Scotch Whisky reviews

Nose: Sweet. No, very sweet. It’s almost too sweet. With a lot of dried fruit. Sultanas, honey. Dried figs. Mint. A slight orange note, a bit of wood.Palate: sweet nectar. Orange peel, sultans figs and…

The British retailer That Boutique-y Whisky Company recently introduced her first bottling of Arran, distilled at the Isle of Arran Distillery on, err, Arran. Like all bottles from TBWC, it has no age…

Nose: Malty and creamy with some polished wood, vanilla and some lemon. Doesn’t seem very young, but not old as well.Palate: Spicy to begin with as in ginger and peppery which turns into a malty delight…

The scent was that of apples, sweetness, candy and vanila. Easy to approach.The taste changed to that of a light smoke, caramel and slight iodine.The finish had a light wooden taste, something that…

Tobermory produces a non-peaty whisky as well as the peaty Ledaig. This NAS-release from That Boutique-y Whisky Company contains the non-peated version from Tobermory. I have only had one myself so far…

I am not very experienced when it comes to Tormore, having only tried two so far. An old official 10 Year Old that was disappointing and a wonderful sherry matured 24 Year Old from Malts of Scotland.…

Nose: Very funky nose at first, quite young and untamed. reminds me of young Kavalans / Amruts , but not in a good way, since those are rather excellent most of the time.Clearly needs some time in the…

Nose: Starting with citrus, quite a bit actually,then off to sweeter realms with barley sugars and some smoke.Malt and a hint of toffee & sherry.Palate: Spicy with initial a bit of pepper, then some…

Nose: Lemon pie. Yes. Spicy lemon pie. Isn’t. It nice? Very fresh. Not a hint of smoke. Summer in a glass. Fresh Granny Smith apples. Lemongrass, Fresh with a capital F, but also zingy. Quite youngish…