Scotch Whisky reviews

This Douglas Laing bottling is a vatting of malts from the Isles of Orkney, Arran, Jura and Islay - the idea being to create an Island blended malt to perfectly illustrate that particular style. As with…

My first bottle of Ardmore (although I now have two on the go) and plumbed for a single (refill - bourbon I'm guessing) cask IB from Douglas Laing's Provenance series. I believe that it is only rela…

My first bottle of Ardmore (although I now have two on the go) and plumbed for a single (refill - bourbon I'm guessing) cask IB from Douglas Laing's Provenance series. I believe that it is only rela…

This whisky is all about spice and ginger notes. On the nose it is ginger biscuits and pear drops (acetone) althogh when it's been in the glass a while the pear drop note fades. On the palate their is…

Mondays are usually very hectic and, frankly, exhausting - but this was more so thanks to a mid-April ice storm. MID-APRIL. Anyhoo - I need a scotch.The coldest distillery in Scotland, Dalwhinnie also…

I don’t have a lot of experience with Bunnahabhain. I’ve tried a couple of expressions at Spirit of Toronto, and I have a mini of the 12 YO, but I haven’t opened it yet. I would like to thank @Astroke…

It is winter again in Toronto. Not sure what happened to Spring, Summer and Fall. Perfect day to just stay in and do a few whisky reviews. By a few, I mean one, because I’m sure my wife will find…

Light sweet fast smooth arrival peat herbalic loaded middle short fast fruity watery finish.

Warm silty rich tongue coating arrival flowing into a rich sweet fruit loaded middle developing a long spicy slow finish.

This is the 40th Caperdonich that I try so far. A milestone, surely. We are probably all aware of the fact that Belgian importer The Nectar has a knack of selecting great casks for exclusive bottlings…