A clean, expressive Japanese single malt with fruity depth and earthy nuance—here’s my full take after tasting the first release from Shindo Distillery.
I tasted the Ardmore 2009 from Claxton’s Seventeen Smoky Stills series. A lightly peated Highland malt with delicate fruit and dry smoke.
Tried CraftBros JEGI Blended Double Malt—balanced, light, and subtly complex. A curious first step into Korean whisky blending.
Tasting Four Roses 21 Year Barrel Strength Bourbon: a mature, oak-forward whiskey with layers of dried fruit, vanilla, and spice at full cask strength.
Tasted Lagavulin’s Sweet Peat 11 Year Old – a subtle shift from their usual style, with balanced smoke, malt sweetness, and gentle complexity.
A focused tasting of the Singapore 60th Birthday Laphroaig 1998 single cask—matured for 25 years, peated yet refined, with deep medicinal and coastal character.
Tasted the Tormore Blueprint 10 Year Old—pleasant Speyside whisky with gentle fruit and malt notes. Balanced, though not overly complex.
I tried the 2002 TDL Ester Hunter rum and found layers of spice, tropical sweetness, and well-integrated oak in this well-aged Trinidad bottling.
A refined tasting of Martell’s rare 60-year-old Cognac released to mark Singapore’s 60th year – deeply oaky, beautifully layered, and surprisingly gentle.
I tasted Appleton Estate’s 51 Year Old and found a deep, complex rum with layers of oak, spice, and balanced sweetness. A rare piece of Jamaican history.