Scotch Whisky reviews

Very light yellow in colour, cheap cider. First smell is just alcohol heat moving to vanilla. First taste is a touch of vanilla sweetness, but finishing with strong wood ash flavours. Quite long, and…

Nose: moderate peat, sweet malt, licorice, roses, and a little brineTaste: lots of peat on the palate, very sweet, moderate brine and tart lemon. This dries the tongue. These are strong and deep flavo…

This is the oldest BenRiach I have tasted sof ar. No less than 39 years of age, distilled while I still ran around in diapers. And according to the ABV, bottled in the nick of time. Only 168 bottles of…

In January 2011, BenRiach launched the 15 Year Old Solstice, a heavily peated version that got a Tawny Port Pipe finish after the regular maturation on bourbon barrels. It was very well received, which…

BenRiach releases single casks at cask strength since 2004. By 2011 they had already reached batch 8, which contains no less than 12 single cask releases. This is one of the younger, a 22 Year Old Spe…

As I am quite new to the world of whisky and this is my first review I am grateful for any comments received.I am reviewing the second batch of Bowmore's Laimrig, which is gaelic for pier, bottle #…

This 32 Year Old BenRiach, finished on Takaji wine, is from Batch 7 of single cask releases in 2010. Tokaji is an Hungarian wine, made from grapes that suffer from noble rot. They grow on volcanic soil…

Asta Morris, Flemish for ‘if it is only just that’, is the by now almost legendary label of Bert Bruyneel. He has bottled excellent whiskies that are getting rave reviews, but his single cask BenRiach…

I recently tasted a 22 Year Old and 32 Year Old Benriach that were finished on new, so-called virgin, American oak. This is somewhere in between with its 26 years of age, but has an added twist: it is…

While this peated BenRiach is finished on port pipes, it has a full golden color from the bourbon cask. I presume it was a tired port cask.Oh, the nose is just great. Peat first, followed by graphite,…