Scotch Whisky reviews

I received this bottle from my wife as a 13th anniversary present...she picked it up because it was on clearance at the LCBO (they are trying to liquidate all their remaining 20cl bottles), so it was…

Specialty Drinks Ltd, the bottler behind the British The Whisky Exchange, released a couple of bottlings in 2009 to celebrate the first ten years of the webshop. One of those was this 31 Year Old Glen…

You probably won’t encounter a review of Compass Box whiskies without the word “innovative” somewhere in the first paragraph, so let’s get it out of the way: they’re innovative! Innovative with cask…

In keeping with my blended theme for our March whisky club meeting I decided to try a Compass Box once more.I'd had the Compass Box Eleuthera and the Compass Box Hedonism before and found both of them…

This is the new Glenglassaugh, with which I mean to say that it was produced under the stewardship of Stuart Nickerson and his new team. After the Glenglassaugh Revival, the first release, comes this…

The Michael Jackson Special Blend was created by Whisky Magazine. This blend has whisky from the opened bottles of Michael Jackson's (writer not singer) whisky collection. For me this was one the weir…

This Highland distillery was founded in 1875, closed for more than 40 years between 1908 and 1950 and produced primarily for blends like Teacher’s, Cutty Sark and the Famous Grouse. She closed again in…

As a fan of Speyside Single Malts, I was a bit surprised and a bit disappointed by the over-all experience of the Glenlivet 12. On the nose, cinnamon, apple, and spices were all buried under an overwh…

This whisky was a gift from a friend and my first impression was of course the red squirrel on the bottle. Very nice packaging and bottle for sure but looks can be deceiving as I learned in my last…