Scotch Whisky reviews

This 10-year was released in 2001 and was one of the first bottlings marketed by the then new owners of Bruichladdich distillery. This of course means that the spirit used came from what was acquired…

For the fourth and final bottling in our Antarctica Series – with again a fantastic label thanks to the sharp lens of photographer Ilse Everaert – we travelled to an Orkney distillery. This sherry cask…

Isle of Skye is a blend that is composed with malts from the Speyside and Island regions (and grain), but because of the name, I think it’s fair to presume there is some Talisker in their as well. A…

Talisker does not commercialise its new make. I was able to score this via… sorry, no names as per request. But at 70.5% ABV this comes straight from the still, even before diluting it to go into the…

In 2016, Tullibardine launched their so-called Marquess Collection, in honor of Lord William Murray, the marquess of Tullibardine. In this case, it’s a whisky from 2005 that – after a regular maturation…

Tullibardine – the Highland distillery that was only founded in 1949 – now gives its fans the possibility to try their new make spirit. A few months ago their Pure Pot Spirit was released in 50cl bottles…

Sweet smooth slow arrival red fruit malt developing an earthy rich dry herbal long finish.

Asyla is a blended Scotch whisky from Compass Box that was first released in 2001 and is made of 50% malt whisky and 50% grain whisky. The exact composition is as follows: 5% malt whisky from Glen Elgin…

I must confess, I've only seen one episode of Game of Thrones in my life (the first one). I liked it a lot, but I just haven't had time to bother catching up. But knowing the huge cultural impact the…

I got this little 5cl sample for free in my last delivery of Ocado, so I thought I'd take down a few notes for those that may have seen that it's regularly on sale at the supermarket and wonder if it's…