Scotch Whisky reviews

This is a review of the new bottling, not the one with the stag, at 48%. Nose: The nose without water is a bit congested to me: powerful sweetness and woman's perfume. After adding two teasponns of water…

It's been a few years since I've had some Glenfiddich 12, so it'll be interesting to see how this compares to 2007-2008 or so. A friend of mine received this as a gift, opened it, decided he didn't like…

The Aberlour distillery is one of the most gorgeous sites in all of Speyside, with grey stone walls, bright red doors and trim, and a babbling brook running alongside it. I didn't get a chance to tour…

Laphroaig distillery (the name means "the beautiful hollow by the broad bay") was established in 1815, by Alex and Donald Johnston. It was sold to Long John International in the 1960ies and subsequently…

My first attempt at writing a Whiskey review. I am revisiting a Gordon and MacPhail bottling of Mortlach 15 yo. The 750 ml bottle is about 1/3 left, been open for about 16 months. I wonder how the oxygen…

The Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan has brought us quite a few goodies already. So I am quite curious to their Barrel Selection of this 12 Year Old Linkwood, a distillate from 2000.The nose is fatty,…

Gordon & Macphail has bottled quite a lot of Linkwood. This 21 Year Old was marketed in 1995, so this must be a 1973 or 1974 distillate, produced on the new stills that were installed in 1971.The nose…

Time to write a review again, last months I was just busy drinking the stuff without thinking about it too much.Well, this week I finally made an order and besides several bottles of wonderful Bourbons…