Speyside 8 Year Old

Speyside 18 Year Old 1996 Smoking Buffalo 6

The series of Smoking Buffalo is always a peaty whisky in honor of KAA Gent, a Belgian football club that celebrates its 150th birthday this year. To celebrate, Belgian bottlers The Bonding Dram and Whisky Import Belux released this 6th edition of the Smoking Buffalo. Something special, to be sure, as it is a peaty version of an 18 Year Old from...

Score 89/100

Speyside Royal Choice

Do you really think the Royal Family selected this whisky from the warehouses of the Speyside Distillery? I do not think so. It is a combination of the oldest sherry casks they still had (which can be up to a quarter century, considering that the first spirit flowed from the stills in 1990). Round, fruity and feisty nose filled with toffee,...

Score 85/100

Speyside Spey 18 Year Old

The 18 year old whisky from the Speyside Distillery, simply Spey 18, matured on fresh sherry casks and was bottled at a drinking strength of 46%. Only 1.500 bottles were launched. I am told it is very popular in Taiwan. Well, it is not like I ever go there. Ha, that is more like it! Good nose on all kinds of fruit. A real salad of fresh fruit...

Score 83/100

Speyside 15 Year Old 1996/2012 Carn Mor Strictly Limited, Sherry Butt, 770 bts

I have always had a bit of trouble with the name Speyside Distillery. It seems a bit like a delusion of grandeur, no? She can obviously be found in the Speyside region, but do you have to call it that then? Anyway, I tried this bottling before at a whisky & chocolate tasting in Ghent. Today, I am leaving the chocolate in the cupboard. The nose...

Score 82/100