The latest batch of Heaven Hill’s fantastic Elijah Craig Barrel Proof series. This one comes in at a generous and formidable 68% ABV, ensuring full aroma, flavour and intensity. Like all Bourbons, this has been aged in virgin American oak casks,...

This is one of the best value for money whiskies in the world. We are simply staggered by the complexity and depth of this whisky. At this price point, it would be hard to recommend other whiskies for a remotely similar price. 

The Glendronach Parliament is a 21 year old single malt whisky which is matured in a combination of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. For the exquisite flavours to shine, the Glendronach Parliament has been bottled at 48%, with no...

A much loved blended malt from Johnnie Walker which disappeared for a few years, but is thankfully back with us. This is a real beauty, free from any grain whisky, and thus emphasising a wonderful malty quality. Cragganmore, Talisker and Caol Ila...

KI NO BI, meaning “beauty of the seasons”, is a Japanese gin made in Kyoto. Its list of botanicals features some distinctly Japanese parts, such as bamboo, yellow yuzu, hinoki wood chips, gyokuro tea and green sanshō (Japanese peppercorn)...

Moonshine has a strong claim to being the original American spirit: white whiskey was made by early settlers and poor farmers as a means of using surplus product. Indeed, as Ole Smoky says, “Moonshine is as American as Apple Pie!” With this in...

An absolutely delicious Single Malt whisky from Indian distillery’s Amrut! This whisky takes their classic unpeated, Indian barley, ex-bourbon barrel matured whisky and finishes it for a period in port pipes from Duoro in Portugal. This whisky is...

A simply incredible Armagnac, distilled in 1964 and aged for fully 51 years. One of the smaller Domaines in Armagnac, the ancient farmland has been tended to by the Faget family since 1820. The estate’s vineyard stretches across a west-facing...

The 2016 Cask Strength release from one of our favourite distilleries here at Fine Drams, Kilchoman! Kilchoman have made their name producing young single malt of extraordinary quality, often with interesting maturation techniques. This bottling is...

A marvelous addition to Irish Distillers’ Dair Ghaelach range. Dair Ghaelach translates as Irish Oak – highlighting the fascinating and unique aspect of this whiskey: it was partly aged in Irish oak casks. This is a fantastic example of the...

A fantastically well titled whisky, designed to replace Suntory’s excellent age-stated Hibiki whiskies. Harmony reflects the flavours of the whisky, a perfectly blended dram, with all constituent parts working together beautifully to ensure a...

A simply sumptuous, old, single cask Auchentoshan. Whisky first flowed into this barrel on 22nd October 1979. Interestingly enough, on the same day, the House of Commons discussed the removal of trade tariffs on Scotch whisky. Indeed, there should...

This is a 12 year old single cask bottling from Teeling. It was matured in sherry cask #8833 since October 2004 and bottled at cask strength in October 2016. In typical Teeling fashion, this bottling was not chillfiltered and has no added...

Chateau de Pomes Peberere are a small scale distillery and wine-producer in the south-western French area of Gers. Since 1820, the Faget family have tended this ancient vineyard, which is planted on a west-facing sun-drenched plateau surrounding the...

A single cask bottling of Kavalan, matured solely in an Oloroso sherry cask, and bottled as part of their Solist range. As with all bottlings in the Solist range, it is bottled without chillfiltration and with its natural colour.

A first for the former wool-mill distillery, an organic single malt! Here the Highland distillery have demonstrated their commitment to local organic produce, creating this marvelous whisky with soft water from the River Teith. The whisky has...

Created due the extraordinary demand for barrel strength whisky (and perhaps in answer to the outraged response when the distillery announced they were going to reduce their proof to 42% ABV – a decision they reversed). This is a small batch...

A tremendous whisky from BenRiach, this is a real throw back to when Speyside whisky was largely peated, before the industrial revolution. The whisky is matured in smaller casks which mean a greater proportion of wood to spirit, making for a faster...

An elderflower-infused addition to Buss Spirits’ brilliant range of gins, made from 100% fresh fruits and botanicals. It is a limited edition, released as part of their Author Collection. This would work fabulously just with tonic water, or maybe...

