Age statements making a comeback at The Glenrothes

Based on a few new labels in the Colas database, we might assume that age statements are making a comeback at The Glenrothes. The Rothes distillery has been using a 'Vintage' approach - using the year a whisky was distilled - instead of putting an age statement on the bottles.

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Rumour: 52-year-old Bowmore

Another collectible Bowmore appeared in the Colas database. It is a 52 year old single malt matured in an oloroso sherry cask.

Bowmore describes it as "Carefully nurtured by generations of distillers, this extremely rare limited edition bottling unlocks the exotic fruit tastes renowned in the most collectible aged Bowmore".


Entries from the TTB Public Registry (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau) are a fairly reliable source for upcoming new whiskies. Although not all entries make it to the market. There’s always the possibility a brand decides not to launch a whisky, even if the label has been approved. Until the distillery sends out a press release, this whisky should be considered a rumour…

Source: Colas Online

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The Big Fat List of Feis Ile 2018 whiskies

I have been compiling this list of upcoming Feis Ile whiskies and events for a few years now and it is easily one of the most read articles of the first half of the year so without further ado let's dive into the frenzy of the Islay Festival of Malt and Music!

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Another Society cask for Feis Ile 2018 turned up

The most recent Feis Ile bottling from the Society is a relatively more affordable Caol Ila. 'Smoky incarnations' is cask 252 from the distillery near Port Askaig.

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Two Society single casks for Feis Ile 2018 'leaked'

Feis Ile is still a few months away but already some of the special SMWS single casks showed up in the public Colas registry: a 20-year-old Laphroaig and a 20-year-old Bowmore...

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Highland Park The Dark 17YO

The rise of T.V. and a bit more recently handheld pocket size computers - I believe we call them smartphones - announced the fall of a different art. The art to entertain a family with stories both serious and fun. I (being a Generation Y kid) vividly remember the railway stories from my grandfather on Sunday afternoon and the military practical jokes from my father. Me, I'm far from a born story teller but still quite a good listener. They and the generations before them mastered the art because they simply hadn't access to mind numbing media.

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8 Scotch whiskies for International Scotch Day #LoveScotch

Today the world celebrates the second International Scotch Day. (Not to be confused with World Whisky Day and International Whisky day, but hey, the world clearly needs excuses to drink whisky) The initiative comes from global drinks company Diageo and mostly aims at recruiting the Millennial generation into the hipster world of whisky.

Alexander Walker's birthday - the Johnnie Walker blended scotch pioneer - will be remembered by a social media campaign #LoveScotch, several activities - free entrance, special tastings,... -  in distilleries and opening up its usual off-limits Archive for the public.

To help you celebrate yet another whisky-sipping day, we will pick 8 famous and affordable Scotch whiskies for you, The Whisky Loving Reader. But we will not limit ourselves to strictly Diageo whiskies.

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Catching up with the Whisky Week (2 February 2018)

After a busy week, I'll try to get you up to speed in less then two minutes on the latest whisky news, rumours and interesting blog posts from the past week.

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Old Particular Cameronbrigde 26YO for Maltclan

Cameronbrigde Distillery is Diageo's workhorse and the biggest grain distillery in Europe. Not only does it produce the backbone for an army of blended Scotch whiskies, it is also the home to the now discontinued Cameron Brig whisky, the infamous Haig Club whisky endorsed by David Beckham and white spirits such as Gordon's gin, Tanqueray gins and Smirnoff vodka. Not to mention the name Cameronbridge has close ties with two legendary names from the distilling scene: Haig and Stein!

The Belgian whisky club Maltclan - that hosts one of the best whisky festivals in the country imho - cooperated for the first time with Douglas Laing & Co. It's not a total coincidence since on of the founding members was appointed as a Douglas Laing Fellow and the company has a Belgian connection with its Global Brand Ambassador Jan Beckers.

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Glenmorangie Spios

Glenmorangie presented its new Private Edition single malt. The new whisky expression matured in first-fill American casks that previously rye whiskey. The whisky's name Spios - to be pronounced as Spee-os - is inspired by the spicy character of these American beauties. Spios means as much as spice in Scots Gaelic.

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