September already… It’s too painful I don’t want to say more. But let’s deal with September pain with my monthly whisky selection! Littlemill 1990 – 27yo Private Cellar Edition The Littlemill distillery was sadly shut in 1994 – and even more sadly demolished almost completely by a fire in 2004. However, the whisky produced at the Lowland-based distillery still sometimes appears, much to the delight …
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I can’t believe it’s August already… Hmm July, where the hell have you gone? Ok, so we’re opening our bar (pssst! Follow our adventures on Facebook ! ;)) in a month from now… I’ve always said I liked a good challenge right ? Anyway, you’re not here to hear me complain about wood wool prices or the French administrive slowness, no, let’s talk about whisky …
Continue readingMy July wishlists always tend to be my favourites… Because yay, it’s my Birthday month and I can expect some of my wishes to come true in July 😉 – Hence why this month’ wishlist will be a little bit extended… I’m a greedy person after all – and it’s not like there could be such a thing as “too much whisky” around here right …
Continue readingFeis Ile 2017 celebrations are still in full swing and yet I am already releasing my June whisky wishlist (which of course includes some of this year’ Feis Ile bottlings… But keep your eyes peeled for an exhaustive summary of ALL the 2017 Feis Ile releases soon!) – This last month has been hectic in new exciting releases and choosing only a handful of those …
Continue readingIt may be a bank holiday for some of us, I couldn’t leave you without my monthly whisky wishlist on this 1st of May! Good news: I’m also currently working on a proper & permanent “wishlist” page on this blog so that you can always easily find my “go-to” drams of the moment and other must-have gems without having to scroll 1654988 articles or spend …
Continue readingI know we saw the release of quite a lot of mouth-watering expressions in March (Ardbeg Kelpie, Glenmorangie Pride 1974, Tamdhu 50…) but as far as I’d like to put my hands on those bottlings, there are other gems (which may not be as “wow” as those new Glenmorangie and Tamdhu) that I still need to add to my shelves first, and here are a few …
Continue readingAnd here we go again: new month, new whisky wishlist! There’s been quite a lot of exciting new releases this past month, especially on the ever-growing Irish Whiskey category and from what I know, the lucky Irishmen aren’t willing to see this trend stop anytime soon… Expect some exciting things those next few months from the Emerald Isle! Anyway, let’s stop teasing and have a …
Continue readingDry or not, one sure thing, January as finally come to an end and I couldn’t be happier. C’mon, we all know January is the most depressing month of the year, when you realise you won’t be able to keep your good new year resolutions for more than 3 days (sorry you lost your money on this 12-month gym membership btw) & go spend your …
Continue readingHappy New Year little drammers! I’m more than happy to kick off a brand new year of malted adventures with you around here. 2016 set the bar to a very high level (at a very personal level of course), let’s hope that 2017 will bring even more successful tastings, events, travels, encounters & amusements! Â First things first, let’s stick to traditions and start January with …
Continue readingWe’re officially kicking off the race to Christmas today! And I’ve been warning you since a few days, we’ll be going all blooming christmassy around here! Let’s start the festivities with my usual monthly selection… But instead of the 5 whiskies I usually select, my Whisky Wishlist doubles in size this month and showcases 10 fine expressions (in case you were still looking for some …
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