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Another year in the books, and a bumpy one for the whisky industry. Production halts have become common as the industry faces excess supply. However, there’s still a lot of great stuff out there. As well as some that disappointed. Here you’ll find our highlights, lowlights, and thoughts for the year. Thanks for reading. -The Maltrunners Raygun Best pour: Longmorn 31 (1968) Mackillop’s Choice –…

Review by: Maltrunners Raygun’s Introduction: This Tobermory came from Royal Mile Whiskies, a well-known shop in Edinburgh located appropriately enough on the Royal Mile. They’ve done occasional bottles under their own label for a while now, but seem to have stepped up the number of those starting in 2023. This full review features a summary of what we found, a group score, and our individual…

Review by: Maltrunners Raygun’s Introduction: Been nearly a year since our last collective review. Where does the time go? Once again, a purchase from Taiwan. I had a small pour of Solist Moscatel at a tasting at a Kavalan shop years ago, where I got to try most of the higher-end sherry casks. It was one of my favorites, but at the time around $275, which I felt to be a bit much. However, when a…

Maltrunners came together this year as a bit of a lark. Something a few of us had discussed on and off, but never quite got going. Then in June of this year, we finally decided to do it. We set up this little site as a home for our reviews and to share them with interested readers. In slightly over six months, that’s added up to over 1600 posts. There’s a lot more to come, both with archiving old…

Maltrunners came together this year as a bit of a lark. Something a few of us had discussed on and off, but never quite got going. Then in June of this year, we finally decided to do it. We set up this little site as a home for our reviews and to share them with interested readers. In slightly over six months, that’s added up to over 1600 posts. There’s a lot more to come, both with archiving old…

Review by: DemiTastes For #ASMWAdvent2023 Day 1. At my first visit to Westward in 2022 as a media guest (they called me a “blogger”, which is basically accurate) they graciously brought out for me their last open non-archive bottle of Sourdough Whiskey because I had indicated interest in the production process of that one during the tour. Trying this expression was on my wishlist but I felt it…

Review by: DemiTastes Thanks to my friend and Irish Whiskey lover, The Pawn, for this sample. (Bottle photo borrowed from The Pawn.) Killowen is a pretty new Irish distillery located just across the Carlingford Lough from the County Louth, which is home of the Cooley Distillery. They value producing whiskey with an authenticity tied to old style traditional production, including poitin as well…