Left this to sit in the glass for about half an hour before I even went near it. I've found this whiskey needs considerable breathing time to settle down.Nose is strong with spicy oak. Massive, massive…

In my experience I have found HP to have an awful lot of batch variance in their releases, particularly their standard 12YO. Sometimes it's a rich smokey experience, other times I've found it rather…

I loved the classic Bourbon Cask 15YO Single Barrel. I found it a very slow-drinking, relaxing and contemplative dram. So very keen to see what its European Sherry Cask sibling does.Nose: Immediate hit…

A relatively new release from Bowmore, and having been a big fan of their classic 17YO from a few years back I grabbed a bottle as soon as I could.However, this is quite markedly different from the…

The nose on this opens up quite sweetly but peat and salt are apparent almost immediately afterwards. It becomes slightly bitter with mineral edges after a few minutes. Peatiness remains strong but the…

...a distillery that didn't open until you were of legal drinking age is now producing a whisky that is itself of legal drinking age, (at least in the UK that is).So Arran distillery, which opened in…

Often in the shadow of its neighbour Springbank, Glen Scotia is the only other autonomous Campbeltown distillery. I tried one indie expression years ago which was largely forgettable. However, this is…

This is a bottle I have had open for approx. 8 months now and just reaching the end of it. Notes are all with just a few drops of water, but still keeping the abv high.It is a much lighter coloured malt…

Picked this up at Manchester Whisky Festival last week. Berry Brothers always seem to steal the show there...Nose: Butter and Toffee intially followed by a spicy, Cinnamony Apple flavour. Creamy, coffee…

Tomatin have recently released their Cuatro range whereby whisky that has been aged for nine years in Bourbon casks was then split and aged for a further three years in four different types of sherry…