Scotch Whisky reviews

The Brackla distillery – founded by Captain William Fraser of Brackla in 1812 – can be found close to Cawdor Castle, famous from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In 1835 it got a royal warrant from King William…

The last Royal Lochnagar that I tried, just over a year ago, was the Selected Reserve from 2003. At the time, I thought it was the best Lochnagar I had tried to date (admittedly that was only 6) and look…

This Royal Salute Stone of Destiny is named after the slab of rock that was used between the 9th and 14th Century to crown Scottish (and later British) kings. In 1296 the Stone was moved to London, but…

This is the only Springbank local barley I've managed to grab a bottle of. My attempts at grabbing other releases have not been succesful. They're available at auction at twice the RRP on release. But…

So many things to put in the title, it didn't fit when I tried to put this down. Sheesh Arran, thought you guys were supposed to be simpler? Maybe not, I don't know where I get my misconceptions. So…

Recently, I stopped by my local liquor store to pick up my weekly allotment of Heady Topper. As is my custom, I perused the whisky section and my attention was drawn to the bottom shelf where bottles…

Well, well, well this one is quite the chameleon (hence the dubious title) and considering it's been open nigh on six months I feel it should have settled down and opened up by now, if it was ever going…

Around 70% of what is distilled at Cardhu goes into the famous Johnnie Walker blends. The other 30% hits the market as single malt. We’ll try the 18 Year Old, which is very popular in France, Portugal…

Cardhu was built in 1824 by John Cumming – albeit as Cardow – in the heart of Speyside. In 1893 it was bought by John Walker & Sons to provide enough Speyside style malt for their popular blends. Today…

Whisky lovers like you and me sometimes forget about what I would call ‘the basics’. We are so spoiled with the liquid nectar that we no longer stand still to try the stuff we all started with – well,…