Scotch Whisky reviews

My wife and I had recently attended a Scotch Malt Whisky Society tasting, a group of whisky enthusiasts known world wide for their rare cask strength selections that are brilliant and oftentimes weird…

Raw Cask means cask sediment, those ugly little black bits in your glass. I do not care much for those, I admit. Seems more like a gimmick, since the whisky is filtered, despite appearances. If it were…

I finish my line-up of Laffies with this 21 Year Old distillate from 1990 by Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan. The peat is mild on the nose. It is sweet on winegums. Some vanilla and lemon. The maritime…

All Scotch aficionados know Macallan and I've nothing to add other than the following recommendation. I live in a consistently hot environment and do not like to dilute most Scotch flavor with ice, nor…

The newest Laphroaig from Malts of Scotland is a 16 Year Old. It was released in what I call their winter release, although I have the feeling autumn release would be more accurate. I am quite certain…

A Laffie from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, matured on a refill sherry butt. But a very active butt, judging from the colour. Hmm, that did not come out right, did it? Replace butt with cask in the…

Now after everyone at the Society's tasting has finished their Glenmorangie SMWS 125.66 "Fruity Sweetness and floral perfumes" our speaker, the cellarmaster, informs us that he has a special treat for…

This Caol Ila was bottled this year in honour of the 20th Anniversary of this independent bottler from Treviso, Italy, named Wilson & Morgan. It is a distillate from 2000 and very pale, but the room…