Scotch Whisky reviews

The Bere Barley releases are an experimentation by Bruichladdich in using older barley types that whisky used to be made with that produced a lower yield so were superceded by barley strains that were…

I guess it’s more than fair to say that this is a golden oldie. Distilled when yours truly was just a 9 year old kid and by now more than 20 years in the bottle as well. So just a tad longer in the glass…

The 25 Year Old Glenrothes from the Soleo Collection is the oldest that is still affordable for mortal man, with a price tag – still hefty, to be sure – of around 300 EUR. The next one in the series is…

Exactly two years ago, in September 2018, Glenrothes announced that they were abandoning the so-called Vintages. In it’s stead they put out the Soleo Collection with age statement. They now have a 10,…

This review is of a sample kindly donated by @RianCI tried it neat initially but found it needs a little water to tame the heat. NoseBonfires, TCP, wet straw, toffeePalateQuite a thin mouthfeel, but the…

I confess, I think this one has a fantastic label (as can be said as well of Jürgen’s recent releases of Miltonduff and Tobermory that took place simultaneously). And while the distillery is again unn…

For the Nameless Four Jürgen selected a cask from the Highlands. Again the distillery is kept secret. Only the region, age and ABV can be found on the label. Granny Smith apples, vanilla, gooseberries…

Jürgen Vromans, aka the independent bottler The Whisky Mercenary, launched a couple of releases at the end of last year, where the distillery is not named. This is one of those: Nameless Three. This…

The Whisky Mercenary, Belgian bottler Jürgen Vromans, always has these fun labels, doesn’t he? And this is his very first Miltonduff. The lion’s share of this Speyside distillery’s production disappears…

Miltonduff does not appear on my radar all that often. This is only my 26th, but also the oldest I have ever tried. Distilled when yours truly was only an 8 year old boy and bottled two years ago by one…