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Isle of Jura 12 years

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:24:54 +0000

12 year old single malt by Isle of Jura distillery – managed to explore whiskies surprisingly long before tasting this expression. Well, I have to admit I haven’t been a fan of Jura whiskies. So their range doesn’t come up as go-to selection for me, received this as a gift. […]

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Two Stacks Irish Dram In A Can

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:12:13 +0000

Two Stacks is literally a “Dram in a can” – single malt whiskey from Ireland. This one’s been double matured in bourbon casks and Oloroso sherry butts. Containing 40 % of double and 50 % of triple distilled malt, along with 10 % of peated malt. Whiskey on the go […]

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Ardbeg Smoketrails review

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:07:48 +0000

Ardbeg Smoketrails is a NAS (non age stated) whisky made for global travel retail. Which in my book, doesn’t sound tempting. Of course you have to always give a chance to every whisky, but my experience tells me that travel retail whiskies tend to be lower quality whiskies for masses. […]

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Ardbeg Grooves review

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:31:57 +0000

Ardbeg Grooves is the brand’s limited edition release of year 2018. It was launched at Feis Ile for Ardbeg Day. The name was inspired by 1960’s hippie era. That’s why you can see in the box the key phrase: “Peat and love” Bottled in January 23, 2018 as NAS (non […]

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Helsinki Whiskey 100% Rye Malt Release 20

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:24:46 +0000

Released on March 15 of 2021, this is Helsinki 100% Rye Malt #20 by The Helsinki Distilling Company from Finland. It’s a vatting of American virgin oak and bourbon barrels selected by distillery’s Master Blender Kai Kilpinen. Each cask is 200 liters with char levels differing from 1 to 4. […]

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Rossville Union 6 year old Bottled in Bond Rye

Johannes Lindblom — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:39:12 +0000

When I first saw this new American rye whiskey standing on a shelf of Finnish liquor store, with words “Bottled in Bond” typed on the label, I got excited. As an ultimate rye whiskey fan I knew that BiB most likely stands as initials for quality. Though it’s just an […]

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Old Buck 4 year old private cask whisky review

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:30:22 +0000

Here are my thoughts on private cask bottling of Finnish 4 year old single malt called Old Buck, a whisky brand made famous by Pori based restaurant/micro brewery Panimoravintola Beer Hunter’s. Old Buck is officially the first Finnish single malt whisky ever. In 2019, together with fellow Finnish whisky friends, […]

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Highland Park Cask Strength release 2

Johannes Lindblom — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:05:45 +0000

Quick review of 63,9 % alcohol by volume level cask strength Highland Park single malt whisky. I’m a big fan of the distillery and absolutely loved their cask strength 12 year old, so was looking forward to try this. This was their second release of the cask strength series. Matured […]

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Glenglassaugh Portsoy review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:11:14 +0000

Closed in 1986 yet resurrected in 2008, Glenglassaugh distillery has nicely managed to widen its whisky range. Glenglassaugh Portsoy gets its name from the neighbouring harbour village, because both have deep maritime elements featured in them. Portsoy is a peated whisky matured in combination of sherry, bourbon and port casks. […]

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Speyside Hero Vol. VI Blended Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:21:17 +0000

Speyside Hero is a series of blended malt expressions by an German independent whisky bottler called The Whisky Chamber (owned by Thomas Ide). I found this expression on my trip to Berlin, from Simply Great Whisky shop. SGW had a quite large selection of Whisky Chamber’s blended malt whiskies and […]

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Isle of Jura Red Wine Cask Finish

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:55:05 +0000

Jura Red Wine Cask Edition comes from the Isle of Jura distillery and like the name states, it’s been finished in wine casks. Before its wine cask finish, aged in American white oak bourbon barrels. This expression really intrigued me since I’ve never been able to fully enjoy Jura whiskies. Whether […]

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The Whistler P.X. I Love You Irish Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:38:31 +0000

The Whistler P.X. I Love You is a small batch non-age stated (NAS) single malt whiskey from Boann distillery, based in Drogheda, Ireland. “From milling to mashing, distilling, maturing and bottling, every elegant mouthful of Boann Single Malt and Pot Still whiskey and craft gin is created within the quietude […]

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The Latitude 55° Blended Scotch Review

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:08:40 +0000

The Latitude 55° Blended Scotch was produced for Nordic market, especially Sweden and Finland. Bottled by Vin & Sprit, also known for Grönstedts cognac. This blend contains unknown Islay whiskies, apparently matured in sherry casks. Swedish blending of Islay A blended whisky from Islay region, blended by Swedish blender Folke […]

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Glen Scotia Double Cask

Johannes Lindblom — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:16:23 +0000

Glen Scotia distillery is located in the Campbeltown region, being one of just three distilleries left in the smallest whisky region in Scotland. The distillery was founded in 1832, also known as The Scotia or Old Scotia. Glen Scotia Double Cask single malt is non-age stated (NAS) whisky. Aged in […]

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Iniquity Gold Batch 007 Single Malt

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:19:56 +0000

Iniquity whisky comes from Tin Shed Distilling Company in Australia. I received these samples from the distillery: Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Gold Batch 007 Iniquity Den’s Dram Single Malt Lazy Daze, 40% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Flustercluck Australian Peat, 49.1% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Batch 23 Silver Label, […]

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Iniquity Flustercluck Australian Peat

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:56:12 +0000

Iniquity whisky brand’s home is located in Tin Shed Distilling Company at Australia. I got these samples from the distillery: Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Flustercluck Iniquity Den’s Dram Single Malt Lazy Daze, 40% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Gold Batch 007, 56% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Batch 23 Silver […]

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Iniquity Silver Label Batch 23

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:28:34 +0000

Iniquity single malt comes from Tin Shed Distilling Company in Australia. I received these samples from the distillery: Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Batch 23 Silver Label Iniquity Den’s Dram Single Malt Lazy Daze, bourbon and red wine matured 40% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Gold Batch 007, 56% ABV Iniquity […]

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Iniquity Den’s Dram Single Malt Lazy Daze

Johannes Lindblom — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:07:07 +0000

Iniquity whisky comes from Tin Shed Distilling Company in Australia. I received these samples from the distillery: Iniquity Den’s Dram Single Malt Lazy Daze Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Gold Batch 007, 56% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Flustercluck Australian Peat, 49.1% ABV Iniquity Single Malt Whisky Batch 23 Silver Label, […]

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Rye Malt Whisky Beer Series

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 26 May 2023 09:48:36 +0000

Ruosniemen Panimo from Finland has used rye malt whisky barrels for aging their beer. Couple of quick tasting notes regarding this series. Even though both are not full ten point beers, I had to review them because of the interesting Kyrö distillery’s rye whisky barrel influence. Imperial stout 2021 Scoring […]

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Narwhal Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

Johannes Lindblom — Fri, 26 May 2023 08:00:01 +0000

This barrel aged stout comes from the famous Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. I like their products, especially Torpedo Extra IPA is one of my favorites. I was excited to hear that they’ve made a stout aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels. And in my opinion, they’ve succeeded very well with this […]

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