Scotch Whisky reviews

Nose: Waxy , sweet and a bit of dried apricot sort of fruitiness. Damp soil and wood, giving way to some marzipan.Palate: Sweet , honey and bitter chocolate with marzipan topping, folowed by honey covers…

Nose: Spicy stuff, followed by fruitier sultanas, some black currant, cranberries, a dash of salt, while still quite sugary as in Demerara sugars, grape peel and a very faint hint of tobacco. a very nice…

so, a young CI, what can one expect? a lot of peat reek, smoke, punch. but wait, there is much more here…Nose: Big peat. Young sweet sugars. Lemony and ashy. A bit farmy. Manure. BBQ on a sandy beach…

The Bladnoch Forum likes to bottle single casks. Let me put to head to head, cask 9804 and 9803. This one is 25 years old, bottled in 2009.The nose is much lighter than the previous one. White fruit and…

After the teens and tweens, we now get to the big boys. Gordon & Macphail bottled this Glenburgie from 1964 at the age of 46 years.Ah, now that is the better nose. Creamy and sweet on dark fruit, toasted…

A nose of pure campfire smoke, with a hint of sweetness. Smooth body with a bit of salt and a light twinkling and smokey finish. A pleasure.

The Bladnoch Forum likes to bottle single casks. Let me put to head to head, cask 9804 and 9803. This one is 26 years old, bottled in 2010. So it is a sister cask of the previous one, that was allowed…