Today I’ll be trying three Brookies H2H. All three are thus from the famous Bruichladdich distillery on the island of Islay. I’ll start off with the XVII, the regular 17 Year Old.This one smells wonde…

So far I’ve only tasted three The Macallan from the Fine Oak series. Those were very good, each of them. Especially the 15 Year Old. Today, however, I tried the Macallan 10 Year Old Cask Strength. Is was…

The color is almost the same as that of the 10 Year Old and the ABV is slightly higher. But that’s where the comparison ends.This one smells medicinal as well, but less sweet and even less peated than…

Today I tried a head-to-head tasting of three core range bottles from Laphroaig, the famous distillery on Islay. I tried the 10 Year Old, the 15 Year Old and the 10 Year Old Cask Strength. Let’s begin…

This one has a nice dark sheen and great legs. This is going to be good, I’m sure.OMG, what a fantastic nose! After the truckload of alcohol, on a wave of peat, seaspray and some medicinal touches, the…

This is my very first Glen Scotia, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I found that Glen Scotia operates by the grace (and in the shadow) of her big brother Springbank and is in dire need of investment.…

Port Ellen hardly needs an introduction, of course. The distillery, established in 1925 and closed in 1983, enjoys an almost untouchable cult status among whiskybuffs. Rightly so. If you realize that…

This is another jewel from the Malts of Scotland range. The nose is deep and rich with raisins and raspberries, a tad of marzipan and loads of apricot. After a few moments, you'll also get orange marm…

This Clynelish 1982 was bottled by the independent bottler Malts of Scotland, based in Germany. It was distilled on 15/12/1982 and bottled last March, making it 27 year old. It has matured on a bourbon…

This Talisker 10 Year Old is the representative of the Island region in the ‘Classic Malts’ series from Diageo, but it can also be obtained as a 20cl bottle in the ‘Strong Collection’ and in the ‘Tali…