Since I did some Macallans yesterday, and a BenRiach earlier today, I thought I'd search out some more Speysiders and found a few Benromachs. I reviewed the standard 10 year old before (which I have a…

Yesterday I reviewed a couple of Macallans, so I thought I'd stick with the Speyside malt theme. This one is a NAS BenRiach, bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. As the distillery now does their…

This one is a mini of the 10 year old (which was launched in 1978, though I don't think they make anymore?) I don't know when this one was bottled.The colour is a medium copper (quite a bit darker than…

I've come across some young Macallans through my Scotch Whisky Auction shopping, so let's compare two of them: A G&M 2005 9 year old Speymalt, and a mini of the standard 10 year old. Let's start with the…

The Glenlivet Cipher is a great example of a whisky whose marketing overwhelms the actual liquid itself. The packaging is a black box (with some hard to see black-on-black lettering, kind of like a word…

I'm almost ready for bed (my girlfriend is passed out on the couch next to me), so hey let's review another Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, just for shits and giggles. And I know for most of you, Jack…

Redbreast is one of my favourite whiskies, so I'm excited about this new edition. While technically NAS, it is matured for 9-12 years in American and European oak, then finished for up to a year in…

So yesterday we looked at three Irish single malts - two were 10 years old, two (and maybe all three) were from Cooley. Today we'll look at two new bottlings from Midleton.Well, this one isn't really new…

Our third of the day (I'll do the other two tomorrow) is another 10 year old malt, from Cooley. It is matured in American oak and finished in sherry casks. This bottle has been open for almost a year.The…

Dunville's is an old brand that was once distilled at the Royal Irish Distillery. Like many old Irish whiskey labels, it vanished when Dunville & Co., the owners of the distillery, went into liquidation…