The final dram in our Balvenie tasting is a bit of a treat. This was third in a series of special release port finishes in 1989, 1991 and 1993 that were precursors to the Portwood that is now part of the…

Dominic’s notes:Duhh-de. Duhh- de…. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to The Bowmore…This is Bon Jovi playing Queens of The Stone Age, an X Factor contestant playing stoner rock…all scuzzy,…

I'm a certified Islay nut (this is written by Tony), and rarely venture to the world of Speyside, but The Balvenie single barrel is the whisky the made me first broaden my horizons. The Single Barrel is…

So our local distillery St. George’s are releasing a new Chapter soon. Chapter 11 is heavily peated (55ppm) and comes in two guises: cask strength (59.7%) and regular (46%).Dominic will review this for…

WTC went to the Ilsay festival this year, we blogged about it herehttp://thewhiskytastingclub.co.uk/Blogs/islayblog2011/we managed to get bottles of all the festival bottlings. The Kilchoman Festival…

I tasted this in the Jura Hotel and fell in love with it, so I bought a bottle, and now have to go back to get the free tasting at the distillery that comes with the bottle. This simply stunning:Nose:…

We tried this at the 2011 Feis Ile and bought a bagful of bottles, one of which we dropped as soon as we got home. Damn! Still, it means we had to drink the remains. Damn!!Nose: Like a peaty lemsip,…

this is in our islay tasting. Its the second organic we have had, the other being the benromach, and given they have both been matured in virgin oak wood clearly dominates. Personally (tony) I prefer the…

Glenkeir is The Whisky Shop's own whisky range - and this is a vatted malt comprising whisky from Caol Ila and Bunnahabhain distilleries. This is very drinkable. Dom's review"Nose: Oily and gloopy, a…

This is in our Islay tasting. I thought we were getting the batch 2 tempest, but a case of the batch 1 turned up instead. We had tasted the batch 1 at last years festival and loved it, so decided to keep…