Scotch Whisky reviews

Pittyviach, founded in 1975, is one of those very short-lived distilleries. Open for only 18 years, can you imagine? There is whisky available from this distillery that is older than the lifespan of the…

Found this interesting NAS Scotch for $30 USD. I decided to pick it up after recently trying the Bowmore Legend, to compare NAS malts.The Bowmore Legend was a very predictable light-Islay flavor. Pretty…

Interesting nose in that it is not as intricate as I'd have expected from a port finish. You can definitely get the fruity tones, but not quite as strong as I'd have expected. Very smooth smell, but well…

In 2001 Macallan released the so-called Travel Series in small boxes that you could put next to each other to created a little diorama with a car, boat, train and plane. Nice gimmick, but is the whisky…

After the mediocre Macallan Twenties, let me try the Thirties now. Again matured on sherry and again a small bottle of only 50cl.This smells a lot better than the Twenties. Dried fruits but with loads…

The new Macallan 1824 Series consists of four NAS-bottlings, which was a very contested matter in the blogosphere. The famous distillery concentrated on color rather than age and named them Gold, Amber…

This bottling from Gordon & Macphail does not name a distillery, but rumour has it this is a Macallan as well. Hence I taste it in this little line-up. It is simply named Macphail’s 10 Year Old and has…

Gordon & Macphail, the well known bottler from Elgin, released this 9 Year Old Macallan under their Speymalt banner, an obvious reference to the region of production. It is matured on a sherry cask, wich…