Scotch Whisky reviews

My third of three Duncan Taylor Dimensions samples - this one a 14 year old from Highland distillery Royal Brackla. They don't have much of a profile, with few bottlings - they were founded in 1812, and…

This is indeed the 10th Anniversary (3rd Edition). Generally I find that my whiskies are best right after opening the bottle - they generally "pop" and "zing" then, and then get a little dull after a few…

Color: gold.Nose: apples, pears, barley, and a hint of caramel.Body: dry, rough, and chalky in the mouth.Palate: very salty — almost overwhelmingly so — with a little ginger and lemon. It burns the…

This is an amazing whisky!! Peat to sherry sweetness. Very complex, sophisticated, intense, and yet very balanced Scotch. Has all the characters of an Ardbeg 10 - peat, medicinal, campfire, iodine- and…

Well, I'm on a roll tonight. My friend was sick so my going-out plans turned into staying-in plans. So I'm on my third review tonight, burning through some samples that I have on hand. The last two were…

Our whisky club that had met on the first Saturday of February had been a complete success. We'd enjoyed whiskies from just about every single whisky producing region in Scotland along with Irish.Ever…

Some time ago, I reviewed a Duncan Taylor bottling of a Glen Elgin, which was quite good - this Glen Moray is the second of three samples I'll be looking at. Like the Glen Elgin, it is non-coloured, non…

This version of the Elements of Islay series got me really excited before I had even tasted it. Just because it had Lg attached to it I had high hopes...and they were answered. This whisky is both,…

Big Peat is definitely the Die Hard whisky. Like the first three of the Die Hard trilogy, it offers heavy blasting and lots of smoky explosions on your mouth but gives you a soft and tender side as well…

Warm, Spicy, Sweet/Salty arival followed by a veggietable quick finish. Often overlooked, but always great.