Recent content by Olivier Beltrami

Do we really need another overpriced NAS Whisky with a tacky pseudo-Celticoviking name ? Oh, and did I forget to mention the use of a Port cask to better camouflage whatever flaws this spirit might have ? I used to be a big fan of Laphroaig and Highland Park, but for the past 1-2 years, these 2...

BTW: the Ardmore Traditional Cask at 48% could be found in France for less than 25€. Taking into considferation that the first 10€ of a whisky bottle are taxes ... a price of $50 for a 40% spirit is really taking advantage of the current Whisky bubble to the utmost.

Another distillery (after Laphroaig) to succomb to the temptation to water-down its products to the very edge of legality (40%). The Ardmore Traditional Cask at 48% was great, but this new watered-down version ... I just don't know.