Balvenie reviews

Back in the mists of time Balvenie used to bottle this at much closer to, if not actually, cask strength, but they watered it down gradually to the unlikely abv of 47.8% several years ago. This partic…

Does age matter? This expression replaced the 10 years old Founder Reserve not too long ago, I liked the simplicity of the Founders Reserve so was probably a little prejudiced against this bottle from…

Nose: OMG. This is a HUGE nose. You get the old wood benches, and library shelves which I just love (and you get only from 30+ well aged whiskies), It’s also dusty and old, with Blackcurrant jam, whiffs…

Warm sweet fruit oily thick slow arrival develops a long rich fruit loaded mouth coating finish.

Once in a while you bump into whiskies, you feel like everyone's going to like it. The Balvenie DoubleWood 12YO is one of them. Very full and smooth dram, with moderate dryness. Balvenie DoubleWood 12…

Early on in my career as a whisky enthusiast I made the wise decision of picking up a bottle of the Balvenie 21 year old Portwood and the 17 year old Sherry Oak.What an amazing stroke of luck on both…

I'm pretty sure I snagged the last (or at least penultimate) bottle of this whisky in Ontario. More on that later. This review is comprised of notes taken over the course of the life of this whisky,…

This is a very smooth 12 year old, with a little spice, and honey. Matured in European oak casks that have held Oloroso Sherry Butts, then First Fill Bourbon Barrels, finally to traditional whiskey casks…

With job-searching and life-planning filling up my spring & summer means i haven't been able to spend too much time reviewing whiskies.But during my little "off-time" at my parents place in the south of…

I’m sure a cow is involved in the manufacture of this whisky. Very creamy malt with lots of beautiful balanced flavours. Nice to see Balvenie bottle at a reasonable percentage too as it gives what could…