Whisky Fun has recently rated our Invergordon 1972 with 90 points and published the following tasting notes (taken from www.whiskyfun.com, 27 February 2024):

Invergordon 50 yo 1972/2023 (41.5%, DramCatcher, hogshead, cask #106192, 60 bottles) Another micro-outturn for our close neighbours and friends in Switzerland. Colour: full gold. Nose: a little less emphatic, a little more delicate, closer to Italian pastries, amaretti, panettone, orange blossom, plus a pack of proper white nougat from Provence (not the ones you buy along the autoroute) and a touch of high-class pipe tobacco. Almost no one's smoking pipes anymore (except for a well-known Italian gentleman from Formigine) but I have fond memories of the smells inside the Dunhill shop, Jermyn Street, London. Another dazzling nose. Mouth: we're now extremely close to the 1973. To be honest they are hardly distinguishable, although this 1972 may display a few extra-notes of blood oranges. Finish: nougat à l'orange, vanilla cake, the expected coconut notes (but they behave) and this welcome green tea in the aftertaste. Comments: superb.
SGP:740 - 90 points.

The DrC bottlings family got a new member a short while ago: Our long awaited 32yo North British 1991 Single Grain finally arrived. The wait was worth it: Captivating aromas of coconut, vanilla, fresh exotic fruits and a hint of floral notes spoil the nose and the palate of any connoisseur. An absolute gem of a grain, as confirmed by the number of sold bottles during the Whiskyshiff Hallwilersee.

Now available from our shop and ready for tasting at the forthcoming Whisky & Music Festival.

24 May 2023

Whisky Fun has recently rated our Glenrothes 1997 with 87 points and published the following tasting notes (taken from www.whiskyfun.com, 02 May 2023):

Glenrothes 23 yo 1997/2021 (51.3%, DramCatcher, hogshead, cask #715773)
Wasn't 1997 a good vintage everywhere in Scotchland? Colour: white wine. Nose: classic cakes, scones, muffins and shortbread, with some custard this time, plum jams, and then herbal teas in all their guises, chamomile first, as often. With water: more grassy touches, hay, flower compost (just a tiny bit), then Ovaltine again, cappuccino, a tiny drop of Maggi… Maggi is very important at WF Towers and part of the three essential resources. Electricity, whisky and Maggi. Right. A tiny touch of coconut in the balkc or the back. Mouth (neat): very good indeed, just as malty as the Cadenhead, with more fudge and toffee this time, millionaire shortbread, roasted peanuts, chestnut honey, tartes and cakes, crème brulée once more… With water: just excellent, with more butterscotch and cider. Finish: medium and just as malty and cakey as Cadenhead's 1996. Comments: great drops, these slightly uncomplicated Glenrothes.
SGP:561 - 87 points.

17 March 2023

Whisky Fun has recently rated our Cameronbridge 1974 with 87 points and our Glen Moray 2007 with 86 points, and published the following exciting tasting notes (taken from www.whiskyfun.com, 10/15 March 2023):

Cameronbridge 46 yo 1974/2021 (37.6%, Dramcatcher, single grain spirit, hogshead, cask #3)
Not whisky anymore at 37.6%, but it could have been in the old days, I believe the limit was at 65°UKproof not too long ago. Colour: gold. Nose: hey! Old waxes, tropical cordials (pineapple), new-world chardonnay, custard, blancmange, cheesecake, marshmallows, butter cream, meringue… Mouth: fantastic. Indeed this is not quite whisky, it's rather some kind of very precious soft drink, or some cocktail made by a un-narcissistic hence skilled bartender who's NOT on Insta or TikTok. Banana juice, soft rum, barley sugar, apple juice perhaps, orgeat… Finish: short, which is normal, with something of a Scottish pina colada or something. Cappuccino in the aftertaste. Absolutely lovely. Comments: beware these go down way too easily. Oh and 1974, that's Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom, so no wonder...
SGP:640 - 87 points

