Scotch Whisky reviews

Sketch the Soul! This is the name of the artwork on the label, from the American fantasy and metal artist Tony Koehl. This bottling is the first in a series of three by David Stirk’s Creative Whisky…

Today, the Speysider Mortlach, is still an important malt in the Johnnie Walker blends. John Walker & Sons were owners of the distillery for a long time. It is not easy to track down Mortlach as a single…

To celebrate their 100th anniversary, Gordon & Macphail bottled a couple of whiskies in 1995 under their Centenary Reserve label. I already tried their magnificent Caol Ila from 1966. This is a Mortlach…

Warm sweet, earthy arival. Nutty, veggietable, Iodine middle. Developes into long slow smokey oily finish that lingers.

This Mortlach was distilled in November 1995 and matured on a first fill sherry butt. It was bottled by the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, a club that aims to bottle only exceptionale good (their words, not…

David Stirk recently gave his range a completely new look. Packaging is part of the deal, after all. This Mortlach was released in 2010 under the Exclusive Casks label, meaning it got a finish on a…

This week, I am putting three relatively young Caperdonich next to each other. Let me start with this very pale 11 Year Old from Signatory.The nose starts on the obligatory honey and beeswax with hints…