Sample sent to me. I was expecting peat from the name and bottling art.But it's peat free.Nose: Big big fruity, apricot, toffee apple, candle wax, Christmas cake, raisin, fig, medjool date, green cut…

So this is the whiskey made by Old Forester as a tie-in for the second ‘Kingsman’ film. Im a big fan of OF and the first film so bought this the minute it came out.Hard to know the age, but colour is…

So I sourced this in New York and its still sitting on shelves a little in the USA. Never made it to the UK.Colour: Darkish getting on to mahogany brown.Nose: big and rounded. Earthy polished mahogany…

So I'm a huge fan of non-age Bulleit. It has a fragrant oily floral, caramel, cherry, oak and citrus aroma that sings.The 10 year version does too, but with the added age there's some toasted oak and…

The conventional wisdom is that spice in American whiskey comes from the rye. Wheat, I learned from drinking Van Winkle wheated bourbons, ages more elegantly and softens a whiskey out over many years.…

So Reservoir is distilled in Virginia, by a guy called Dave Cuttino, using a pot still designed for Armagnac. Like many non-Kentucky craft whiskeys it's aged in smaller barrels. In this case with a heavy…

So this is the tale end of a bottle I did a tasting with, and seeing as I've got several bottles of varying proofs, I want to document my tasting notes.Colour on this is nice and dark, orange, reds and…

So this is Heaven Hill's flag bearer and the second best selling straight bourbon brand in the USA and the world. No longer age stated, but said to be somewhere around four years+. All Heaven Hill's…

I've not been a huge drinker of the regular Maker's Mark, but got this bottle in the States and the boldness of the flavours in the cask strength really captured my palate.This bottle is 56.1% alcohol…

So David Nicholson is an old brand picked up by Luxco from the Van Winkles in about 2000. I won't bore you with the history because it's about as relevant as the British MG sportscar history if you buy…