Scotch Whisky reviews

Douglas Laing has already bottled a few Auchentoshan and today we are trying a distillate from 1979, that was bottled in 2004. It is one of their oldest (they also have a 25 Year Old from 1978 and I will…

For my taste this was too much of sherrybomb, I guess in movie talk: Sherrybaby.Nose: Fruity toffee with a big influence of sherry.Taste: Dried fruits and sherry wood.Finish: Spicy lasting finish but for…

The Maltman is a label from The Meadowside Blending Company, run by Donald Hart (of Hart Brothers fame) and his son Andrew. Andy and I have been in touch for a while now and he is very passionate about…

I'm not completely sure but I think that Port Askaig is one of the generally not so recognized and "founded" whisky. It has been left in the shadows of the Islay's big players. It kinda reminds me of the…

I cared for the 10 yrs Sherry Oak a little better: http://www.connosr.com/reviews/macallan/macallan-10-year-old-sherry-oak/sherrybaby/But to make it clear, I always suck with the cask strength ones. I…

Color: a rosy copper.Nose: mmm. Thick and luxuriant. Cinnamon cooked apples. Butterscotch and caramel poured over vanilla ice cream. Old books! Just the slightest hint of pipe tobacco and burnished…

Sheep Dip was an insesticide used to delouse sheep prior to sheering. When farmers decided to make some "home made" whisky without the intention to pay taxes, they'd hide it in barrels marked SD. So…

I’ve only had 2 whisky’s from Glenmorangie, the other being the Nec D’or, and I gotta say, I love what I’ve had so far. The La Santa is everything that the Mccallen 12 is not, multidimensional! Sure you…

What a great whisky! This has easily become my go to daily dram, I love this stuff. Rich vanilla, granny smith apples, and maybe just a little bit of oaky spice on the backend, its simple as it’s stra…