"The Gentle Spirit" as it calls itself on the bottle, polarises in these parts, partly because Jim Murray rated it at 95 pts, and no one else seems to understand why. I was amazed when I discovered that…

2 Gingers Irish Whiskey is a brand owned by Beam Suntory. It was founded in 2011 by Minnesota bar owner Kieran Folliard. The two Gingers are Kieran's red-headed mother Mary and aunt Delia. 2 Gingers is…

The reviewed sample was compliments of @Nock, from a bottle opened 8 weeks ago, and approximately 80% fullNose: very pleasant medium-sweet peat of strong intensity; slight grapey wine flavours; relati…

My thanks to @Nock for the reviewed sample, which is my third taste from this bottle. The reviewed bottle is # 10,280 of 15,600 total. It has been open for 7 months and is half full. Aging is reported…

My first title for this review was: Impossibly Fruity 2 Year Old Star Anyone who has tasted a few Willett Family Estate bourbons and ryes knows that they are part of the aristocracy of American whiskey…

Talisker Port Ruighe, named after the largest town on the Isle of Skye, combines port-finished malt which had previously been matured in European and American re-fill casks, as well as some charred casks…

Monkey Shoulder is pure malt blended from Balvenie, Glenfiddich, and Kininvie malt whiskies. "Batch 27" on the label = blended malt from a total of 27 casks. The reviewed sample is compliments of @jeffc…

I found the first released batch of Stagg Jr to be unacceptably bitter, despite its having an excellent nose. The sample for this review is compliments of @Nock, and represents a later batch, probably…

A crushed aging-building rooftop from snow weight yielded the disaster-origin story for Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix. Snow Phoenix was distillery bottled in 2010, from a mixture of malt casks, some aged in…

This review is based upon samples at various points of a bottle's lifespan: a sample at the end of a bottle given by @Nock, fresh tastings of my own newly opened bottle, and that same bottle open for one…