Hard to believe it has been almost a month since my last review! It's been a busy time with my girlfriend and her son staying here, seeing family and friends and releasing the new Coen Bros. film Inside…

Here we are, folks - the final last Christmas Eve dram in the Whisky Advent Calendar. I'm sharing this with my partner Siobhan now (early afternoon) before she and her son head to her mum's for Christmas…

There used to be two distilleries on this site: Brora (founded in 1819) and Clynelish (founded in 1967). Brora closed in 1983, and of course new releases command exorbitant prices and are highly colle…

Some friends and I briefly visited Bowmore in May of this year. We didn't have time to tour the distillery, but browsed the visitor centre, where they had many rare deluxe bottlings on display. The fully…

It has been quite a ride the last two days: woke up yesterday with a migraine (called in sick), slept most of the day, and threw my annual Christmas whisky party last night - which as always was amazing…

Loch Lomond is a Highland distillery, built in 1965 as a joint venture between Duncan Thomas and Barton Brands of America, that produces both malt and grain whiskies. It is currently owned by Glen Cat…

I really don't know much about the Speyburn distillery, other than it is in the Speyside area. I could research it and give you some context, but I gotta lot to do tonight (having my big annual whisky…

Here we have another Deanston - a second one in the Whisky Advent Calendar (and both are Master of Malt bottlings). This single cask malt was distilled on December 16 1992 (too bad we didn't taste this…

You could be forgiven for thinking, just by the label, that this is an independently bottled Talisker. However, it is a blend of Talisker, Speyside malts and, of course, grain whiskies, all at least…

I already reviewed this single pot still whiskey back in March, but it is re-posted here. My notes would be the same, but on a purely subjective level I think I would give this a higher score, just…