is over, I actually have two more rums to talk about. The first one is from St. Lucia and the casks mimic a rum that was forgotten after a fire at the distillery. However, the second rum in question is even more special. The bottling from Plantation’s Single Cask line […]
Red Dust – Plantation Peru 2004
One of the two new rums in the Plantation portfolio is the Peru 2004 Vintage Edition. The special thing about this rum, besides its not so common source, is the full disclosure of facts. This means that you not only get the name of the distillery, but also the fermentation time, the type of barrels […]
Spirited News 04/2016: Edradour and Clarin
I know, the spirits I am presenting to you this time are not really new. Still, they are worth taking a closer look! Also I want to show you that there are other great spirits to discover besides gin. In this case, we are going to talk about Clairin, a type of rhum agricole from Haiti, […]