Scotch Whisky reviews

Just like the Lochside 1964 from Scott’s Selection, this is also a single blend, in which the grain and maltwhisky were brought together in the cask at birth. In this case, the cask is refill sherry butt…

This is a single blend. That may sound a bit weird, but when you know that Lochside produced both malt and grain whisky, it may sound not so weird anymore. They were blended at birth, meaning that both…

Lochside Distillery closed in 1992 and was demolished in 2005. So far I have only tried old Lochside. So let me try a younger version today from this lost distillery. It is a bottling from Gordon &…

Dalwhinnie 15 years old, a whisky from the highest distillery in Scotland does the box states. I’ve had this bottle for some time now and enjoyed every single dram coming out of it. Now the bottom is…

Nose: Oranges, mandarin, hints of lime. Sweetness and fruit, accompanied with rainfall. Colour: A shimmering deep yellow almost like apple juice. Taste: Gentle citrus and upon opening the mouth an imm…

Orkney? Bere? In an Arran island malt? how come? I bet you are asking yourselves the same questions. So a little explaining is needed here: Bere is Scotland’s oldest cultivated barley and was commonly…

This is my first attempt at a review, lets see how it turns out.I picked this bottle up at a local liquor store because I was looking to try something different. I have to say, it's not a bad bottle.…

I found a bar in town called the Triple Nickel (that my friends dubbed the "trickle nipple" years ago). The bar serves all of the Johnnie Walker major labels. The bartender was very nice. I mentioned…

Nose; Mild sherry, chocolate orange, very sweet.Palate; spicey stewed fruits, coffee, nutty dark chocolateFinish; cherry, smokey coffee and a long lasting salty taste leaving you wanting more....

I had heard great reports from a work colleague on HP 12 and decided to buy for Christmas as a treat.I am new to single malt whisky and can say this HP12 is a beautiful tasting dram and I was not disa…