Scotch Whisky reviews

The famous bottler from Elgin, Gordon & Macphail, has released a couple of semi official bottles of this obscure Speysider. This one was distilled in 1990 and, after 16 years in a cask, bottled in 2007…

My previous (limited) experiences with Balvenie have not exactly encouraged me to explore their full range of expressions. I've sampled the 12 yo DoubleWood (not bad, no more), the 17 yo Peated Cask …

A brand new Jura is announced today, and this is the first ever review of it( i got a sneak preview) The new expression is called Called the Standing Stone, or ‘Camas an Staca’ in Gaelic, the new expr…

This is the Balvenie´s double wood. The whisky matured in a whisky oak and spent few months in a sherry cask.Legs are thin not so close to one another and go down the glass not so quickly after a while…

Nose: Like the Airigh Nam Beist, I find the nose on this quite understated. The sweet, creamy peat and the tobacco notes of the 10-year are all here, but significantly muted by the wine. That said, even…

Glentauchers is another one of those unknown distilleries. A lot has to do with the fact that, bar two, there are no official bottling. All production was destined for blends. If you want to taste this…

Last night I got a chance to finally go out to eat at a nice restaurant with my wife. Even more I got a chance to try several whiskies from a distillery that has been closed since 1993. Rosebank.When I…

According to various sources including the Pernod Ricard web site (owner of the distillery), Passport Blended Scotch Whisky contains malts from Seagram's Speyside distilleries. According to Jim Murray…