Germany has turned into a major whisky producing country in the last years, at least with regard to the number of distilleries which is in the triple digits now. It is dificult to keep track of all the new releases, and one particularly interesting bottling I have noticed only now when I saw a picture of it on Facebook.
The Hammerschmide distillery in Zorge is offering a single malt called The Alrik under their Glen Els whisky brand. Apparently the 2012 edition was given 95 points by Jim Murray in his latest Whisky bible. Now the 2013 edition is on the market.
alrikAnyone familiar with the distilleries on Islay will notice a striking resemblence of the bottle design to Ardbeg. The ornaments around the label, the eleborate A, even the small logo with the year of establishment on both sides of the A; all this is too similar to be called a conicidence. And not very surprisingly the bottle contains whisky made from heavily smoked malt.
De gelijkenis met het design van Ardbeg is echt opvallend
Iemand ervaring met whiskies van de Hammerschide distilleerderij? Ze maken ongetwijfeld goede whisky, gezien de beoordeling van Jim Murray. Tuurlijk heeft hij een voorkeur voor geturfte whiskies, maar een 95 geef je niet zomaar. Deze fles is aan de prijs: 139,95 euro..