A 19 year old Blair Athol, bottled by Hunter Laing as part of their First Edition range. Having spent its entire maturation in a single sherry butt, it is rather heavy on the sherry, which is right in the wheelhouse of Blair Athol. It was distilled...

The Hakushu 12 year old Single Malt Whisky is one of the corner stones of Japanese whisky. The Hakushu 12 embodies all the classic traits of a good Japanese whisky, and is bottled at healthy 43%.

Chateau du Tariquet distil their age statement Armagnacs from only the best Folle Blanche grapes, recognised as one of the most flavoursome of grapes, but also one of the most difficult to grow. Indeed, Chateau du Tariquet is one of the largest...

Another fantastic vintage Rhum Agricole from one of the best rum distilleries on the planet, Clément! Agricole is a marvelous style of rhum, largely produced on Martinique, which is made out of the fresh pressing of sugar cane, as opposed to...

A simply stupendous vintage rum from Rhum JM. One of our favourite rum distilleries of all time, Rhum JM has the wonderful distinction of being the only distillery in the world (to our knowledge) that is on an active volcano. Mount Pelée provides...

Billed as one of the “Last Great Malts’, a series of releases from Dewar’s portfolio of distilleries launched in 2014, Aultmore is a quaffable citrus-rich dram. This old school distillery only started to use electricity in 1969, and produces a...

A fantastic offering from BenRiach, that sees their spirit matured in refill Bourbon American oak casks, before a finishing period in Pedro Ximenez sherry butts from Jerez in southern Spain. This extra maturation gives the whisky its incredible dark...

From the chaps at Hunter Laing comes this 19 year old Benrinnes which they bottled under their Old Malt Cask range. Matured in an ex-bourbon barrel from May 1995 until June 2014, with an outturn of 221 bottles of delicious, rich and creamy Benrinnes...

This is a welcome 2015 addition to the tiny distillery’s rather wide range. As Benromach only came back into working order in 1998, this 15 year old is the first time a regular release could be bottled at this age with Gordon and MacPhail spirit....

A 30 year old Caol Ila bottled by Hunter Laing, as part of their Old & Rare ‘a platinum collection’. This whisky was distilled in January, 1984, and then laid to rest in a single refill hogshead for 30 long years, until it was bottled in...

A highly traditional Cognac estate that has been in the same family for 6 generations. Montifaud has a little over 300 acres of vineyard, spanning both the Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne premier crus (widely considered to be the two finest...

Compass Box has become one of the most well respected whisky makers of any kind in the UK. The company’s bold positions on issues surrounding transparency, alongside their consistent high quality whisky releases, have made them something of a cult...

A rare bottling of Convalmore single malt whisky, bottled as part of Diageo’s 2013 Special Release. Distilled in 1977, this 36 year old whisky is the oldest official Convalmore ever to be released. The whisky can best be described as perfectly...

Released as part of the Glenfarclas distillery’s Family Cask range in the spring of 2015, this single malt whisky was drawn from a single refill sherry butt (cask no. 1276) which, judging by the colour of this whisky, was still a very active cask....

A marvellous cask strength bottling of Kilkerran whisky. Kilkerran is owned and operated by the Mitchell family, the same folk who run Springbank. Whilst sold under the name Kilkerran, the company make no secret of the fact that this is distilled at...

A cask strength bottling of the Tobermory distillery’s heavily peated whisky, Ledaig. Indeed, this is a young and brash, 6 year old single malt whisky that has been bottled without any alterations. One for the peatheads!

A bizarre, fantastic, and delicious gin, made with an cenizo agave, joven mezcal base. To this is added typical gin botanicals: angelica, coriander, juniper (of course!), cardamom, dragon eye, Guinea pepper, orange peel and nutmeg. This is part of a...

Plantation is the rum company owned and managed by Maison Ferrand, one of Cognac’s most esteemed producing houses. As such, they approach their rum by combining their French expertise with the spirit of the Caribbean, producing some incredible...