Scotch Whisky reviews

Arthur Bell is one of the prominent figures in whisky history. He started blending his own whisky in Perth back in 1851, to make sure his whisky was of consisted quality. No less than 40 malts and grain…

The Remarkable Regional Malts from Douglas Laing are very popular. The series consists of the following: The Epicurean (Lowlands), Timorous Beastie (Highlands), Scallywag (Speyside), Rock Oyster (Islands…

Two former Diageo employees, Scott Watson and Brian Wood, founded the Lost Distillery Company in 2013. In collaboration with Professor Michael Moss of the Glasgow University they research lost distill…

For over 40 years the Italian legend Samaroli bottled whisky under both his Samaroli and Coilltean labels. This is the so-called Coilltean 2nd Cuvée, composed of several undisclosed distilleries’ malts…

Johnnie Walker Red Label is – as everyone knows – a little entry level blend of little interest. I often joke that it’s just good enough to clean the windows with, but certainly not for making cocktail…

I picked this up in December 2018 while hunting (whisky) with @nosebleed in Calgary. It was reasonably priced and I was hoping we might open it and do a joint review but life got in the way. I brought…

Yet another sample (3/5) most kindly sent from @Wierdo.I must confess that when I opened the little package this was the one that got me really excited. It's the fourth release of the Local Barley…

Another review from a sample (2/5) from @Wierdo.There is a story to this bottling it seems but the upshot being they've bottled some 10 year old Benrinnes under the name Stronachie as that is the malt…

Blackadder’s unique selling point is undoubtedly the cask residue on the bottom of each bottle. They are called Raw Cask for a reason, although that also refers to the cask strength. About 5 years ago…

This is a golden oldie, so tos peak. A Caperdonich from 1980, bottled by one of Scotland’s oldest and best known bottlers – Gordon & Macphail – a year after this Speyside distillery was closed. That was…