Scotch Whisky reviews

So my wife and I had finally made it to the whisky bar, Helvetica, for the first time after months of trying and suffering setback after setback.We'd had a very good evening so far, enjoying a Glenfar…

This is my first Glenlivet apart from a 1971 Berry Bros I tried last year, which was outstanding. It's nice to find a light and fresh, non-sherried Speysider and the colour of the Nadurra is testament…

Came across this small bottle single cask whisky in Edinburgh. It's a Bunnahabhain (Islay), distilled in 2001, bottled in 2010, and that makes it "over 9 years". On the nose, this whisky is very spicy…

Nose: Lemony, yogurt, light honey's, nice maltiness, hit of some desert spice.Palate: Quite thick, citrusy, lemony, apricots, vinilla yogurt, desert spices again, slight dried vinilla, cinnamon, slight…

This whisky goes in 2 directions for me. The first part is really nice, the nose and the palate.I got some Sherry-like smell in the nose, although this one is not matured in sherry-casks. It's finished…

Full of sour, sweet smoke on the nose, yet very clear in colour. Some hints of spice (cinnamon?) too. The first taste is indeed, full of peat. Very long, very sweet, and very peaty and smoky. Though not…

Fruity flavours with rich depth. A keeper with real taste. Nose won't win any prizes but didn't bother me a jot.

Now my wife and I had been trying for months to get to the whisky bar, Helvetica. We'd had all sorts of issues preventing us from going to this bar such as sickness, conflicting work schedules, lack of…