Kavalan 2010 Sherry Cask The Whisky Exchange

I’ll be totally blunt: My list of samples is right screwed at the moment. Half of it’s ready to go, and the other half exists in a state of disarray, clinging to an old Google sheet that has a big, blocky cutoff. When I’m working on review series, I sometimes grab things from this nebulous […]

Omar 4 2013 Cask Strength [cask 21130066]

Thanks to /u/Throzen for pouring this dram. So far, as part of the tasting, I’ve mostly had Scotch. One Irish whiskey, but otherwise only Scotch. Anyone who reads my stats shouldn’t be surprised: I mostly review Scotch. It’s that simple. I live in a country where higher end whisky doesn’t have a market (yet). I’m directly north […]

Kavalan Solist ex-Oloroso Sherry Cask KavaFAN pick

Thanks to Forbiddenwaffle for pouring this sample for me. I’m still holding out hope that I find a Kavalan that beats out the best I’ve had. This isn’t something alone with Kavalan: Multiple distilleries, I’d argue all of them, have the top dram I’ve ever had and that’s a target. No one shows up to the Olympics […]

Kavalan Port Solist KavaFAN pick

Thanks to /u/Throzen for sharing this dram. Hey, haven’t quite gotten to my Macallan reviews yet… I wonder what could fill in, just in the meantime… Oh wait, Kavalan Port Solist KavaFAN pick will do quite nicely. Odd how those fit together, right? I joke, I joke. Kavalan uses different casks sometimes and only costs mostly as much (with […]

Omar 4 2013 Cask Strength

Thanks to /u/throzen for sharing a sample of this bottle. Omar means Amber in Gaelic. Nantou, though, is in Taiwan. And that’s where we begin. Nantou located it in an area suitable for whisky. In the 1980s they sent men to Scotland to learn whisky making. So when discussing Taiwanese whisky, why does Nantou or Omar not […]

Kavalan Solist ex-Bourbon Cask KavaFAN pick

Thanks to /u/Throzen[+69] for pouring me this dram Upon joining the KavaFAN group, you’re given the opportunity to purchase Kavalan Solist ex-Bourbon Cask KavaFAN pick. Simple idea: This is a single cask, chosen by the group, from an ex-bourbon cask. Someone, presumably, went to Taiwan and tested out different casks and tried it. I’ve spoken before on this, […]

Kavalan Solist Manzanilla Cask & Kavalan Solist Port Cask ‘KavaFan Single Cask Release’

Thanks to /u/jeremyheavy & /u/Theslicknick6 for the samples. Kavalan Solist is a line of cask strength, single cask whiskies. They are each differentiated by the cask they were matured in. Sounds pretty standard, right? So standard, I honestly didn’t know what to write about here. Maybe about Taiwan and the Han migration, perhaps something about having a Taiwanese friend […]

Kavalan Port Cask Solist

Thanks to /u/theslicknick6 for this sample. I’ve had quite a few Kavalan whiskies. Sadly the one I liked the most is about as easy as finding an unopened beer at a teen’s party at 2am. But enough has been written about Vinho Barrique. Now my second favourite whisky was Concertmaster. Which I still think has a […]

Kavalan Sextuple Review (King Car Conductor, Single Malt, Solist Ex-Bourbon, Solist Sherry, Solist Fino Sherry, Solist Vinho Barrique)

Taiwan. Land of… that video with that one racist fuck wit. And otherwise really nice people. Not that I’d know. I’ve worked with two Taiwanese people, and they were cool, however I don’t want to paint an entire culture with two Canadian-Taiwanese people who I worked with. So Taiwan, what’s up with that? Well they […]

Kavalan Concertmaster – Port Cask Finish

Hi, I’m /u/TOModera , and today, I’m going to try and teach you what tiny things I can look up and type concerning a place I’ve never learned about. For instance: Fun Fact: The Kavalan were a group of indigenous people who originally inhabited the Northeastern corner of Taiwan. Now what the flaming hell does that […]