Glen Moray 14 yo 2007/2022 (52.4%, Dramcatcher, bourbon barrel, cask #6211)
To be able to catch some drams has been a dream of ours for decades, has it not. Let's check this new baby from our friends in Switzerland… Colour: straw. Nose: much, much deeper into anything malty and chalky, with some paraffin and lamp oil, cider apples, green pears, porridge… It is very typically Glen Moray as nature intended (if you will). With water: bonbons coming out, bubblegum, marshmallows… Also more chalk yet, after a short while. Mouth (neat): massive notes of fruit peel, grass, more paraffin and porridge, more chalk as well, drops of grapefruit juice… With water: very good. IPA, fruit drops, green tea… Finish: medium, on similar tones of fruity beers and artisanal cider. Comments: pure malt whisky. Lovely green fruits, breads etc. Classic.
SGP:551 - 86 points

We would like to thank everyone who visited us on the Whiskyship Hallwilersee. We had many interesting and exciting conversations and look back on two successful days.

We plan participating again in 2023, and we are already looking forward to it.

Prior to that, however, some other highlights will be coming up.

Such as the Whisky and Music Fair in Kemptthel "The Valley" on Fri. 28 October 2022.

While looking for further bottlings, we have already tried some Whiskies, partly at home but also during our last visit to Scotland in September. We came across a Hogshead who we think fits very well into our portfolio.

It`s a Dailuaine from the Speyside region, which was distilled on February 25, 2011. We were very impressed by the quality after 10 years in the cask, but in our opinion it is still "too young" and therefore needs a few more years of maturation before we can bottle it.

Whisky Fun has rated our 1976 Scottish Single Grain with 85 points, and published the following

tasting notes (taken from www.whiskyfun.com, 26 April 2021):

Secret Grain 43 yo 1976/2020 (45.1%, DramCatcher, hogshead, cask #940006)
Even the grains are getting anonymous these days mind you (but whisky cynics would say these spirits are always anonymous anyway). Colour: light gold. Nose: lovely varnish/glue, touches of acetone, green apples, cellulose, a box of cigarillos, then rather tropical fruits, especially bananas and guavas, sponge cake topped with custard, shortbread... Pleasant freshness and even complexity here. The varnishy notes do not bother me, on the contrary. Mouth: not too thin, rather enticing, on the expected coconut water and vanilla cream, plus fine touches of lemon, then several herbal and rooty notes from the old cask, celeriac, chartreuse, fir liqueur… All that never quite becomes big, but remember this is only grain whisky. Finish: citrus winning it all, which is good. Lemon balm too. Comments: not big but tight and even refreshing. Forgot to mention thin mints in the aftertaste. Very good grain but as always, they need very long aging, that and sometimes good thick sherry to bring some body.
SGP:551 - 85 points

Whisky Fun has rated our 2002 Irish Single Malt with solid 87 points, and published the following exciting tasting notes (taken from www.whiskyfun.com, 23 March 2021):

Secret Irish 17 yo 2002/2020 (48.7%, DramCatcher, barrel, cask #11464)
Some copy on the label leads us to believe this is single malt from Cooley. Colour: white wine. Nose: lovely drop, one of the better Cooleys. Mango cake, sweeter sunflower oil, pink bananas, melons, whiffs of menthol, fresh caraway seeds… It's not as bombastically fruity as the indie Bushmills, but I find this extremely well built and irreproachable. One of the better ones indeed, so far. Mouth: same feelings, lovely softer citrus, a wee touch of demerara syrup, melons, mangos, bananas… It's just a tad sweeter (as in 'sugar', ha) than we expected when nosing it. Finish: long and almost liqueury. No ideas where that came from, as it is impossible anyone added any forms of sugar to this lovely make. Comments: I'm reminded of Corsican 'Cédratine' here. Stuff for connoisseurs only.
SGP:741 - 87 points