Scotch Whisky reviews

Right up front, when I say deceiving, I mean that this whisky does not deliver what I feel is promised by its position as a distillery's 18 YO expression. How can a whisky whose ABV is 3% higher than its…

First, I was torn between the aberlour 18 and the HP18. I've decided to go with HP18 because I've heard so much about this whisky being considered as one of the best whisky out there. Suppose to be very…

A little while ago I reviewed an independent bottling of Ledaig (one of two expressions coming out of Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull). I wish I had saved some so that I could do a side-by-side…

One of my faves; Lagavulin 16 reminds me of a more mature, tamed, more refined and balanced version of its Islay cousin Laphroaig 1/4 Cask -On the nose, Lagavulin is peaty, smokey, with a solid oak…

Nose: A lot of smoke on the nose with a bit of peat , all this mixed with a lot of sweet malt and sugars. Sherry goodness too and quite a bit of it. Sultanas you say? aye. and hints of ripe orange. Some…

I've done a bit of research on this bottle (and others), and I've concluded that I'm quite lucky to live in Taiwan. This country seems to have some of the most competitive whisky prices in the world. The…

Glencadam is a distillery that produces primarily for Ballantine’s and only bottles a small percentage as single malt. Luckily there are plenty of independent bottlings that allow us to get to know this…

The Signatory Vintage Cask Collection from Andrew Symington contains signle casks at cask strength. This bottling appeared 7 years ago already and contains a 17 Year Old Glencadam. The ABV is massive.…

This Talisker was bottled by Douglas Laing under the Old Malt Cask label in their special Director’s Tactical Selection, at what they call the golden drinking strength, i.e. 50% ABV. The distillate came…