Whisky reviews (5736)
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Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask - Taiwan Sherry Bomb
96
Even though I'm back from a trip to Scotland - having brought back five bottles (six if you count a bottle of rum for my dad's 70th birthday) , and tasted countless more - I thought I would do a complete… read more
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Balvenie 15 Year old - Quite Hit and Miss.
86
This has been a favorite whisky for some time. When it is on, it is all honey, and I love it. Now and again, I get a bitter finish that I dislike. Recently, I have come under the impression that the… read more
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North British 51 Year Old 1962 Malts of Scotland - Delicate
88
North British at young age can be somewhat hit & miss. Remember the somewhat disappointing 12 Year Old from Signatory and the very nice 14 Year Old on Californian sherrycask, also from Signatory. At h… read more
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Invergordon 48 Year Old 1964 Scott’s Selection - Malibu
84
Scott’s Selection has bottled quite a few single grain from 1964 already. I’ve tried their Port Dundas, Caledonian and Girvan from that year. The single grain I am trying today was produced by Invergo… read more
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Girvan 47 Year Old 1964 Scott’s Selection - Grass and Varnish
82
This single grain by Scott’s Selection is one of the samples I scored at the Festival for Indepdent Bottlers on May 9th. It matured for 47 years on a bourbon cask. Girvan is a very young distillery, built… read more
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Cambus 24 Year Old 1986 Bladnoch Forum - Superglue
83
Single Grain can be really beautiful, we all know that. Therefore I collected a couple of samples to put next to each other. Let me start with this 24 Year Old from Cambus, a grain distillery in the L… read more
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Miltonduff 1982 - So So Good
88
A 30 year old expression of a rarely seen distillery, fantastic stuff, only the independent bottlers can supply things like this in the Southern part of the world Nose: marshmallow, very soft, ripe … read more
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Coal Ila 2001 - Its More than the Standard 12
89
A cask strength beauty here. This bottling harnesses all of the quality of Coal Ila, sweetness, phenolic peatiness, that ever-present black olive. very nice Nose: Islay, pungent, black pepper, peat, … read more
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Cragganmore 1986 - 26 year old Cragga's
81
Unfortunately this was a bit disappointing, i was really looking forward to a big old fruity Speysider. This was a good whisky but no way was it worth the price ($220 AUD)or the fuss Nose: full bodied… read more
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Liddesdale Batch 3 - Adelphi's Take on Bunnahabhain
84
This is an 18 year old expression of Bunnahabhain matured in ex sherry casks, on a large hill. Liddesdale is the large hill in question and is only a few miles from where Adelphi want to set up their very… read more