Scotch Whisky reviews

I first heard about this whisky from Ralfy on Youtube. He really talked it up, saying it could fool connosrs at a bar into thinking it was a real Islay and not some half-azzed teaser. Personally I don't…

The Private Collection from Glenmorangie consists of the Sonnalta Px (hard to find these days), the Finealta and the Artein. This month, the fourth has arrived: the Ealanta (which is Gaelic for elegant…

So, I seem to be having the good fortune of bartenders making mistakes that go in my favor lately, and this was another. I ordered the Old Pulteney 12, and he accidentally poured me the 17. Sweet.Nose…

Tonight when I got home from work, I'm tired, I'm sore and I decided that I needed a nice dram to take the edge off, to absorb me into the world of whisky.Fortuitously I have a steady supply of such…

The Glenmorangie Traditional was launched for duty free in a 2005, in a liter bottle, non chillfiltered and uncut. There are two types of packaging, but that is of little importance. As far as I can tell…

This is only the second Lowland whiskey I’ve drunk, the first being the Auchentoshan Three Wood I reviewed a few days ago here earlier this month.Neither the Auchentoshan nor this Glenkinchie (distilled…

I actually purchased this bottle by looking at the box; it's Ardbeg, how could I go wrong? Nose: peat with hints of apricots, raisins, lemony.Palate: peat,apricots,raisins,cloves. Initially smooth.Finish…

I was already quite impressed with the previous club bottling from the sympathetic whisky aficionados from Halle (Belgium), a Glenrothes 1998. For their second club bottling the guys and gals from Mal…