Scotch Whisky reviews

Huge thanks to @wierdo for this sample. Wasnt going to do a review but have been compelled to share my surprise and enjoyment of my first contact with this. Nose, such a surprise as the peat isn't…

So here goes another attempt at writing a review with my tablet. It's painful! Speaking of pain, I had a gammy toe recently that became infected, trench foot my better half called it, and have just…

This Mortlach Six Kingdoms is the final release in the (in)famous Game of Thrones series, that consists of 9 single malts and three Johnnie Walker blends. The so-called whisky aficionados give this one…

This Auchroisk was part of the Special Releases from Diageo in 2010. A little less than 6.000 bottles were filled at a strength of 58.1%. It’s a combination of American and European oak. Last November…

The lion’s share of what is produced at Auchroisk goes to the blenders. Justerini & Brooks is their biggest customer. If you want to try it as a single malt, you have to look for an independent release…

The Raw Cask series from Blackadder is known for three things. First, there is always a bit of cask residue in the bottle that should make you believe it came straight from the cask. Second, it’s always…

Asta Morris is at it again and has prepared a few new releases for us (although it took him long enough, I was aware of this upcoming bottling since November last year). Ah, the good ol’ Scots, eh?…

Bar a mistake on my part, this is Asta Morris’ first outing to Glen Moray. A surprising choice if you know that this distillery is something of an underdog. But we all know that this will not stop Crazy…

The International Malt Whisky Festival Gent offers visitors a unique festival bottling. This year it was a single cask of Auchroisk 2002, of which 246 bottles were released. It was bottled by Edition…

Auchroisk (say ‘o-thrusjk’) is a very young distillery, only founded in 1974. It’s a workhorse for the blenders and hardly sees the light of day as a single malt. This is a single cask that appeared in…