This fairly recent release celebrates the 200th anniversary of John Walker's purchase of a Kilmarnock grocery store in 1820, thus launching one of the most successful alcohol brands in history. It is…

At 7 years old, Batch 4 is a few years younger than Batch 3; otherwise, it's a similar make up of first-fill Speyside and a bunch of Islay casks. This batch shows a "distillation date" of Oct 12 2010 and…

I happen to have the last of two SMWS Peat Faerie batches around - #3 and #4. Batch 3 is a 10 year old, a blend of first-fill Speyside casks and a bunch of Islay casks (they give a distillation date of…

This SMWS release is actually an 11 year old blended malt, with a neat history: they sent the Tempest Brewing Co. (Scotland) some 1st fill Kentucky bourbon casks to fill with their "Old Fashioned" double…

I have some time off of work so perhaps now I'll get a chance to catch up on reviews! I have a lot of scotches I should get through so let's focus on that for the time being...I picked up this bottle at…

This is a 1L bottle I picked up at auction some time ago - although I don't know when it was bottled, I'm going to hazard a guess that it's from the 1990s.The colour is a light caramel. Some rye spice…

I've written up a couple of Confederation Oaks before; I believe this is the newest lot (1867-M).The colour is a deep amber. Quite fruity on the nose, with lightly charred pineapple, poached pear, dark…

It's hard to believe that this is the first review I've written since Dec 25 2020 - over four months ago. For various reasons I took a pause on my whisky passions but I think it's time to get back into…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! And to ring in today is a malt we don't see everyday - Miltonduff. Situated in Elgin, it was an illicit still until it took out its license in 1824; George Ballantine…

It's Christmas Eve, folks! Our second-to-last dram is Loch Lomond 12 Year Old - non-chill-filtered and matured in ex-bourbon, recharred and refill casks.The colour is a medium amber. On the nose we have…