Scotch Whisky reviews

Like this a good deal. I am a big fan of the Ballantine's Finest, and this is just a notch or two up from that, mainly because of the extra age and the additional smoothness.While I enjoy Finest on the…

DH17 is a chain of liquor stores in Holland. From time to time they bottle their own, under the label XVIIs, like this Auchentoshan from 1999. They took only 60 bottles from bourbon cask 800254. Bottle…

Glenmorangie's 10 yr 'Original' is the malt on which everything else in the Glenmorangie line is based, and while I've not had the opportunity to try any of Glenmorangie's 'finished' whiskies, they are…

The Ultimate is the brainchild of Han and Maurice van Wees from the Netherlands. They started selecting casks in 1994. The already bottled three sistercasks from Auchentoshan, all of them bourbon barrels…

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society does not need an introduction. Thanks to Luc Timmermans I was able to add this bottle to my collection, but I did not want to open it. So I was very happy to see that…

There is nothing wrong with this whisky, as long as you are not expecting too much. It is not complex, but light of body and easy enough to drink. It's the sort of whisky I could imagine drinking whilst…

This week I will try 7 independent Auchentoshan head to head. Let me start with this Dun Bheagan Lowland. The Dun Bheagan range is put to market by Ian Macleod Distillers and contains single malts 8…

Wow- sensational! I am young to appreciating fine whiskey (my mates fault of course!) having being given a bottle of Powers Irish which kicked me off, I moved to JW black, to Glenlivet12 (mighty fine)…

First review, very much a beginner to whisky. I had read and heard quite a few good things about this one before I bought it duty free 2 weeks ago.So I actually had fairly high expectations!Nose: First…