Archive For The “Israeli Whisky” Category
Golani 5 year old! Wow, this is another milestone for Israeli whisky. Indeed, the first Israeli five year old whisky was bottled by David Zibell’s Golani Distillery. This is the second cask filled by the distillery, cask number 2, that was distilled in September 2014. I’ve said previously that David is extremely innovative, and it’s…
Milk and Honey, or rather M&H, is my local Tel Aviv distillery. I’ve tasted the new make a mere days after the distillery started to distill in 2016, and have been regularly tasting the spirit in various casks as it progressed on its journey to become whisky. You’ll find my previous posts about the distillery…
When I visited the Golani distillery last year, David said that “the casks work in the summer, that’s when the magic happens”. He has now taken that another step forward, and is now offering a selection of select casks that have matured in the top rack of the warehouse, where it’s hottest. David named those…
Once again David Zibell is venturing into uncharted territory, this time with peated malt and a double, yet very unconventional, maturation. This time we’re being treated to a maturation in a first filled Golan Heights Winery Chardonnay cask, that was received by Golani Distillery fresh and was not even washed out before being filled with…
This is the first four year old Israeli whisky to hit the market, and the first one to be matured in a Port style cask from Golan Heights T2 The original T2 is made from two Portuguese grape varieties, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Cão, grown locally. The 50% Touriga Nacional and 50% Tinta Cão wine was then allowed…