By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Sometimes an independent bottling brings us a single malt from a distillery that otherwise unavailable, either because it is defunct or lacks brands of its own; and sometimes these bottlings simply put a spin on a malt that the distillery’s own brands do not. In the case of Elixir Distillers’ Single Malts of Scotland series ...

By Paer Johansson Rating: A- Irish Distillers, part of Pernod Ricard and the makers of fine Irish Whiskey such as Jameson, Midleton and “the Spots” have just released their oldest ever permanent expression of Redbreast at 27 years old. This single pot still whisky contains whisky matured in Ruby Port barrels designed to bring a new complexity and depth in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- ImpexBev has recently imported a slate of Scottish bottlings from Elixir Distillers, among them a Ledaig 14 Year Old single malt. The distillery it comes from is one of the oldest in Scotland, predating the broader legalization of whisky distilling in Scotland in the 1830s. Erected in 1798, Ledaig’s name was changed to Tobermory in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Parliament 21 Year Old sits at the top of Glendronach’s core range, and that is not just because of the two decade age statement. The whisky spent those many years in a mix of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. So, this single malt isn’t just finished in Sherry casks or aged for 12 or ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- If you’ve been seeing and/or hearing more about the single malts from The GlenDronach, that is because they were acquired by Brown-Forman in 2016 as part of the purchase of the BenRiach Group. All three distilleries in that group–Benriach, GlenDronach, Glengassaugh–each have a particular identity. All three have also been receiving a push from Brown-Forman, ...