Scotch Whisky reviews

On ice at Dry Martini Bar, Madrid. It pours clean and dark orangish amber. Aroma is very high: tobacco, leather, hazelnut, cinnamon and sweet orange. Mouthfeel is pungent, powerful and just slightly…

Nose: Actually not what i was thinking of when i read ‘sherry cask’. it’s not heavily sherried, more a fruity edge to it. first of all you get apples, baked apples, more like sweet apple sauce, but not…

At a very reasonable £65, single malt scotch of this age is hard to come by. Independence has its benefits i suppose.Matured in bourbon and olorosso sherry casks this whisky is then vatted in small…

his year saw the 10th Whisky Show , organized by the fine guys at The Whisky Exchange. In addition to the Epic tastings and many event (that i missed, yet again!), they bottle some fine whiskies for the…

We come to the second whisky released in the cool ‘future’ of whisky , this time it’s just ‘The Future’. So, the future is older grain? Not a bad future at all methinks. I am a big fan of older grains…

14 Year old Ardbeg... supposedly done in a sherry cask. That part of the label alone has me scratching my head - either it's some kind of white sherry that I didn't know existed, or it was an incredibly…

NoseCereal, white wine, beeswaxPalateStarts off quite fruity, with some apple cider vinegar, barley sugar and something sweet and acetone tasting. But not pear drops. More apple flavoured. It reminds…

Nose: fresh and sugary with strong vanilla essence, icing sugar, and hints of peat. Not much in the way of bonfire or cold hearth, though. Also not terribly medicinal like an Islay. Youthful, yet bala…

Neat at Scotch Bar, Hesperia Hotel, Madrid. It pours clean pale amber with greenish highlights. Scent is quite intense: aromatic bitters, dry lemon, green pinecone. There is also some vanilla and, even…

This is an abridged version of a blog entry I'm hoping to post tomorrowCare-dee-ass? Car-deez? Is that Portuguese? According to Laphroaig's Distillery Manager John Campbell, it's pronounced "car-chiss"…