Scotch Whisky reviews

I guess you could call this liquid history, knowing that the distillery was built in 1966 (on the terrain of the Girvan grain distillery that was built only three years prior) and closed again in 1976…

This vintage 1986, a respectable quarter of a century old, was scored at the Spirits in the Sky festival. It matured on American Oak, whatever that means. Bourbon, sure, but 1st fill?The nose is sweet…

My good friend Igor passed me the last remnants of this miniature bottle. It is fairly old, though not sure exactly how old; 1970s? It is noted as a "pure malt" but this cannot mean "pure malt" in the…

I took a sample at the Spirits in the Sky festival of this new vintage from Glen Garioch. It is the 1995, bottled at cask strength.The nose starts off honeysweet and minerally. Flints, citrus and some…

Here I go trying to review a gem that's been put through it's paces and come out in spades. The Quarter Cask is a stroke of Laphroigian genius!Familiar Islay armoas creep out from my snifter glass as I…

This is a recent German bottling of a 20 Year Old Glen Garioch, labelled The Whiskyman’s Dram, for the company of Dominiek Bouckaert. It is very pale, due to maturation on a refill hogshead.The nose…

A cask strength bourbon matured number of Auchentoshan. Excellent price as well i picked this up for $90 AUD. Very high ABV and generally i would think pretty young spirit around 10 years old so plenty…

This new (sorta) Glen Garioch 12 Year Old is bottled at a strength of 48% and has a nice full golden colour.The nose reveals a lot of malt, orchard fruit (apples and pears) and gooseberries, but als…

Cadenhead is one Scotland’s oldest independent bottlers. Their Authentic Collection contains, among others, this Glen Garioch from 1990, bottled at cask strength in 2003.The nose is very feisty, almost…

Why aren't more whiskies aged in dry red wine casks? I'll admit that I wasn't thrilled with this whiskey when I first opened it but now as I finish the last dram from my bottle that has been open a…