The Whisky Viking

Review #857 (2021) From Douglas Hamilton comes this Single Grain whisky. It’s a single cask with the cask number DH10250. Sharp at first on the nose. Then mild and sweet.…

Review #856 (2021) This is matured in 1st fill ex-Bourbon & 1st fill Wine (STR barrique) casks. Loads of white fruits and vanilla in the smell at first. Some oak…

Review #789 (2019) This is matured in ex-Tennessee 1st fill barrels – formerly containing George Dickel. Seems quite young tho. Notes of new make and crisp white fruits in the…

Bartels is now offering a 48 year old expression of North of Scotland from 1973, but here comes the twist. It is bottled at 25% (and therefor not classified as…

Review #715 (2018) This is a small batch release from Wolfburn, 3 years old and bottled in 2018. It is matured in 1st fill ex-Bourbon barrels, and 6.000 bottles were…

Review #763 (2019) This is matured solely in Czech oak casks. Loads of marzipan in the smell, but also some off notes of… Is it Slivovitz? Plums and alcohol. Not…

Review #759 (2019) This is the second release from the Mackmyra series “Seasons”. It is finished in Bordeaux, Sherry and Glühwine casks. Maybe strange, but the first thing I get…

Review #622 (2018) This is not whisky yet. But it is organic, and it is matured in small ex-Bourbon casks, rebuilt from larger barrels, and sits at 25 PPM. Fresh…

Review #621 (2018) This is not a whisky yet. But it is organic, and it is matured in small ex-Bourbon casks, rebuilt from larger barrels, and then finished in PX…

Review #811 (2019) This is a single cask, bottled from a Oloroso hogshead. Only 525 bottles were made. Very dry in the smell. Oak and just a dash of flower…