Lagavulin 12yo CS 56.5% OB, bottled in 2010 (L0112CM000 01666951) gift from my wife on Valentine’s Day 2011: opened 10/10/2012This bottle has scored all over the map for me. On the night I first opened…

Glenmorangie 10yo was my very first single malt scotch. I remember the night: Summer of 2001. I was in grad school and visiting friends in Louisville. At this point I was a diehard port drinker. However…

This bottle has been opened for a week. I bought it mainly because I found a bottle for less then $25. It isn’t a bottle you typically see around, and it had the misfortune to be owned by Gldnmorangie…

Eades2 Islay 2nd EditionThis is a Double Malt (Trade Marked) made by a Virginia distillery start up. They sourced whisky from Scotland, and Jim McEwan guided the process (So I guess he picked the wine…

This is from a half bottle of Macallan 18yo. I believe it was a 1989 vintage. These late 80’s vintages are not generally thought to be as good as early 80’s or earlier vintage Macallans. I have tried a…

I bought and opened this bottle on my birthday in 2011. I made these notes a month later comparing it to the only other sherry influenced whisky I had at the time – Macallan 18yo. It was the only time…

I’ve tried this on a number of occasions. Recently, I gave a tasting to a couple that are friends of my wife. The husband likes Glenlivet and he responded with popping open a bottle of this. I had alr…

This is from a bottle from several years ago. I kept a small sample. I honestly can’t remember if this has changed much. I seem to remember perfume notes . . . but I’m not sure. It is one of those bot…

This is a “what might have been” kind of review. This is a review of a 30mL sample of a Port Ellen official bottling. The back story: An actual bottle of this 9th release (30 year old) Port Ellen sat at…

(could be sherry butt no. DMG 5746, dist Spring 83, bottled Winter 2010).This was another sample my wife purchased for me. I don’t claim this as a definitive review of this whisky. Rather, this is simply…