Scotch Whisky reviews

For our second single cask release in the Tribe Series, Jurgen Robyns designed another great label: the fierce Celts. And as with the Picts, our prevous release, it is again a secret Speyside scotch,…

Talisker… it’s always something to look out for, I must say. This is the classic Talisker 10, but it has been sitting in the bottle for over two decades. It’s the old, so-called ‘map label’ release from…

Last year I hosted a Talisker Masterclass in my neck of the woods. What we tasted was top notch, but this Talisker Neist Point was not in the line-up then. I had not even tasted this Travel Retail Exc…

Last year the Scottish bottler Whisky Broker released this Tobermory. It matured for 22 long years on a hogshead that yielded 283 bottles at cask strength.On the very sweet nose – that shows little of…

I’ve had quite a few releases from the Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan in the past, from many distilleries, but this is the first Tobermory from them that I’ll try. Ouch… stinky winky! What a weird nose…

Tobermory Distillery is set to reopen this year, after two years of refurbishments. Next to their very peaty Iona (only available at the distillery) and their mildly peaty Ledaig, they also have an…

I’ve tasted some 40 Tomatin so far and have to say that this Highlander rarely disappoints. So the expectations for the 28 years old single cask are pretty high. So pale! Refill bourbon, so this must be…

Maltclan is a Belgian whisky club that organises a whiskyfestival around the new year. Obviously, a bottling is release then as well. This is one of those and an official one to boot. It’s a single cask…

Douglas of Drumlanrig is an independent bottler of which the owner is said to be a descendant of the family Douglas who lived in the Drumlanrig Castle. It’s actually more a mansion than a castle, but I…

Tormore is one of those distilleries that you have heard of but barely see any bottles from. It’s a beautiful distillery, designed by the famous architect Sir Albert Richardson. I’ll be trying an inde…