Whisky Fun hat Anfangs Mai unseren Glenrothes 1997 mit 87 Punkten bewertet und die folgenden Verkostungsnotizen veröffentlicht (entnommen von www.whiskyfun.com, 2. Mai 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. März 2023

Whisky Fun hat kürzlich unseren Cameronbridge 1974 mit 87 Punkten und unseren Glen Moray 2007 mit 86 Punkten bewertet und die folgenden Verkostungsnotizen veröffentlicht (entnommen von www.whiskyfun.com, 10. und 15. März 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

DramCatcher beim Whisky & Music Festival dabei

Wir werden am 3. und 4. Februar am Whisky & Music Festival im Zürcher Volkshaus sein, wo wir unsere 2 neuen Abfüllungen präsentieren werden. Einen 14-jährigen Glen Moray und einen 12-jährigen Ardmore, beides natürlich Single Casks und in Fassstärke abgefüllt.

Tickets für die Messe:

https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/gruppen/whisky-music-festival-zuerich-6973626519265349965.html

Und hier schon mal ein "Teaser" unserer neuen Abfüllungen:

Wir möchten uns bei all jenen bedanken, die uns am Whiskyschiff Hallwilersee besucht haben. Wir hatten viele interessante und spannende Gespräche und schauen auf gelungene 2 Tage zurück.

Wir planen, auch im 2023 wieder dabei zu sein und freuen uns schon jetzt.

Vorher stehen aber noch einige andere Highlights an.

Wie z.B. die Whisky & Music Fair in Kemptthal "The Valley"
vom Fr. 28. Oktober 2022.

Wir haben auf der Suche nach weiteren Abfüllungen schon einige Whiskies probieren können, teils zu Hause aber auch bei unserem letzten Schottland Besuch im September. Dabei sind wir auf einen gestossen, der, wie wir denken, sehr gut in unser Portfolio passt.

Es ist ein Dailuaine aus der Speyside Region, welcher am 25. Februar 2011 destilliert wurde. Er hat uns sehr überzeugt, ist aber unseres Erachtens noch «zu jung» und braucht daher noch einige weitere Jahre Reifung im Hogshead, bevor wir ihn abfüllen werden.

Whisky Fun hat unseren Scottish Single Grain 1976 mit 85 Punkten bewertet und die folgenden Verkostungsnotizen veröffentlicht (entnommen von 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 hat unseren Irischen Single Malt 2002 mit soliden 87 Punkten bewertet und die folgenden Verkostungsnotizen veröffentlicht (entnommen von www.whiskyfun.com, 23. März 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