Scotch Whisky reviews

Clynelish distillery is situated near Brora on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It was built in 1968, next to the original Clynelish distillery which was closed. The original distillery was reopened…

Glen Scotia from Campbeltown has been for sale for several years now. Loch Lomond Distillers seems to be stuck wit hit. So the crew of neighbour Springbank go to work here for three months a year to…

This Springbank was bottled last year by Murray McDavid at the Bruichladdich distillery (which they owned at the time) and released under the Mission Gold label. It is very pale, despite having matured…

Those who want to keep up with Malts of Scotland, must dram at a serious pace. This summer, again a whole batch of bottlings from this German Indie were released, including this 23 Year Old Highland Park…

This 20 Year Old was bottled by the German indie Malts of Scotland. It is not their first Glen Scotia. They bottled a 1992 before, also from a sherry cask. I would not be surprised if they were similar…

Nose: A medley of sherry, citrus, and mineral notes, with none dominating. A nice nose - and pleasant - but not very "inviting."Palate: Has the mineraly/chalky texture, with vanilla, faint sherry, black…

Quite lovely...sweet, warm and long. No bitter aftertaste. Full gold colour with a medium body. Feinty aroma (honey,leather, chewing tabaco)and Winey (shery, wine) Medium complexity and sweet oily…

Nose: Starts rather floral with some flower petals, lavender, a bit of dirty, sort of earthy peaty undertone which makes it even nicer.Leafy, but also sweet, some exotic lychee and citrusy edge too.…